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  1. Bez

    Driving from Perth to Melbourne, WA gold feilds?

    Hi all! I am driving back to Victoria on monday after spending 8 months in Perth and i am looking to do some gold detecting along the way.. though i don't know where to start looking really. I have read that Norseman WA, and well, all that area are historic gold mining towns but i was hoping to...
  2. Bez

    Coin or washer maybe?

    Hey, i went out prospecting for gold on the outskirts of the Brisbane ranges national park in vic down a creek bed, and found an 10pc and another old coin/washer, i can't tell if it's a coin or not because it's covered in crap. Any tips on how to maybe try and clean it up a little? I'm new to...
  3. Bez

    Has anyone done any gold detecting in the Otways, Victoria?

    Just curious as no one ever really mentions it. but does anyone ever detect on the Otways? more specifically near Lorne to Anglesea area? There is a small article here from 1887 in the Camperdown Chronicle we a man is looking to take a party into the Otways to prospect for payable gold. He has...
  4. Bez

    I got my new detector the other day!

    I got the X Terra gold pack and 15" coil. I took it out for a test run today after work, just trying to get the hours in and to learn my new machine. I went to a spot where there was a mine listing on the google earth app but i couldn't get there because the was a water treatment plant with no...
  5. Bez

    Garrett AT PRO, Garrett AT Gold, Whites GMT or Minelab X Terra?

    Okay, so i'm expecting some sort of half decent tax return and I'm going to spend some of it on a detector. The detectors I'm looking at are: Garrett AT PRO Garrett AT Gold Whites GMT Minelab X Terra dual detector They all seem to have their things i like about them, but I'm swaying more...
  6. Bez

    A fossil i found a few years ago.

    It's a concretion with a fossilized crab of some sort in the middle, can't see too much of the crab as it's still in the concretion. I put it on a fossil site early last year and they gave me the ID. Thought i'd like to share.
  7. Bez

    Is this a really bad detector?

    Hi, I'm looking to purchase a brand new cheap detector as a present for a friend, i found this on Ebay, but from what i can gather it seems way to cheap to even do anything. I'm not looking to spend money as it's just a present, but at the same time i don't want to buy something for someone...
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