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the park i was detecting is a newish park that was build over an older one, and is located within walking distance of the beach. Its a park thats located in the suburbs and only see's local traffic. As perth has many other "better" and more well known beaches/parks. As for it not being junky, i...

Thats a good idea, but unfortunately i think all those places are located more than an hour away from me. On a side note, has anyone tried those large plastic shovels from bunnings? they seem alright but im a bit worried that the handle may snap if there is to much sand on it.

Thanks Goldpick, ill look into those

awesome thanks, ill definitely look into those. I placed my thongs on the slope of a dune i was working in front of. Then i made my way towards the water, detected for about 15mins went back and they were gone. I was probably about 15-20 metres away when they disappeared

haha i was a little bit over excited about going down to the beach. My thinking when i was loading up the car was something like this "Pfffft how hard can it be to dig a hole" After about 30mins i soon changed my tune. I was shocked as well considering i was walking around with an $850 piece of...

Went beach hunting tonight for the first time and i learnt 2 things. 1. invest in a decent shovel 2. People can be d bags. Went to my local beach tonight to have a swing and see whats out there. Getting heaps of signals ranging from 28, 32-38, 46 etc etc. Only issue is that the hand trowel i...

Is it? I thought it was to protect the coil when it was in storage/when not being used. So leaving it on wont affect the coil sending or receiving a signal? I wasn't discriminating anything out wolfrau, i had it set on all metal mode with no discrimination. Surprisingly the only junk targets i...

Took the detector for a spin today after i got everything set up, and roughly figured out what button does what. Ended up with just over $20 in coins, and a few pennys, so pretty happy with that result. Got home and realised that I had left the skid plate on the coil.....oops.

Picked up my detector today from Reeds prospecting supplies. Ended up with an Xterra 705. Turns out that i was 3 days late to take advantage of a deal where this model of detector comes with minelab koss headphones, a cover and a flashlight. But because the sales people where top blokes they...

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll go pay jeff at reeds prospecting supplies a visit tomorrow. I dont have an issue with buying second hand, so long as the machine functions properly. But having a warranty is always reasurring.

Lots of interesting things mentioned here. so basically im looking at either the AT pro, or the Xterra 705. From what i read about the 705, minelab offers a selection of coils that operate at different frequencies whereas the AT Pro's coils only operate at the one frequency. Is this correct...

I had no intention of buying one on ebay...if its too good to be true it usually is. Yeah I was having a look at the Xterra 705 after it was mentioned above. Looks like a decent machine, that will suit my needs very well. I wanted something that i could use on the beach, (as i live on the...

Thanks for the information guys. Shane, i agree with you 100% on the above statement. I would love to pick up something decent for under $1000. But that limit is somewhat flexible. On the topic of buying a detector, are there any reputable sites that sell them? Because im a bit sus about buying...

G'day all! As the title suggests im after a recommendation for a new metal detector. Im going to be using it to detect along beaches and up around Kal and the surrounding goldfields. Ideally i would like a machine that could be used for both purposes. Im aware that like anything you get what...