First Swing
Day one of the course with Goldtalk Leonora: four minutes of paperwork, quartz with rust through it, a screaming detector, and a small bottle of gold my machine could not hear.
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Kalgoorlie to Leonora: The Last Day of Never Having Swung a Detector
Kalgoorlie to Leonora by Prado: a black-and-white tavern, bacon by the roadside, a dam guarding a puddle, and a future president’s house. The last day of never having swung a detector.
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All the Gear, No Idea: Kitting Out for Leonora
All ideas and no gear — until two parcels turned up. My honest take on the gold prospecting gear I bought for a first trip to Leonora, and what I got wrong.
The Map App: What Happens When an Old Engineer Asks an AI for Help
I’ll be honest: AI and I got off to a rocky start. I loved the idea of it — something clever enough to take the boring half of a job off my hands while I got on with the interesting bits. What I usually got back was a confident answer that was confidently wrong. Loved
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From Kalgoorlie to Ready to Dig
Post 02 — The Route In. From a holiday in Kalgoorlie to ready to swing a detector: the route in.
Why I’m Digging for Legacy: An Unexpected Journey
Now I’m much too old to chase girls, so I’m going after gold. The story of how a man accidentally joined the army, nearly drowned in the North Sea, and ended up pointing a metal detector at two-billion-year-old rock.
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