First Detector

Hi everybody have been reading some of the posts and have been learning a lot already so decided to join the group. My mate came out with a detector a week ago and got me hooked so ordered a Equinox 800 and am interested in looking for old relics and possibly a bit of gold in the Alice Springs region. I have 10 minutes of detector time so very green. I am really keen on learning on how to understand the difference between digging for rubbish or something decent. Thanks in advance ickshovel:

Welcome CPCOOK74. Good luck with the 800.

G'day mate. Best way to find out is to dig it up! Most of the interesting stuff tends to come up with a target ID of 16 to 32 but if you find a few interesting things it pays to dig up every signal in the area. Probably stick to park mode 1 to start with as it descriminates out (silences) most of the junk signals fir you.

Thank you there will be Plenty of questions

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Thank you there will be Plenty of questions

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Bring them on everyone loves questions
Just remember there is no such thing as a stupid question only a stupid person that didn't ask it and then stuffed up

get a hand full of different coins and throw them about the ground, practice detect them, learn what they tell you :Y:

MOST IMPORTANT whilest digging is DIG THE SMALLEST HOLE POSSIBLE a pinpointer will aid this :Y: DO NOT use shovels in public areas :Y:

small digging tools such as Tyger digger are the go, i am told there are other brands but they aren't Australian



MOST MOST IMPORTANTLY FILL THE HOLES BACK IN , this keeps the peace with not only fellow detectorist's
and the tree hugging , do gooding public that will dob you for digging holes and wont have photos of gaping unfilled holes to flash around to council layful:
they dont say much when they cannot see where you have been :Y: :Y:

and yes welcome to the addiction detecting is arty: :rainbow: arty:

CPCOOK74 said:

Hi everybody have been reading some of the posts and have been learning a lot already so decided to join the group. My mate came out with a detector a week ago and got me hooked so ordered a Equinox 800 and am interested in looking for old relics and possibly a bit of gold in the Alice Springs region. I have 10 minutes of detector time so very green. I am really keen on learning on how to understand the difference between digging for rubbish or something decent. Thanks in advance ickshovel:

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Same region for me and I am looking for some learning too.
Today is nice (9-23c), but it was 40c last weekend and soon to be back up there again.