# 5 years and 500kg of junk later!

**URL:** <https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011>\
**Category:** Showoff Corner\
**Created:** [7 April 2023 07:13 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011 "2023-04-07T07:13:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![dhawley](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dhawley](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/dhawley)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 07:13 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/1 "2023-04-07T07:13:20Z")

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![rps20230407_170857](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7fe19a433353aac9700565a921d1d0bcefabc621.jpeg)  
 ![rps20230407_170828](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3dda4308567e4e985321594dbe3249f5424e3bce.jpeg)  
Finally found my first sovereign🥳  
Only got 3 targets in this highly unlikely location, but not complaining.

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**Author:** ![Wilsonag](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/wilsonag/32/1422_2.png) [@Wilsonag](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Wilsonag)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 08:18 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/2 "2023-04-07T08:18:09Z")

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Wow that’s fantastic congratulations

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**Author:** ![lyn8curt](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/lyn8curt/32/529_2.png) [@lyn8curt](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/lyn8curt)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 12:00 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/3 "2023-04-07T12:00:55Z")

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Bloody ripper Dave , massive congrats to you !!!

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**Author:** ![Matty](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Matty](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Matty)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 21:34 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/4 "2023-04-07T21:34:17Z")

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Well done mate well deserved

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**Author:** ![karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/karl)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 22:42 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/5 "2023-04-07T22:42:05Z")

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Ha,ha you didn’t find it you recovered it 😆

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**Author:** ![blackjack](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@blackjack](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/blackjack)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 23:41 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/6 "2023-04-07T23:41:49Z")

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Hey Dave, that is fantastic, the holy grail, which of your detectors were you using ? All the best as usual, John. I’m sure there’s some of them to be found in Tibooburra 😉

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**Author:** ![dhawley](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dhawley](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/dhawley)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2023 06:08 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/7 "2023-04-08T06:08:29Z")

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Found it with the equinox and 6" coil, but any detector would have got it, only a couple of inches down in some pale clay

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**Author:** ![blackjack](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@blackjack](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/blackjack)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2023 06:31 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/8 "2023-04-08T06:31:20Z")

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     Nice Dave, hard to top that !

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**Author:** ![Wizard\_Smith](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Wizard\_Smith](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Wizard_Smith)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2023 09:44 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/9 "2023-04-08T09:44:28Z")

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Well done mate, great find.

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**Author:** ![Batmaximus](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/batmaximus/32/928_2.png) [@Batmaximus](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Batmaximus)\
**Post date:** [9 April 2023 06:46 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/5-years-and-500kg-of-junk-later/1011/10 "2023-04-09T06:46:32Z")

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OMG, AWESOME  
Great work Dave.