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  1. Paulmarr

    What happened to member "silver"?

    Hi Guys Perhaps I missed it but I noticed not seeing any posts by our mate silver - does anyone know what happened to him/ where he is? I found his posts quite comical! Cheers sa mokin
  2. Paulmarr

    Minelab 705 Dual Pack new and unopened

    On offer is this Minelab 705 Dual Pack in unopened condition I won in a radio promotion, hence no receipt of warranty ... As new and box opened as received but undisturbed. Quick sale ... $650 inc postage - contact me via PM.
  3. Paulmarr

    Minelab comes to the party - a good detecting story

    I thought I might share a story about gold detecting and Minelab ... I participated in a Hit107 radio promotion last week that started from the recent 4 kilo nugget found in Victoria Rather than rattle off the story here it is: My son (SA Bogan who is also a member here) signed up for this...
  4. Paulmarr

    Military badge sunbakers

    As found .... Geez I don't know why it's so hard to find rising sun badges? :)
  5. Paulmarr

    Team Bogan 2016

    We have had a very slow start to the year and only got down to the beach for 15 minutes before a rain deluge but managed to find this .... Thought it was a junker but for my first target of the day I thought not bad ... Later Sa Bogan gave it a clean ... Lo and behold a silver Pandora not...
  6. Paulmarr

    Gold strike in California with a difference

    http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/03/25/10/56/sewer-workers-strike-gold
  7. Paulmarr

    Minelab Sovereign XS-2 plus accessories - beach hunter detector

    Here is a Minelab XS-2 Sovereign in good working condition. For those detectorists with lesser grade detectors like the Garrett Ace or Minelab 305/505/705 models - this detector will allow you to detect the wet sand and actually get in the water to find the gold and silver jewellery that is out...
  8. Paulmarr

    Team Bogan 2015 Beach Finds

    Hunt #1 Hi Everybody and Happy New Year! I thought I would start a new thread and name it appropriately so other members know it is not a general beach find thread dump but it's OUR beach find thread dump for 2015. After all the great finds members have been posting to start the year off...
  9. Paulmarr

    Don't believe everything you read!

    Last week SA Bogan and myself went to the scrappers to cash in our 2014 finds, and I was quite surprised by what we learned from the process. We went to a very prominent gold buyer in the city who was a lovely chap, and spent some time with us sharing his experience with gold jewelry. It was...
  10. Paulmarr

    Viking finds - new ones I think

    http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/10/13/08/45/metal-detector-enthusiast-finds-viking-treasure
  11. Paulmarr

    Now here must be the worlds largest coin spill ...

    http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/09/29/07/09/amateur-treasure-hunter-unearths-22000-roman-coins
  12. Paulmarr

    My USA Finds

    Hi Everybody I am in the USA visiting family - and it is Fathers Day today here so while visiting my Dad I was persuaded to get out the detector for a swing around his house. With a little niece and nephew in tow I managed to find a few coins and amaze the crowd with its magic .... My ride -...
  13. Paulmarr

    Can you imagine the looks while you use this detector?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ELECTROSCOPE-DIRECTIONAL-LONG-RANGE-METAL-DETECTOR-FOR-WHITES-MINELAB-GARRETT-/231225558475?pt=US_Metal_Detectors&hash=item35d61e05cb 8)
  14. Paulmarr

    Garrett Ace 350 Detector For Sale - $300

    Hi Everyone I have a Garrett Ace 350 detector for sale as no longer being used. It comes with the box and associated paperwork and DVD - it has (2) DD coils (smaller one is without a cover) and works perfectly. I found over $100 of modern coins, silver coins, and jewelry while I used it. I...
  15. Paulmarr

    My beach finds

    I thought I might start a permanent thread for this year to post our beach finds rather than start a new thread each time we have a session.... So here we go. My activity this weeks saw a three hour session on Tuesday - we covered a beach we hadn't seen in a while $3 in moderns - a couple of...
  16. Paulmarr

    Saturday morning beach combing session

    Hey everybody Bogan and I went for a three hour session this morning and here is the best of what we have found .... Today's tally was 3 x large penny, 1 x 2 cent brown bugger, 2 x modern 10 cents, 2 x shillings, 2x six pence, 1x three pence, a ring that is possibly silver, and the usual...
  17. Paulmarr

    Mystery beach finds

    Hi everyone Here are a couple of items I'd like you to look over and see if you can identify them item #1 - heavy and can't see any attachment points (lighter for scale) Item #2 - unique figure
  18. Paulmarr

    Friday morning at the beach

    Today. Bogan and I had a three hour beach session with the repaired /newly improved sand scoop and the Sovereign GT fresh from Minelab. Had a great day and here is what we found.... We got a total of 18 coins, a lead Indian, battleship and surf board.... 1 x Florin , 1 x Shilling, 2x...
  19. Paulmarr

    Best reason to buy Minelab

    I bought a second hand Sovereign which has developed troubles - but whether it's new or used the best reason to buy Minelab is ..... they are LOCAL! Nice displays.... And their Customer Care guys are really nice - did some prelim troubleshooting while I was there to rule out user...
  20. Paulmarr

    Friday beach hunt - Sovereign GT vs Excaliber

    Hi guys After Sa_Bogan's gold find yesterday we were excited to have another go at another local beach... And while both detectors did well the Excaliber stumbled on to more treasure... At six grams Sa_Bogan is pretty close to finding an ounce of gold albeit 9k - however this lovely ring is...
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