Hey Jim how ya been mate, Steve here it's been a while. I don't think there will be any content mate the whole time we did KZbin I was on borrowed time with 9 prolapsed disc's and 2 failed surgeries it just got so bad to be out doing our thing I think this vid was 3 weeks before I able to even go outside again we never really let on how bad I was as we were trying to be as normal as posable on camera and not let on that I was a cripple. Massive strong doses of painkillers were needed for a day at the creek the catch with that was I could not feel the damage that I was doing to myself and a week or 2 recovery time was happening it just got to much. Alicia is doing great she got a new job at a pub here in town and has been busy working hard and looking after us. Thanks for the massage Jim Good luck and Happy hunting mate. Steve.

@@GrotyGold sorry to hear that Steve, I understand how you feel mate, My brother-in-law had his back Fussed I think he had six discs fussed, He suffered for years, he’s okay now but can’t bend over, Sorry to hear about the failed surgery’s, that would be terrible to bare with, i hope somehow things improve for you mate, I wish you and your family the best of health Steve thanks for letting me know buddy 👍

Thanks Angela we hope to get back to it but the curry has extra chilli in it so I have to be very careful with what I do. Thanks for watching good luck and happy hunting. Steve.

G'Day mate the X-Terra is a great bit of kit the coil i use on mine is a 15" 3khz we also have a coiltek 15" 18.75khz the only bad part is they are heavy and can destroy your arm fast it took a while to be able to swing them for a day most of the hunts here on youtube were 5-10 hour days. good luck out there.

Yes , I think these are a bit hard to get and expensive if the bogan style works go for it home made gear does real well some times. Cheers for watching mate.

@@GrotyGold … true don’t know if the rota pan is still available these days , I own one I bought years ago and was very expensive , I still haven’t found enough gold to pay it off yet lol , I think the ones with plastic bucks are called bucket sluice , hand made , very basic but couldn’t do as much materials that the rota pan does I don’t think , that’s about it and a load of dollars cheaper 👍

Like with any equipment bud you have to be where the gold is or it doesn’t matter what you got it won’t help one bit.

@@fishmut, well being where the gold is, I would think that would be kind of obvious, especially if I was able to pay for my Rotapan in a weekend. I've been panning for gold since I was five years old, well before the advent of the plastic gold pan, and I've own my claims since 1980, when gold was sub 500 dollars. My metal detector on the other hand still owes me money.

@@andyfunke9484 This is the first time I've seen this "Rotapan", without doing any research yet, might you have a good idea how the sweeper bars deal with super fine gold or flour gold as some say?

@@01mustang05, I've panned the tailings from the Rotapan many times. I've never found more than one or two fly specks in the tailings. It has a very good capture rate.

Cheers mate thanks for stopping by hope you enjoy our vids.

The Nox 15 covers a lot of ground and the target separation is still good it is my go to for modern $1 and $2 gold coin hunting with only digging 20 21 22 with the sensitivity at around 10 it has found well over 2000 bucks over the years and i dont do that very often it can clean out a large area quickly and with each swing you can take a normal step it has to be a junk loaded spot for me to put a smaller coil on.

The X-Terra is a fantastic detector the 3khz 15" coil is awesome but it is very heavy compared to the Nox. I (Steve) use the Nox more and more now especially in modern junk areas also the big coils for the X-Terra are expensive and would be probably be half the price of a Nox now. Good luck out there Roy.

@@GrotyGold Thanks for your opinions Steve as I never thought about weight and should give myself an upper cut thinking how many hours swinging a coil takes its toll. On the right track now

@@royallan3717 I have a nick name for the old girl it's the 2 ton terra we have taken people out and they seem to last about 20min and there arm is done lol. My longest swing with it was 11 hours with only a short lunch break. When i first used the big coil i set up the bungie cord from our SDC2300 to help swing it longer once my arm was up to speed i took the cord off. The Nox with the standard 15" is way better to swing i have tried the coiltek 14x9 i think it was and it was a lot heaver than the standard Minelab 15"

@@GrotyGold thanks for the experience you have shared that will same me money and energy.I really appreciated all your reply’s

After about 300 hours put into this site and over 100 1800s coins and some sweet relics it was amazing when this finally came to light. Thanks for watching mate.

@@GrotyGold you don’t need to thank me, I am grateful you two put the time to document your days in the field for this 60 year old. I use to head up to Dunolly in Vic and around QLD using a dredge then converted it to a high banker when dredging was banned.I still owed a x terra and Nox 800 and a deus detectors.2 pin pointers that needs to be paired to the nox which I think you guys have done as I can hear them working instead of interfering. You guys and I would get on well as I enjoyed the bush as much as finding a nugget or gems.I did get up to Emerald….you have to do it. Love your work and Thank You Two so much. I reckon you must be a doctor with your patient attitude. All The best from New Zealand now a days

@@royallan3717 Cheers mate there are so many great places in this big land I went all the way to the tip of cape York once it was 4500km one way lol. A Doctor now that would be mad, no i am a Boilermaker/Welder by trade.