Thanx heaps Dave79 for the info, appreciate it very much. Didn't realise about the mineralisation. Will be buy a 6" before I go out to the gold fields. :Y:
Just bought Equinox800 havent tried out on the gold fields but a member of our club brought in a variety of different sized flakes and nuggets to see how sensitive the standard coil that comes with it is. Well, very impressed, picked up a flake of gold .1g height about 10cm above. But the larger...
Update:- 30/03/2021.
Joined Adelaide Detector club, purchased a Minelab Equinox800. Have been on a few field trips but with Covid-19 been unable to get to the gold fields.
Hello everyone,
I'm newish to the forum, been reading all the great posts, but haven't had anything to post till now.
Late last year I joined the local Lapidary club & within 3weeks was chosen to learn to facet.
I have since bought a Gemmasta GFe3 I have also become a member of the Australian...
Thankyou so much for all this incredibly handy info, for newbies like myself. Great place to start. I've been collecting stones since I was a kid, still go out looking at least once a month. Recently bought a metal detector MD-3006 looking forward to trying it out now that Springs warmer weather...