Brrrr, it was cold.

[Axtyr]

Hi all.

I had a pleasant day out at Castlemaine in Victoria, Australia. I haven't been out for a while due to illness and hopefully I will be better soon after my double whammy, colonoscopy and gastroscopy. Not looking forward to it but the discomfort is annoying. 4 of us have flogged this area over the past 3 years and I am surprised that there is anything left there.

I managed one small piece of 0.06 gram.

https://imgur.com/x2b4ZuA

I couldn’t believe the number of pellets I found, all of which are number 9 shot at least. They look even smaller but I didn’t think they were made that small. I also found a couple of old percussion caps and a button as well as the usual assortment of .22 calibre projectiles. There was also a number of hot spots that I was sure were metallic signals but after digging them up they either spread out or disappeared.

A lot of junk from a thrashed area. The mind boggles.

Regards Axtyr.

 

[Jennifer]

Wow good job... yea it would suck bending down and digging with back side medical issues.. hope you feel better soon. Spring in the pew pew still working ok? I can't believe it took that long, I had a package sent from Greece that was HUGE and it was here within a week.

If you're still finding bird shot the place is still ripe for you.... but at a point you hit the point of diminishing returns... you have a big machine, go for big gold. LOL

 

[Axtyr]

The Colt is still going well. Just having a lot of trouble adjusting to the 4lb $5.00 trigger weight.
That's 4lb weights and a $2 and 3x $1 coins on top of the weight and it still didn't go off. Maybe an extra dollar would have done it. For my centrefire competition we have a minimum of 1kg trigger weight. I am thinking of trying to get someone to make another spring with a 1.2kg weight now that I have an unbroken spring. We have our club championships coming up over the next 4 weeks so after that I will check about it.

My guts have given me a lot of discomfort over the past 8 months so I am seeing a gastroenterologist on Tuesday and I am expecting at least a gastroscopy so may as well check out the back end as well. That's life. I was expecting the doctor to give me one for Christmas but Santa didn't arrive. I am sick of feeling sick.

I keep going back to that area even though the gold is small because I almost always find something there. There is a lot more area to explore over the hill but haven't explored it very well.

Thanks for your concern. I just hope the doctor takes me out for dinner after the procedure, it's the least he can do. LOL.

Axtyr.