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Hi everyone,
I live in riverina NSW and have decided to get into gold detecting (think I may have a few screws loose), way more involved than I thought. Being 4.5 hours from gold fields (Bendigo/Golden Triangles) and working full time it is hard to get the time in the fields I wish I could get. I purchased a Minelab GPZ 7000 about 2 months ago which I am sure will be awesome once I work out settings that work best for myself, however I wish I had of brought a SDC2300 first (might buy one when I have the dollars) as they seem to be more novice friendly. Have had about 6-7 full days in gold fields with it finding lots of trash (plenty of leadshot hence my user name) and 3 small pieces of gold (two pieces came from a patch a friend took me to so class them as being spoon fed). Setting up 7000 is part that I am finding most difficult as friends settings have got small pieces I have found but they are way different to everything I am being told to use. Three pieces I found have been shallow so probably not getting best out of 7000. Sure I will work it out.
Hopefully become a prospector one day
Cheers Jamie
I live in riverina NSW and have decided to get into gold detecting (think I may have a few screws loose), way more involved than I thought. Being 4.5 hours from gold fields (Bendigo/Golden Triangles) and working full time it is hard to get the time in the fields I wish I could get. I purchased a Minelab GPZ 7000 about 2 months ago which I am sure will be awesome once I work out settings that work best for myself, however I wish I had of brought a SDC2300 first (might buy one when I have the dollars) as they seem to be more novice friendly. Have had about 6-7 full days in gold fields with it finding lots of trash (plenty of leadshot hence my user name) and 3 small pieces of gold (two pieces came from a patch a friend took me to so class them as being spoon fed). Setting up 7000 is part that I am finding most difficult as friends settings have got small pieces I have found but they are way different to everything I am being told to use. Three pieces I found have been shallow so probably not getting best out of 7000. Sure I will work it out.
Hopefully become a prospector one day
Cheers Jamie