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G'day to All,
My name is Matt I am 52 and my partner is Cat (I am not allowed to disclose her age). We are simple (not simpletons) hard working folk who are not liking where our lives have lead us. After following forums, reading blogs, watching vlogs and having many (sometimes heated) discussions, we have decided to make a lifestyle change. So, Cat and I are in the process of selling up all we own (which isn't much), quitting our jobs. We have invested in an old 14' 70's caravan, a 4WD, a ML gold panning kit and we are heading to the goldfields. Most of our friends and family think we are crazy, and maybe we are, but there has to be more than just working to pay somebody else's bills.
Neither of us have any experience prospecting and we have very little savings. However what we do have is the courage to let the universe guide us on a new exciting adventure. Don't get me wrong, we are not dreamers and don't have any expectations of striking it rich and living comfortably off our findings. We just decided if we have to go through a daily grind why not make it adventurous.
We are just about to invest in our first detector. Our budget is limited so we are tossing up between the Gold Monster 1000 and the equinox 800 and would love to hear your thoughts along with any other advice (tools, clothing, locations, training, honest gold buyers and equipment suppliers etc.) you may offer. It would be greatly appreciated.
We are currently living on the Mid North Coast of NSW and are planning to be on the road heading to the Vic goldfields by the beginning of June 2022. In the meantime we will be doing some prospecting around the Coffs Harbour area to get familiar with our equipment and work out what other stuff we may need.
We are looking forward to taking on your advice, hearing your experience and possibly even catching up for a beer or a coffee in the very near future.
My name is Matt I am 52 and my partner is Cat (I am not allowed to disclose her age). We are simple (not simpletons) hard working folk who are not liking where our lives have lead us. After following forums, reading blogs, watching vlogs and having many (sometimes heated) discussions, we have decided to make a lifestyle change. So, Cat and I are in the process of selling up all we own (which isn't much), quitting our jobs. We have invested in an old 14' 70's caravan, a 4WD, a ML gold panning kit and we are heading to the goldfields. Most of our friends and family think we are crazy, and maybe we are, but there has to be more than just working to pay somebody else's bills.
Neither of us have any experience prospecting and we have very little savings. However what we do have is the courage to let the universe guide us on a new exciting adventure. Don't get me wrong, we are not dreamers and don't have any expectations of striking it rich and living comfortably off our findings. We just decided if we have to go through a daily grind why not make it adventurous.
We are just about to invest in our first detector. Our budget is limited so we are tossing up between the Gold Monster 1000 and the equinox 800 and would love to hear your thoughts along with any other advice (tools, clothing, locations, training, honest gold buyers and equipment suppliers etc.) you may offer. It would be greatly appreciated.
We are currently living on the Mid North Coast of NSW and are planning to be on the road heading to the Vic goldfields by the beginning of June 2022. In the meantime we will be doing some prospecting around the Coffs Harbour area to get familiar with our equipment and work out what other stuff we may need.
We are looking forward to taking on your advice, hearing your experience and possibly even catching up for a beer or a coffee in the very near future.