i mainly use a gold pan but about 12 months ago i bought a gold kruzer detector to compliment my creek work
the kruzer has worked quite well in the creeks i have used it in here in qld
but a trip to vic earlier this year (whipstick/bendigo area )the kruzer with the highly mineralised soil there had the detector struggle badly
but with help from another member well versed in the use of detectors, tweaked it so it was just usable (not great but usable) it may work well in other areas in vic with less mineralisation of the soil(as where i use it here in qld)
as i wished to do more detecting and with the kruzer struggling, i recently bought a gpx5000 to do the majority of my detecting ,as with hindsight i should have gone the 5000 in the first place