No worries, you never know what you will come home with, hope you hit a patch, cheers NM.

Thanks, should be about 3 weeks away, glad you enjoyed the video, cheers NM.

Thanks Darren, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Thanks Steve, that one defineately started feeling like work, cheers NM.

Thanks Ann, a fair bit of luck in there as well, really glad you enjoy the video,s and appreciate the comments, cheers NM.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

I am going to look into it for next season but its all about timing, right now its 40+celcius and l have kept this location a secret for that reason, cheers NM.

That spot is embedded in my brain, it is defineately one of the most exciting areas l have found, make sure you watch pt 5 for my best find, it was a few hundred feet from that one along with other finds relating to what you said, cheers NM.

we will my friend..and even me and Slim are excited .

Cheers Tony, just about to sub your channel.

TheNuggetMagnet Thanks for subscribing Russle.. Hope you enjoy my channel as much as I have enjoyed watching yours over the years. Cheers Mate.👍🍺⛏🍷

Thanks mate , glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Glad you enjoyed, l done exactly that and have some more beauties to upload soon, but first back to the bush, cheers NM.

Sure did, theres not many that put up that sort of fight, but worth the battle, cheers NM.

Gidday Kevin, it took awhile but l knew l would reach it sooner or later, cheers NM.

No worries mate, cheers for watching and glad you enjoyed, NM.

Thanks mate, it was good to put something special in the bag, without a lease l am not permitted to use power tools, ridiculous l know, cheers and glad you enjoyed, NM.

Hi Cindy, glad you enjoyed, the SG test showed 95 grams, l actually videoed it and will upload last, cheers NM.

Yeah pretty happy with that one, to find that gold source would be the ultimate, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Thanks mate, it put up a fair fight, cheers NM.

Thanks David, that did start to become work but l love the job, cheers NM.

Thanks James, glad you enjoyed the vid, should have another one ready in about a week, cheers NM.

I kept this one as a specimen but did clean it up with some Ali-brite, hopefully find something this trip to dissolve, the natural matrix would look great, cheers NM.

Gidday Jeff, for sure, l struggled to detect a lot of the ground due to heavy vegetation but the clearer areas produced well, l will be considering a lease for that place next year so as to clear the ground and go deeper, cheers NM.

I know that there is a large reef under that cap rock and you hit an outcropping that is just the tip of it....you could be sitting on a location that could produce millions my friend....no joke.

Based on the other finds all in close proximity l suspect the same, all the targets formed a fairly straight line and where a mix of quartz and ironstone specimens along with solid nuggets, as its just too hot up there at the moment l felt the best course of action was to sit on it till next season and keep its location a secret, l was very careful not to pan the video, cheers NM.

I think Jeff is right.. That was not a placer specimen in my opinion. Bring a jackhammer and some hammer drills next time!

l hope Jeff is right, l am looking into a lease in this area and that is when l am allowed to use powered tools, while just prospecting with a detector only hand tools can be used, thanks for the positive feedback, cheers NM.

Thanks, that was a toughie, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Thanks for the sub I’ll re sub ha cheers

Even tougher rock, mother nature sure packs em tight

Unfortuneately not, only hand tools, you would need to have a claim to use powered tools, then you could dig way deeper and clear the ground cover which was thick in most areas, cheers NM.

Thanks Troy, that was a mission that one, hope you enjoyed watching, cheers NM.

Thanks, it was a relief to finally get to it, the old arm started to run out of steam, glad you enjoyed and thanks for commenting, cheers NM.

Yeah but prospecting in Australia you can only use hand tools

For sure, but you cant use power tools with just a Miners Right, pity, but l invested in a monster chisel and only used it once this trip, but it will be there for that next battle with mother nature, cheers mate NM.

Thanks woody, getting that one out did seem like a job at the time, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Thanks woody, really glad l got that one on video, cheers NM.

It is just luck and persistence, cheers NM.

Thanks, really glad you enjoyed the video, cheers NM.

Gidday mate, really glad the video,s are helping you, its a big reason for going out there, l did not attempt to obtain a lease but will go back with the detector for another look, l really am just a hobbyist and wealth is not why l am out there, its for fun and the constant challenge of bettering my video,s, , cheers for the positive feedback and cant wait to hear of your success, NM.

@@TheNuggetMagnet Your vids have been awesome, especially your earlier ones. They are pure gold. Am not sure if I'll vid my experiences as they'll probably be too embarrassing!!! Hope you have a very good season in WA - Cheers :)

It would be the reef to find, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Thanks Peter, it is getting tougher to get on to decent ground these days so it was a pleasant surprise to stumble over this spot, hope you had some nice finds yourself, cheers NM.

Yeah, destroyed that one but now armed with a chisel from a jack hammer, just waiting to test it out, cheers mate, NM.

Good move, that jack hammer.cheers mate.

