Newbie advise

Jimmy no clue said:

Well that didn't help much lol

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Mate, if you're buying from Miners Den, you're only going to be looking at Minelab detectors, so the choice is simple:

Ded Driver said:

Hiya JimmyNoClue & welcome to PA.
first up, more info needed, ie, what you are mainly going after?
The 2 machines you mention have different primary purposes.
The GM is a specialist small/fine gold hunter, but will find coins & jewellery (& lots of Aluminium trash)
The EQ is a mainly coins/jewellery/relic hunter, but will find small gold.
DED

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Both of the above machines are around $1,250 and will serve you well, but if money is no object, then the SDC2300 (which is a dedicated gold machine), is around $4,000. Since you apparently have never done any detecting, that's a lot to spend without knowing what you're up against, so I'd suggest you hire an SDC for a few days from Miners Den and give it a go on a real gold field - you'll soon understand whether it's a hobby you're going to stick with.

Jimmy no clue said:

Well that didn't help much lol

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Jimmy still has no clue

Jimmy no clue said:

Mainly i would like to get out looking for the huge nuggets lol

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In that case, welcome to the most frustrating, unrewarding ,physically demanding, large junk-collecting, specialist areas of the hobby.

Main gear required- Any of the more expensive PI machines, a large coil (the biggest you can swing the better), a big well-made pick, a spud bar, a good Chiropractor, and a supply of pain-killer medication (Panadol will do at a pinch). Oh, and an unlimited supply of patience and perseverance, as well as a perverse pleasure in seeing all the photos of the tiddlers that other people find when they go out, because it means with that huge deep-goldfinding coil that you use, you will inevitably walk over more gold than you will find.

P.S.

Welcome aboard!

There os always a secondhand 2300
currently for sale on this forum
maybe better value and still get a dedicated machine

hh

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32796
On sale ATM.

Heres a 2300 alot cheaper than that one on here. https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ale...dc-2300-price-drop-firm-no-offers-/1234881008

grubstake said:

Jimmy no clue said:

Well that didn't help much lol

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Mate, if you're buying from Miners Den, you're only going to be looking at Minelab detectors, so the choice is simple:

Ded Driver said:

Hiya JimmyNoClue & welcome to PA.
first up, more info needed, ie, what you are mainly going after?
The 2 machines you mention have different primary purposes.
The GM is a specialist small/fine gold hunter, but will find coins & jewellery (& lots of Aluminium trash)
The EQ is a mainly coins/jewellery/relic hunter, but will find small gold.
DED

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Both of the above machines are around $1,250 and will serve you well, but if money is no object, then the SDC2300 (which is a dedicated gold machine), is around $4,000. Since you apparently have never done any detecting, that's a lot to spend without knowing what you're up against, so I'd suggest you hire an SDC for a few days from Miners Den and give it a go on a real gold field - you'll soon understand whether it's a hobby you're going to stick with.

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I have hired detectors from the den a long time ago , unfortunately didn't have much luck but i see it a bit like fishing, i like to go fishing and if i catch a fish it's a bonus. The day wasn't a total loss anyway because i cleaned a lot of junk from the bush.

I wasn't aware they hired out SDC's but now that i do it might be worth a shot.

Deepseeker said:

Jimmy no clue said:

Mainly i would like to get out looking for the huge nuggets lol

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In that case, welcome to the most frustrating, unrewarding ,physically demanding, large junk-collecting, specialist areas of the hobby.
Main gear required- Any of the more expensive PI machines, a large coil (the biggest you can swing the better), a big well-made pick, a spud bar, a good Chiropractor, and a supply of pain-killer medication (Panadol will do at a pinch). Oh, and an unlimited supply of patience and perseverance, as well as a perverse pleasure in seeing all the photos of the tiddlers that other people find when they go out, because it means with that huge deep-goldfinding coil that you use, you will inevitably walk over more gold than you will find.
P.S.
Welcome aboard!

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nailed it Deepseeker ower:

if it was me i would be looking for a pulse induction detector