Recent content by Northeast

Hi Mountaineer. I’m not sure that I would even give it another full day to be honest. 2 hours of gridding, 2 more hours of wider zig-zagging to try and extend the area and if no good, move one. We found 5 ‘1 piece patches’ last year in W.A. and they looked to have either no or very little...

All sold. If you can please archive this one too Mods? 🙏

Just re: Starlink. Whilst in the middle of nowhere W.A. we were heading out on a 120 km round trip just to get phone service to receive and then send an email re: a 40E (since the brother in laws Thuraya was dead and my Zoleo doesn’t do data). We took a wrong turn not far from camp and ran...

Hi Paul. I will bestow upon you all of my knowledge of WA - so it won't take long :) This year was the 3rd trip I have done and had varying success each year - 76 grams, 24 grams and 28 grams. Each year has paid for my trip but I am certainly not closer to retirement. My brother in law...

Sold thank you good people. Mods, if you can please move this to the closed section 👍

Not the Pilbara but was recently in the Leonora/Sandstone/Laverton areas. Used a Zoleo which is only a 2 way text device. It worked perfectly and utilises the Iridium network. Iridium have 66 satellites in their network which is reassuring that if 1 dies there are 65 others still flying...

Thanks Bob, I appreciate that 🙏 Likely already sold, being confirmed this evening 👍

The fire sale continues!! GPX 6000. Just out of warranty. Bit of a story to it but gives you a good background. Has worked perfectly for 3 years. Audio update was done last year. Only annoyances for me were fine cracks in the coil ears and one of the batteries was not lasting as long as it...

I think I can correct myself :) Just Thuraya. Apparently Pivotel look after multiple satellite systems. And from Hippy's article it also seems like ag equipment is directly guided from the sky. https://www.pivotel.com.au/knowledge-base/outages/current-outages.html

Mmm, it does seem strange. My cousin has the 2cm guidance stuff on our old farm and they calibrate the exact position of 3 base stations and then everything works off them - not working live off an actual satellite in the sky. I assumed that is how all 2cm guidance stuff worked on farms as I...

GP 3500 The last of the analog machines and the only model of the GP series with the ground balance button. In good condition. Purchased from Nenad at Phasetech last year. Includes control box, shaft, DD coil, Coiltek battery management and regulator kit which means you are not tethered to...

Having a bit of a fire sale of a few things! There is 32 grams gold all up plus a specimen piece. Most is from WA although bigger bit is from Bendigo. There are some very small bits of WA red dirt in some pieces but essentially buggar all weight wise. Has just spent 48 hours in acid...

Bump - listing amended to just the coil.

Thanks Bjay. Yes, I didn’t know about it last night and the skies were clear, damn it all!! Haven’t seen anything here yet either.

Evening all. Sitting out at what I hope is a good vantage point, hoping for a light show. Shaker and Bjay, when the lights start do they happen all of a sudden or does it slowly build over 30 minutes or ????