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Im heading up Georgetown way soon. Do not want to get into the new GPX 6000 or GPZ 7000 yet and besides that I do not live close to a gold region. I currently own a CTX 3030. I read recently about the guy (Maccatuna) on this website who is having success with very small gold using the Monster up...

I understand that the above book is quite rare, but what money are they selling for?

Thought this article was interesting. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/diamonds-meteorite-lost-planet-hidden-solar-system-birth-earth-epfl-a8308861.html What state in Australia has had the most meteorites found? Are they found more inland or is there an even spread across Australia? I...

Went on my second hunt yesterday with the new machine. Found a 1977 silver jubilee fifty cent piece in very good condition along with other coins. Cannot understand why the depth showing on the screen is in inches seeing I am in Australia, not America. Can I change that setting to metric? Also I...

As I am soon to be the owner of a new CTX 3030, I have been viewing the instruction manual, on-line, for this model. I cannot help but think that the manuals could take on a different format to make them easier to understand. In that respect, I believe that they could give examples of settings...

I am in the market for a detector that has both beach and gold detecting capability on the land as well. I live within 15 minutes of popular beaches but would like to go to say Clermont Qld to try my luck again. Been looking at the Minelab CTX 3030 which is great for beach detecting with its...

When I was detecting up in Clermont in the mid nineties the trend was to rake the area where you had found a piece and do a serious search. With the more modern detectors is raking a waste of time and unnecessary?

The cake graph would not paste to this post, so below are the percentages. >Jewellery 43% 1,908 tonnes. >Bar and Coin 29% 1,256 tonnes >Official Sector Purchases 12% 535 tonnes >Electronics 7% 303 tonnes >ETFs and Similar 6% 279 tonnes >Other Industrial 2% 86 tonnes >Dentistry 1% 40 tonnes...

Have experienced hot rocks but was wondering what minerals are in them that set the detector off. Is it iron stone? Where I grew up not that far from Cracow Qld I heard stories of old gold prospectors in the hills nearby. However, when I was a kid in this area a magnet would pick up the stones...

This is something the RBA has mooted in the past, but will it ever happen. Yes it is time to replace the five dollar note and make beach prospecting much more exciting and profitable. What do you think? 8)

What is the favoured book for prospecting in Australia? I have de Havelland's Gold and Ghosts Vol 3 (Qld Central and Southern Districts) published in 1987. Is there a more uptodate book on prospecting?

Hi Everyone. Found your site recently. Approaching retirement in a couple of years and keen to do a bit of prospecting. I am also a woodturner so will have my eyes peeled for a few bits of timber as well. Spent a couple of months prospecting up at Clermont Qld in the late 90's with a...