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Colmaca - LOL the thought did cross my mind, but wouldn't be able to live with myself! Metamorphic - That sounds like a good arrangement. Would be good to have that some day with a prospecting partner, when I'm more use than being the proverbial pimple on his posterior of course :P Roscoe -...

I've found a guy through a mate that is happy to take me out gold prospecting for the first time and give me some good advice on the hobby. My question is - in this situation, if I actually found some gold out there using one of his detectors, what's the politics around divvying up the spoils...

Thanks for the tip, will keep it in mind. What particular sized Sadie would work best do you reckon?

I'm probably going to get an SPP now, are you talking about the 12" mono that comes with the TDI and SPP? In that case I'm hearing conflicting reports about it. I've heard others say it's good for gold. Do you mean it may not find 'tiny' gold under say, 0.3g?

Oh sorry, did you mean "fossick"? I must've read "hunt" !!!!

Don't worry mate, anyone that knows their basic gun safety rules knows how to avoid this happening. The rule of "never fire above the horizon" comes to mind. You need to be 100% sure of your bullets path before you fire. In saying that, I'm very cautious and responsible. I can't speak for the...

Does anyone go into state forests with detector in hand and rifle strapped on their back? This might be the stupidest idea I've had, but hey, if at any point when you're detecting away a hapless bunny comes along, you can enjoy two of your favourite hobbies at once! This begs another question...

Will do mate, just out of curiosity, what part of the country are you from?

Oooh that Whites SPP looks promising, anyone had a swing with it here? Or is it not worth cheaping out compared to the TDI?

Great responses everyone. I think the game plan for me is to firstly learn what areas are legal to detect in, I'd never want to go into an area and not be 100% and then someone comes and questions me about it and I don't know the answer. This would be the best way to deal with the knobs, to be...

Thanks for the feedback guys. I checked over those links Ramjet, good stuff to know. I haven't looked into the legalities of prospecting in our local parks yet but I personally cannot see myself digging up any public grass area, no matter how careful I am. I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable doing...

Hi guys, please be aware it was difficult for me to find the correct section to post this, so mods please move this thread if not appropriate for general chat. I haven't even started prospecting yet, nor have I ever used a detector. Just in the throws of research and detector selection at the...

OK, I'll set my sights on a TDI, cheers Wal. My last couple of questions for you great sages of the swing: 1. As a newb, should I really be too fussy about (paying more) and getting the TDI Pro Oz Series over the vanilla TDI? 2. What are the best sites/places to keep an eye on for second hand...

Hi Wal, thanks for the info. By all means go ahead and let me know more about the earlier Minelabs. I really would love one but from what I've seen anything Minelab seems to be massively expensive. The TDI and the Infinium like you say seem to punch above their weight as they're PI's for a great...

Thanks for the links Magilla, have had a look at them all, very informative. I'm definitely leaning more towards the Whites TDI Pro Oz series now, will have to save up a bit more I think. I think I'm going to need to get me an Aldi detector just to tide me by until I can afford it!