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Hi everyone, I have lately been detecting for gold but now I have a pan set I wouldn't mind getting into Gem and Mineral fossicking. I have also been fortunate to be taught by a resident at the aged care home I work at how to operate a faceting machine and how to facet gems. Are there any clubs...

Morning all, I thinking of going out today to test my new pan kit and been looking online for an area to pan. I have found Sailors Creek around the Daylesford area. Can anyone tell me of the area and if it is good for panning both Gold and Gems as well as metal detecting in case I get the...

Hi All. Can anyone help me? I am looking for an area between Geelong and Ballarat to prospect or pan for Gems & Minerals. I due to get married on 24th April and would love to find the perfect gem to use as a wedding ring rather than buy one from a store. Any help would be greatly...

Hi All, I am looking at heading out to do some detecting and panning tomorrow. I have looked on some maps and have chosen the Daisy Hill/Maryborough area to check out and maybe Clunes on the way. I have chosen the Sing Track, Daisy Hill as a possible area to visit. Can anyone please tell me...

Hi All, Need advice on the best spots for successful Gold Panning between Geelong and Maryborough, been mostly detecting but I think the wife has got sick of my whinging and bitching about the amount of junk I come home with and bought me the Minelab Gold Pan Pro kit to shut me up. any advice...

Hi All, Can anyone please tell me of areas that I can go detecting between Geelong and Ballarat? Jayse

Hi All. I finally got excited to go out and test drive my very first detector being the Minelab X-Terra 705. I went out to near Ballarat last weekend and got plenty of junk but was having alot of difficulty working out the settings even from the manual and even worse is trying to understand the...

I have been reading on a website regarding prospecting in Vic and it says that we need a miners right which I happily purchased for 10 years at a cost of $20.40. I am a bit confused with the info supplied as it says anything found is transferred to the person with the right but if a treasure...

Hi everyone, I am new to prospecting and I am wondering if there any known gold areas between Geelong and Portland, Vic?

Hi everyone, my name is Jayson but prefer to be known as Jayse and from Belmont, Vic. I am just starting out in the hobby of prospecting which will allow me to get out into the great outdoors and have fun, if I find something great but if not I know I will have fun all the same.