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Looking at purchasing either the 14 or 11 inch coiltek elite mono for my 4500. Any thoughts on which would be the best of the 2? Detecting in the GT, siding with the 11" to pick up more small stuff, but wondering if the 14" would pick up a lot as well as potentially bigger pieces? Any advice...

Evening all! Have just bought a new detector, and a new house (big month)! Previously, detector lived in spare room. Now we have a garage, tempting to store the detector out there. Interested to know where people keep their gear! Cheers

Afternoon all! Was out and about at Amherst last week (no colour?) but the worst part of the day was being devoured by mosquitoes through my long sleeved shirt. Any advice for a good repellent? I used high strength bushman but didnt seem to do the job. Cheers!

Gday guys, I've been offered an early version 4500, with 4 coils, harness and headphones for around 3k.... Opinions welcome on whether this is a reasonable price? Slight concern is no warranty and old machine, but people are still running SD machines so not always an issue. Cheers, happy...

Was out on the weekend and detecting a pushed area that had been worked over many times. Managed to get through some bushes to an area with no holes, went over a patch and the SDC started humming. An hour later and a foot down and the machine is screaming. Thats where I hit a layer as hard as...

Last few times I've been out, near old workings there are always big piles of yellow/orange rocks slightly away from the workings. What are these/why are they there?

4th trip out, and I find my first piece! Is it odd that I was shaking with excitement?! :D

Off out in Amherst area again at the end of this week, and a lot of the areas i'm finding have lots of leaf litter, preventing me getting real close to the ground with the detector. Does anyone scrape a small area clear of leaves etc. before they detect..?

Went out for the day today, with an SDC2300. Picked up 4 nails, 15 shots, 2 iron pins, 3 buttons and an echidna! A frustrating day. Not sure i'm reading diggings very well as a newbie!

G'day all! Wednesday will be my first day out in the Golden Triangle and my first day of gold hunting in Australia. Have hired an SDC2300 for the day and fingers crossed I stumble upon some precious metals! Feeling suitably prepared thanks in part to reading a lot of what is divulged on here...

Have read that in WA you can prospect on exploration leases as long as you have a permit. Is there anything similar available in VIC? Cheers!

Evening all, I headed up to Walhalla for the long weekend with the idea of some panning. Saw people panning in Stringers which i had always thought is on the banned list. Now not sure if I have the right list....? Any pointers? Cheers!

Hi all! Moving to Warragul (Vic) at the end of the year and looking to try my hand at detecting and panning in your incredible country. Have had a few panning adventures in the past and some detecting on beaches, but would love to take up the hunt for shiny stuff and combine it with some...

Afternoon all.. I'm a pom moving over to Australia at the end of the year and looking to get into a bit of detecting/panning when i finally arrive in Victoria. To start with I will be based around Warragul, any tips for somewhere fairly local to try my hand? Pretty amateur, just a few panning...