Hi Patrick
Thanks for the reply, am really just after some general info on a reasonable area to start on rather than randomly walking into the woods lol, have been trying to get the gold atlas of Victoria but it seems to be totally unavailable in the UK, Will be staying for a Month so I expect...
Hello all
Not long returned to the Uk from a successful prospecting trip to WA, so now officially having gold fever have booked a flight to Melbourne in October to spend a few week detecting in the golden triangle, will be basing myself in Maryborough and will have transport.
Would be grateful...
hi Garyo and old hand
Had a fantastic time and will be back next year
Hard to say why the ATX struggled to find gold but the find rate really speaks for itself, I'm no novice at detecting, been at it over forty years and have plenty of hours on the ATX it simply was not finding gold, perhaps...
A few weeks ago I asked a question on here on whether the TAX was up to the job in the WA gold fields and had varying answers most saying the minelab 5000 was far superior.
Well I have just returned from a two week WA prospecting trip and this is how I rate both machines.
I will let the...
Thanks everyone for your opinions and advice, looks like Garrett have shot themselves in the foot marketing the ATX as a "gold" machine for WA when all the evidence points to the fact its not.
Would I use it on a beach ? without doubt for 90% of the beaches I work its outstanding the other 10%...
Thanks for all your advice, looks like a lot of the youtube videos are Garrett propaganda which is a shame so what's the story with Warren from NQ explores? I realise he has some connection with Garrett and rates the ATX up there with the 5000 and the videos seam to support this!
so is he...
I will be visiting WA in ten days time to detect around Kalgoorlie I was planning to bring my ATX with me as I was under the impression it was a competent detector in highly mineralised ground (it is a beast on the beaches of the UK).
however there are so many conflicting opinions/reviews on it...