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My friend lost his metal detector in the bush fires and now he's looking for a replacement. He did have a GP 3500 which he claimed was 'personally tested' by Jack Lange ... the story was that apparently Jack had a bunch of 3500's in stock and took them out and tested them and declared that...

ILLAWARRA LAPIDARY CLUB INC OPEN DAY CHRISTMAS MARKET When: Sunday, 25th November, 2018 Where: At Club House 51 Meadow Street, Tarrawanna Time: 9am2pm Stalls selling Gemstones, fossils, rough, minerals, handcrafted jewellery and books Morning Tea Home made cakes & goodies Lunch...

Our club is having its annual exhibition again this weekend in Dapto, tell your friends!

Here are some photos of some bottles and other random things I found detecting during August. First up, the rubbish: There is a lot of targets in this box! More rubbish: Some giant pieces of lead: Bottles! Shoe polish: Vaseline: Part of an old cordial bottle, similar to...

I bought a Nox! I think I got a lucky one because I tried it out in my back yard and my first target was a 1966 1c piece! Look out all you treasure detectorists because I have only put a few hours on it and already have some cracking finds! :cool: On the first day in the field picked up a...

I was just browsing through Trove and I found this: Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Friday 3 October 1947 Quick google search revealed this: Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 - 1954), Wednesday 31 January 1951 Does anyone know if this is real or a hoax? If a...

Was just poking around on AliBaba and found these metal detectors called All-Sun. I though the funny pictures, hilarious marketing, 'convincing' video demonstration and bad English warranted sharing for a laugh...

It's been about a month since I've been on the gold fields and I got the itch to detect, so I headed down to the beach with the SDC2300 to work my detector swinging muscles. It was a hot weekend and the beach has been absolutely packed, so late on Sunday night I headed down, beach was empty...

Sorry for the late notice! Illawarra Lapidary Club Christmas Sale on tomorrow, at the club hall in Tarrawanna.

I thought this was just a piece of rubbish but gave it a clean and I can see a soldier holding a rifle and two rifles above ... there is a logo of a tent to his right and a target to his left. The text says VOLUNTEER CORP Is it a badge or a belt buckle? It was found near the ring I found. I...

The Illawarra Lapidary Club annual exhibition is on at the Dapto Ribbonwood Centre, 9am to 4pm on Saturday 4th November and 9am to 2.30 pm Sunday 5th November The raffle prizes this year are the most valuable they have ever offered including a silver dinosaur worth $2500. Entry is $3

I found a ring on the gold fields. It's broken. How do I tell if it's gold or not? It has what looks like a hallmark. Like the Rebel Alliance logo from star wars. And a rectangle stamp with two blobs in the middle. I found an old map from 1899 which showed the location of a miners hut. The...

After a coil to suit a Minelab GPX Series, must be a Double D. Was hoping to pick something up for less than $150. Can be any size, any brand, and any condition as long as it's working. My friend I detect with broke his last 18" DD coil last time we went out. He is on a tight budget until his...

Found these with the SDC2300, pretty stoked. Button is copper and says 'Double Ring Edge' and is apparently from the mid 1800's Buckle is apparently late 18th early 19th century http://christiesmetaldetecting.weebly.com/suspender-buckle---stamped-solide.html Not sure what type of metal the...

1. Could be a belt buckle maybe? 2. What are these bits of wire from? I find them everywhere! Always small lengths like this. They are not magnetic. 3. This had a small bend of wire attached which broke off when I was cleaning it. 4. Has two small lengths of chain attached. Thanks in advance.

Hi Everyone, Keen detectorist from Wollongong. