Garrett backpack

I bought one of these backpacks a few days ago to fit all my detecting gear in for the field. They are usually $85ea, got this one from The Gold Mining centre for $50 pickup, postage usually $12. Like I mentioned previously, this thing can hold a lot of gear, and is comfortable to wear with hip and chest belts to keep it in place securely.

In the front section, I have the GM3 control box, 3 piece shaft, two coils and a gold scoop. The middle section has the large Infinium DD and Mono coil, plus the 10x5 Infinium elliptical coil. The rear holds two pinpointers, mozzie spray, torch, UHF radio, batteries, gloves, spare coil bolts and spare velcro strap.

There are mounts on the rear to carry a fully assembled VLF detector, side pocket for a water bottle, and straps on the opposite side for a small shovel or pick.

The front strap has a zipper pocket for a mobile phone/gps/snake bite kit, and the belt has ring straps for holding a pick or pinpointer. There is also a key ring holder for keys or as I have shown, for securing my pinpointer curly cable.

I have an external speaker for the infinium, so I might look at securing that to the right-hand strap vs wearing headphones.

All up, not a bad setup for the budding detectorist!

I grew up on a whites 5000d coinmaster and went on to a Garrett ACE 250. The backpack looks great for if your riding in somewhere for the day. I tend to never pull mine apart at all, just into the boot and out quick onto the hunt.

I was just sick of having detectors banging around in the back of the car, so this was a better storage option, plus I can carry a VLF when going out detecting should I come across any small gold.

Speaking of small gold, apparently with the ace 250 scan( any proximity scan on any detector) you can go across the creek beds and find where the black sand is and mark it out with rocks and then string it out with string so that you can work the flower gold a lot easier.