Recent content by Xadz

Hey guys, Back to prospecting season for me as the business slows down in the colder months. I've spent the last 6 or so months researching and trying to gain as much knowledge as possible. I managed to score 0.8g of gold in my first year last year with a GM1000. I'm super stocked I found a...

Hey guys, Thanks for your replies :) I knew the gold bug would bite hard and really the GM1000 was a cheaper test machine to see if the hobby was for me. I always knew my days were numbers. However I am persistent enough to give it a fair crack, justifying to the Minister of Finance after a...

Hi Grub, Thanks for your reply I really appreciate the time you took :) I was wondering, is there any particular "rule of thumb" before I go and drive 3 hours and find out the ground is super hot and "useless" for my beginner ears. I want to try and find some new areas but don't want to get...

Hey guys, Is there any general rules when it comes to where ground starts to become more mineralized? E.g North of Creswick and you start getting lots of iron etc. The reason I'm asking is I'm looking to try some different ground to what I'm used to (I've been out at Creswick) but I'm still a...

Popped my gold cherry today! After about 30 hours of detecting time this is my first little piece. So overjoyed, no idea what the weight is because I hadn't even bought scales yet!

Today was the day! I feel very lucky hitting even a small piece so early on in my detecting journey. I went out to a previous spot and decided to do it a little differently. I walked all the way up to the top of the hill and detected back towards my car. I covered 1/10th of the ground I...

I've found lots of little iron pieces, could be screws, nails, fence etc. Some areas I've found absolutely nothing. I've been to 4 different locations (over about 24 hours of detecting) and I thought that was slow. But maybe I am going to fast. Because I'm using a Gold monster I tend to stick...

So a quick update. I've been out a couple of times now (currently at Creswick holiday park until Friday) and I'm still yet to find gold. I've been to Hamburg Hill, Lincoln's Gully, Wright's gully and detected all around. I'm yet to head out to the plantations. Still trying hard and going...

After going out four times now over the last 2 weeks for 6 hours a piece with the Gold Monster 1000. I cannot stress enough what everyone told me. Know your machine. I've been going over ground that makes signals that I think is gold and determining whether it's gold or junk, now I dig the...

You guys rock. I've gotten so much knowledge and reading material it really has put me on the right path to finding my first ever piece of gold. After going out for my first time to now I feel like I have a better understanding of what I'm looking for. I cannot thank you enough, I have to now...

Alot of amazing information to take in. First investment will be some Doug Stone and John Tully maps I think, that way I can take them with me instead of trying to look at stuff on my phone. Does anyone know where I can read about how gold made its way to Ballarat and therefore Creswick to try...

Hi Hawkear, Thank you so much for your invaluable information. After reading your post I feel so much better positioned for the next time I head out and I cannot thank you enough. It must of taken a while to write all of that :) For some reason I didn't realise Creswick is considered a...

So it's official I'm hooked. Went out to Creswick today. Omg, I actually couldn't believe my eyes, old timers ruined that place in the search for gold. It was like nothing I've ever seen before. Now I followed some Geovic research and some old gold maps and pretty much explored for 3 hours...

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the tip exactly what I'm looking for, a little guidance in the right way :) I really appreciate it.

From what I've watched and read, it really stands out on old mullock heaps and finding missed gold from workings and shallow gold upto about 5 inches. You'll find something sizeable if it happens to be shallow enough which would be luck based out in those areas as they have been worked plenty...