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Hi all. I read this site quite a bit, although don't post much. I found a couple of pre-decs last night and a amusement token down at one of my local parks. 2 x 1911 penny 1 x 1943 half penny 1 x pjp amusement token enjoy 1911 is the oldest coin i have found...and both were found...

I've been to a park maybe 4 times over the last 2 weeks and been able to pull around $50 of moderns out of the ground, which has been great :) Although last night i got onto a patch just as the sun was disappearing. I managed to find a 1947 penny, 1952 penny and a 1963 half penny :) I was so...

Well...been using the detector a bit recently. Bought it last September and found the loot wasn't piling up too much (maybe $90 in 3 months)....then it sat in the corner of the garage all summer. Went to Thailand for a holiday and after getting back decided to give the x-terra another run and...

I currently own a Minelab x-terra 705 and have been doing a lot of park hunting. With the 705 the signal for a gold coin comes up as the same or similar as a screw cap, although i've generally been able to tell the difference by the higher pitch with the pinpoint tone. After doing a bit of...

Well, after looking at the predator tools piranha shovel and deciding that the money would be better spent on a Garrett pro pointer i decided to make my own shovel. A trip to Masters and a chat to one of the staff members i ended up picking up a discontinued spade that i was told retails for...

As the title suggests, where is everyone's favourite area to detect? Being new to this game, and doing a lot of reading, I thought it'd be great to have a specific topic that may help the new members of the forum when they take their first swing at their local park or wherever... Now I'm not...

When looking at the Geovic website with the deep lead, mine workings, reserved crown land and rivers etc. layers turned on, which areas are the best to target? Should I be searching in the areas where it shows mine workings? or sticking to where the deep leads are? Should I be looking for...

Over the last few months I've been thinking about getting started in this hobby. I grew up in Stawell, although now live in the mornington peninsula. I'm thinking about buying a detector that I would use around Stawell and Ballarat for gold and on the beaches around Mornington. I'm not sure...