@@dingydate l wish but just the chisel end, cheers NM.

Toughest dig ever, l cant believe l didn,t damage it, cheers NM.

I think you can dig down to 50 metres using machinery on an SPL or "special prospecting lease" glad you enjoyed the vid,s, cheers NM.

Looking at coming over to aussie for a holiday soon. Which training center would you recommend for metal detecting in gold fields.

Probably suggest you google "Bill and Udo" they are set up in Western Australia with all the info and gold prospecting courses to get people started, cheers NM.

Wouldn,t that make life easier, unfortuneately you cant use powered tools only hand tools, l know some do and if l can get a lease l will too. cheers Michael, NM.

Keep hunting because they are still out there, you just never know what you will find, hope you enjoyed, cheers NM.

That was a fair fight considering the dodgy chisel, cheers NM.

Thanks, l was stoked when l finally reached it,, cheers NM

You are welcome and thankyou for watching and commenting, cheers NM.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

Its a Minelab GPX 4500 with a 17x11 nuggetfinder coil, its an oldie but still performing well, cheers NM.

You would crush it in a dollypot and extract the larger pieces and pan out the finer pieces, l crushed another piece which shows the process, you can see that here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zpahl6egxLGUmYU.html cheers NM.

Thanks, pt 5 might be worth a view also, cheers NM.

Sweet looking forward to it

Thanks, hope you enjoyed the video, cheers NM.

pouche gdno tuu

Cheers for that, NM.

I dont smash the nicer specimens as they fetch a higher price as a specimen, an SG(specific gravity) test can be done on Quartz specimens to reveal the gold content, l have done this test and will upload the process in the near future, l can tell you this specimen held 95 grams of gold, my intention is to sell this specimen, there are many private and commercial buyers anxious to buy gold, its actually very easy to sell, cheers NM.

Toughest dig ever but thrilled with the result, l was hoping for a beauty, cheers NM.

I think my heinie was the sorest, not sure if the rock l was digging in or the ground l was sitting on was the hardest, anyway worth the pain any day, cheers NM.

Gidday col, finally got the truck sorted but what a nightmare, it took 3 different garages till l found the right people but cost plenty, found some great gold this trip so might be Karma giving back, hope you enjoyed, cheers NM.

I have put that chisel to rest and bought an 18" jackhammer chisel, not real keen using the hammer and chisel but fortunately those deep ones in the rock are few and far between.

NO , I knew you swapped the chisel out. Nice to know you have a longer one. I don't blame you going after the one's in the rock ! Gold's the same were ever it comes from. Best to you ! Mel

That "no" was auto correct . N.M.

Its a MINELAB GPX 4500, original series

Thanks Peter, glad you enjoyed, l am going to get a small crowbar also, l found that chisel at an old timers camp yrs ago, might be time to put it to rest, cheers NM.

Most crow bars you can buy in shops today are not worth a pinch of dog crap, if you run across a blacksmith or an old farm clearing sale you might get a good one

I do have 4 months till next season so l will keep my eye out for the right weapon, my sapphiring picks are old from Sheffield England and keep lasting, whereas the new ones l buy are soft and go blunt real quick so l know what you mean, cheers NM.

Thanks, me too, you just have to keep looking, cheers NM.

Awesome specimen, btw!

Yeah, pretty well destroyed that chisel, it was an old gad l found out in the fields one day, thought l would give it one last dig, cheers on the tip, NM.

The things we do, hey, caught a huge salmon near Albany on my way over this yr, is that a big Flathead you are holding? , cheers NM.

@@TheNuggetMagnet No Matey, a huge Cobia, was about 22 kg, serious handlining. The Port Douglas region has a few nice locations to stretch the arms. Nice coastal areas over there, as they say,-tight lines and keep on swinging

@@fishpest2039 Black Kingy, nice, tight lines mate, cheers NM.

Yeah, that was a toughie, being that deep down in the caprock/calcrete indicates a really old deposit or shedding, now to find the source, cheers NM.

Hope you enjoyed watching, cheers NM.

Gidday Dave, They are rarely that deep into the rock and usually out in 5 to 10 minutes, on these rare occasions l find the 10 inch football in cancel mode the most effective, it has better depth penetration, cheers NM.

cool, thanks. Nice specimen btw.

Gidday Paul, l am not allowed to use any mechanical tools, only hand tools, if it was my lease then yes but not while prospecting with just a miners right, l sure thought about it though, cheers NM.

Thankyou mah lady, glad you enjoyed, cheers NM.

If its the small 10 inch football you are talking about l may have had it in cancel mode for pinpointing purposes, cheers NM.

I have actually and will upload those results after pt 5, glad you enjoyed the vid and appreciate the comment, cheers NM.

Thanks Russ, defineately worth the effort and the sore behind, l was as surprised as you, its still out there and you just have to keep swinging, you never know what you will come home with, cheers NM.

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