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Following in the steps

02 Mar 2020

My father tried so hard to get me into detecting with him, forever asking me to head to the bush with him and an old friend but being a father of two myself and working a hard job that had me on call a fair bit I was unable to do so. on the 12th of April 2017 I lost my father to cancer which left my world empty, the passing of my father meant he left me his Minelab GPX 4000 I didn’t even know how to turn this machine on but every time I touch it i could see my father smiling. I spent some time getting a few lessons learning a few ins and outs about the machine, I have been lucky to meet some really good people to help me with a few things it wasn’t to I pulled my first 5 grammer out in avoca (a small country town in the golden triangle) I knew what gold fever was and as silly as it sounds its where I feel close to my dad. about 6 weeks ago i entered a little old mine shaft around scardale Victoria and found this beautiful little lantern, I search high and low about it and tried my hardest to get some information about it after a few messages over to England and back it turns out it’s from the turn of the century 1895 joseph an Lucas bike from Birmingham I was told whoever had this lamp had a fair bit of coin behind them as only the rich had them, also this lantern was very dangerous as they were known to blow up if the mixture wasn’t right, I knew I found something really special this day I’m told in the condition it’s in now it is still worth over $1000 but to me its priceless I believe my dad was with me this day and we found it together, prospecting has already given me a hobby I’m going to love for the rest of my life i hope to update my Minelab as soon I’m able to get the funds together and spend more time with my father’s spirit in this beautiful land it sounds a little silly but every time I find something doesn’t matter if it’s a 1 gram nugget to a beautiful lamp I’m overcome with emotion.

Dicky  – Victoria, Australia

 

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