Detecting in South Africa

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1180 on: July 27, 2011, 02:30:16 pm »

If I find the gold coins, they would automatically belong to me..... the detector would be a bonus Clapp

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1181 on: July 27, 2011, 02:51:14 pm »

There goes the friendship Undecided

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1182 on: July 27, 2011, 02:54:33 pm »

Check out my sheep farm Kiss

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1183 on: July 27, 2011, 04:43:53 pm »

I now confirm you NUTS and I do not believe that there will be any way for you to recover Cry

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1184 on: July 27, 2011, 10:58:00 pm »

I am 100% sane :

you are just cross as you have to inject the sheep Angry

I have changed the base a bit more.... which now means some major changes, but for the better Great

but if all goes well, by the end of the weekend we will have a great piece of software.....

HANG IN there bud Idea

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1185 on: July 28, 2011, 12:29:03 am »

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Hi Gambol, our gold is very deep veins.... we have one of the deepest mines here where I live... We look at km's down... scary stuff. The place where we get panning gold is mainly a place called Pilgrims rest and Barberton.... You cannot exactly just walk in there and pan, you have to get a licence, and also it is a historical monument.... so as a tourist, you can pan but it costs, and you cash in the gold at the end of the day... you cannot carry raw gold around. This is what I hate, as I would love to just go in and come back with a small bottle of gold.... Pgill, you answered several questions I had about detecting in S.A. Apparently the Gold laws are more restrictive there than in the states. Could that be because mining is such a big business there? Also I know the gold like the diamonds come from deep mines but I didn't know if there was also abundant placer gold there. Doesn't matter if you can't pan it. Its' a good idea to stay away from water, I worked for a division of Seimens for a while. We did nothing but clean electronic medical equipment that had been contaminated by water or dust. Uncoated SMD boards are extremely sensitive to surface contamination especially RF boards. In a salt atmosphere they do not have to get wet, the humid environment is enough. Glad to hear that your coil is ok,,,, that is worrying..... I stay away from the water with my detectors Viking, The Fisher F75 coil is supposed to be waterproof but it had a manufacturing defect in it. The connection chamber on the back of the coil was sealed with silicone sealant which did not do the job. I didn't work with it long enough in salt water to know how well it works.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1186 on: July 28, 2011, 10:09:35 am »

Hi Gambol,

Gold mining in South Africa is very big.... we have a mine that is about 4km deep near me.... very rich mine.... Diamonds is also very big, and as a normal person, they will shoot you if you get caught with them..... If you look on a map of South Africa, check on the west side, you will see a large restricted area that normal people are not allowed to go.... those beaches I have heard have diamond laying on them.... Angry

It is safer to ust stick to relics and normal detecting here Great

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TauTona_Mine

TauTona is the new african name for Western Deep Levels mine Wise

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1187 on: July 28, 2011, 10:50:16 am »

You will only find diamonds on the skeleton coast the rest of the coast you need to excavate (Not permitted any more) or use a suction pump to remove the gravel from the sea bed. I should still have some photos from the time that I was working there should if I find them I'll post them for you to see.

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