I have a 2005 Range Rover Sport with 20 inch city alloys and low profile tyres. :P
Haven't gotten stuck yet! Not that I've really pushed it.
I actually took it out for work one day where there were a bunch of representatives from a few different engineering consultancies meeting to look at...
Maryborough Coiltek Centre will do the SDC and throw in a pick and a scoop for $60 per day and give 10% off for 3 or more days hire. Sorry, that's the only one I know.
I hired an SDC from Coiltek centre in Maryborough for my first time out and highly recommend it for that purpose. Very easy for a novice to use, so you can just concentrate on the detecting and whether it's something you might find enjoyable or just frustrating/boring. I also got 4 little...
Tried to insert but the file exceeded the site's upload limit, if you google "Bendigo prospecting map" you can download the map from parkweb.vic.gov.au that will show you where you can and can't prospect. Also has the main camp grounds.
I was up there over Christmas and also just came back with rubbish. Has it become too popular now? I don't know... I was in the Mitcham Miner's Den and saw a guy buying a GPZ7000 and the John Tully Kingower book, I think he got all of it! :o
There's a guy who calls himself the Apple Isle Prospector and has a website of the same name with a list of nugget finds and the area they were found in. I haven't been on there for a while, so I'm not sure of the spread of the nuggets but Corinna, Queenstown, Melba Flats did feature heavily...
Tpg is shown on the Ballan 1:50,000 geological map to be:
The map can be downloaded here:
http://earthresources.efirst.com.au/product.asp?pID=356&cID=30
EDIT: Oh yeah, the lines with solid circles on them are quartz reefs.