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I know the SDC2300 is designed as a gold finder however will it work to detect coins jewellery etc on a beach or around old buildings? I am just trying to find the most versatile machine. Search for coins etc would be a secondary use I would mainly be detecting for gold I believe. Mac

John Macarthur?

I had the thought you could have a look in some of these old shafts by using a 4WD winch with a sheave block tied off to a tree or proper tripod arrangement to center it over the hole. You could lower people with a sling attachment but not sure about air quality etc. I hasten to add there is no...

Evening all, as a newbie I am still getting my head around where I may be able to go prospecting in this great land of ours. In reality it will probably mostly be in Victoria and as I live in Melbourne's east the obvious place is somewhere like Gippsland or the high country. Trips to the GT will...

Thanks to everyone for their posts. Learning learning all the time. Still yet to get the detector but hopefully will have some small idea when I do get it. This forum is great. Mac :Y: :Y:

I know there will be variables but I have read a number of times of people relating size of coil to depth of detection. So if I buy an SDC2300, which to me seems like a good newbie detector, then the detection depth of the 8" coil will be roughly 8 inches? Or am I reading things wrong? I am...

Welcome Fixer, only a newbie myself but friendly forum and I have got some great advice already. Mac :D

Sorry if I have missed a previous post. I have seen scales in Minelab at $59 or thereabouts and they also sell them on fleabay for various amounts much cheaper. Any suggestions on which to buy? I saw a YouTube vid that pushes a device that measures a minimum .01 grams , which makes sense but...

Probably a bit in front of myself here given that I don't even own a detector but I see Mine Lab now have the Prosonic equipment to enable wireless free headphones and PhaseTech have their version. I can't see how the non OEM gear would affect warranty but I would appreciate any opinions re the...

Thanks so much Teemore - this will keep me going for some time. Mac

Thanks everyone. After I posted I had a thought that may have been a bit personal a question. I apologise if that was the case. Mac

May I ask for some suggestions for books I can read to improve my knowledge please? I can download to a kindle if they are ebooks or happy to purchase books that may be good reference guides in the future. I am coming at this from a complete novice point of view - no knowledge of geology, or...

So in my dreams I have collected several (kilo) grams of gold and I want to sell it to recoup what seems to me will be several K for this new found passion of mine. How do I go about doing so? And how do you know if it is 18 carat or 14 carat etc. I am loving this forum guys. The links, the...

Afternoon all, and thanks for allowing me to join the forum Soon to be retired and looking forward to trying out some prospecting now that work won't get in the way so much. I had my interest sparked by a visit to Bullumwaal in Gippsland and being shown some of the old mines etc. I figure apart...