G'day from the Adelaide Hills

[Bacchus]

Cheers Jaros

Hey Matt and all forum members
Thanks for a great website , the information here is fantastic and it seems everyone is welcoming and genuinely
out there to help . I am another Adelaide Hillbilly living about 20 minutes drive from the Jupiter Creek / Echunga
Goldfields . As per the Avatar , knowledge about prospecting / fossicking is limited to the info you and your members have made so freely available . I would really appreciate any advice , especially about the local area around here where I can cut
my teeth so to speak.
A special thanks to Phase Technical ( Nenad ) your videos on the what seems to be the idiot proof SDC 2300
has me expecting my 50th Birthday present by post tomorrow . An additional video on how to doctor a Visa Card
statement would now be a great help.

Cheers

Rick

" Life is to short to drink bad wine "

 

[Goldpick]

Welcome Rick, I too am not far from the Echunga goldfields and have spent a fair bit of time there over the years, with not a hell of a lot of luck unfortunately. Though the SDC should do a good job at weeding out any nuggets, and as Nenad has shown, there is still gold to be found there if you take your time and be thorough.

 

[Bacchus]

Thanks Goldpick

A lot of testing in the backyard and then off to Echunga I go .
Are you aware of any groups around the area who arrange detecting outings or meetings as when
I become competent I would like to learn a little on the job so to speak ?
Or do most detectorists ( if that's a word ) like to go solo ? I would expect this is mainly the
case.

Cheers

Rick

 

[OzzieAu]

Hi Rick,
Just joined this forum myself,
I know of a club at Morphett Vale that I am thinking of joining; Southern Seekers Detector Club.
Contacts; Stuart: 83821120
Bob:83261091
They have social hunts as well as trips to known gold finding areas.
We could probably both benefit from such a group,
Cheers Adrian.

 

[Goldpick]

Rick, I suspect most people go it alone, but the option is there to join a club like the Southern Seekers. To get the most out of your detector, might pay to do some training on site down at Echunga, Minelab hold regular training session for the SDC2300 that should have you setting off on the right foot.

http://www.minersden.com.au/adelaide-minelab-sdc-2300-training/

 

[Coyote]

Hi Rick
Welcome to the forum. I'm a little further south the you. I purchase an SDC about 3 weeks ago but due to work commitments have only spent about 3 hour at Jupiter Creek.
I have booked in to do some training with Nenad on Dec 7th. If you purchased the SDC from Adelaide's miners den then you should be able to book in for a complimentary 3 hour training session. there are several dates.

Due to work I have not bothered with joining a club and normally just take my youngest son with me. that's mainly to get him out of the house and enjoying some fresh air and exercise. Otherwise I go alone. Enjoy the time as its valuable chill out time. I will send you a PM that you may find interesting after you get your 10 post on the site.

Cheers.

Cliff

 

[Dughug]

G'day Rick,

welcome to the Forum I worked with the guys from the Southern seekers at the Southern Rockhounds Gemfair last weekend they are a really great bunch who readily pass their expertise & knowledge on. Ican support OzzieAu recommendation to join the the Southern Seekers at Flaxmill Log Cabin 17 Gerald Court Christie Downs, SA 5164 Australia

Meetings:

2nd Mon 7.30pm (except Jan) and monthly hunts on Sun following meeting

 

[Bacchus]

Thanks all for so much for the information both on the training and the Southern Seekers club.
I reckon that I will certainly go the way of the club when I get organised as I am very interested in
learning how to read the ground , etc etc . Cliff , look forward to any info when I amble to PM , I like to buy locally so I did
ring Miners Den Adelaide to see if they could match a deal from a Qld dealer which included a $200 Garmin GPS ( which I intended to buy anyway )
so the deal was too good to pass up , they did seem like great people but could not match the promotion and thanked me for the opportunity so I am heading down next week to buy a pick and a few odds and sods , maps etc from them.
Thus the training from miners den I would not qualify for but if Minelab run training for their product users I will certainly follow
it up , otherwise I am amazed at the info available on the Internet and this forum so I am sure it won't take long to get going with it.

Thanks again

Rick