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Hi Kleinma98, I built a Mirage PI which was based on the hammerhead I think. I used the White's two piece arm and cast my own 10' mono coil. Its set up for large and small gold. Air tests give me about 12' for a gold ring which I think is amazing for a DIY kit. It will work great along the...

Hi Guys, I've built myself the Mirage PI with a 10" coil and keen to try it out. I'm off work this week and would like to know if anyone is keen to hook up and possibly show me the ropes in metal detecting somewhere across Inglewood/raywood/kamarooka or other area? Regards Aussie280

Hi Goldpick, Thank you for your detailed response. Very informative. Parks/beach options : multi freq. detectors better then just single freq therefore minelab explorer se / sovereign / 705 / G2 / GBpro. The latter 2 better at beach. Forget about goldfields until more money to buy Pi md. If...

Hi guys Firstly I've read through many threads and posts - probably too many. I'm new to MD. I live in Victoria in the Eastern suburbs. I have settled on a Minelab (best for minerised ground) I wish to prospect 30% of the time and 70% beachcombing/parks for coin and jewellery. My budget...

Hi guys, I'm a noob and went out this morning to purchase the Aldi MD. Got it home and up and running. Air detecting seemed to be OK but when I went out to the backyard I found it inconsistant. Very hard to pinpoint the location of a beep. Rarely able to duplicate the beeps in the same...

Hi Beagleboy, Thanks for reminding me to check the exempt list and I'd love to come out with you sometime to show me the ropes. Regards Aussie280

Hi Matt, Thanks for a great day. Blind leading the blind. I will do more research and come up with a few options with better pay dirt. Aussie280

Matt & I went to the same spot today. Now I left after a couple of hours with nothing but Matt got 2 specks....Our first outing. But I won't be going back to that spot again it looks like it's been done to death. All we did was dig the gravel in the creek and where there was clay below the...

Thanks Goldpick for putting me straight. I'm trying to read as much as possible about MD's. PI are the beast in mineralised ground. Also why do people say minelab is the king of MD's for mineralised soil in Oz? Are they that much further in research then the other brands?

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum and to MD. I'm working to a limited budget and in reading reviews/advice any MD under $250 prrobably isn't worth it so my best bet is to look at PI kits (as I know how to hold a soldering iron). I was initially interested in building the Surf PI but then came across...

Cheers MJB for the tip...reposting

This must be pretty new to the members on the forum. I understand it to be originally based on the hammerhead. Has anyone tried the hammerhead? How do you mod a PI unit to work a little better on mineralised ground? Any help appreciated.

Thanks to all on the pan seasoning advice. I managed to get a pan from Anaconda today. 36cm black with 3 raised ridges along half of the pan. Looks cheap and nasty to be honest and nothing like what I viewed at the MinersDen online. I'm set for tomorrow at least but will promptly replace the...

Hi Casper, In doing research on pans its suggested when new to wire wool the pan to take the smooth surface away...better to trap the flakes?

its no tresure map Matt but its a good read and Yes you will be surpised with the extent of the useful detailed information like how deep you need to dig in a certain location to get pay dirt. Are we allowed to do that? like dig down 2 feet or 4 feet to get to pay dirt?

Thanks guys for both putting your thoughts forward regarding coloured pans. Personally I would like to use a blue or green pan as read its easier to see the blacksand from the gold? Although tt probably makes little difference. What makes a bigger difference is technique and design of the actual...

thats excellent news...guess where I'm going tomorrow. BTW I had an interesting chat with an old guy today who has spent 15 years researching Victorian goldfields specifcally recording all shallow claims dating back to the 1840's. He has kindly given me a copy of his research. This person has a...

Thanks Tricky I will head down tomorrow to have a look. At $8.00 Im not too worried.

Agreed....I think MD's will mostly get you lost rings and coins. A bit of fun but probably not much gold in the raw form. Well either that or the prospectors that find gold via MD's keep it to themselves.. ;) Leaning towards panning now see if I like it and maybe MD down the track. Basically...

Hi BB thanks for the tip....I will give it a go