Hi everyone, i went to the mechanics this morning to see how the generator was and he had it in pieces so i asked him what was the problem with it and he showed me a screw which had embeded in the top of the piston, he said the only way it could have got there is through the spark plug hole when it was being changed and droped down through there, well the only person to change the plug was the mechanic in shepparton as they are the only ones to have serviced the generator, ive never taken out the plug [as far as i can remember] or done any service on it except change the oil, they are lucky im 3,000 ks away but im still going to ring them and give em some, i pick the geni up tomorrow and then one more night here in laverton c/park then im off to yerilla an old mining town sth west of here about 130 odd ks away, ive got good info on a lease which is owned by some inexperienced prospectors, what you do when you have a lease is that you detect the area then scape the top 6 inches off with a dozer or grader then detect again and keep doing this until you hit bedrock or the gold runs out, these fellows did that but they went the wrong direction and missed the main gold bearing ground, ive got gps coordinates of the spot and plan to be there thursday arvo, its not to far from some good free camping grounds and leonora is only 60 odd ks away so ill stock up on supplies on the way there, they have a gallery here with some great indiginous paintings from $50 to over $1,000 and somtimes they walk through the c/van park floggin some paintings alot cheaper, when they come through again ill have a look at them as they need to be signed and they usually have the story on the back, seeyas later, Stu