Hi everybody have been reading some of the posts and have been learning a lot already so decided to join the group. My mate came out with a detector a week ago and got me hooked so ordered a Equinox 800 and am interested in looking for old relics and possibly a bit of gold in the Alice Springs region. I have 10 minutes of detector time so very green. I am really keen on learning on how to understand the difference between digging for rubbish or something decent. Thanks in advance ickshovel: