Originally Posted by: gingerbreadman 
Nice find but where's a pic of the "many small nuggets"
Have you actually draged ur ass away from the computer & gone exploring !!
Iv been reading about what you wanted to do since early winter...ranging from hammocks in the bush to staving off possums and giant sandflys & beating off rabid old west coast bushmen that have extra toes with a stick , crossing rivers with ropes & anchors ....come on where's the action !!! Where's the pics & im not talking shit of the computer your own pics if not now maybe by the end of summer ? , else....ur all talk no action the old tyre kicking fence leaning day dreaming gunadoo ;)
To stay in the bush for weeks at a time with a GPX detector requires a dynamo generator. This will also allow me to recharge my phone (for pictures) & batteries for underwater torch, pointer etc.
Then my only requirement is food.
Bought one from USA but the stand it came with weighed a shit tonne, and designed to work with the back wheel of a bicycle.
1. can't cart a bike into bush (I did consider it).
2. not very efficient.
3. I had to construct my own foldable stand with pedals & chain to dynamo - compact to fit into my pack ( still weighs a tonne - maybe 10kg). Also it was my first experience trying to drill & hacksaw stainless steel, I had no idea how tough it was and that it required titanium coated or cobalt drill bits.
Most exciting moment was the possum & my shorts ripped doing jumps across a sheer slip.
Making the GPX submersible took much longer than expected as I needed to remove detector plug ends to fit waterproof seals onto cables.
I was also desinging a 1 metre coil - however that will have to be put off til next time.
As for my Coromandel trip, I could write that up. But I was very limited by rain prone detector. I did not want to trek all the way into the bush only to be holed up there by rain for days on end. In the future I will return and do a proper trek into the bush.
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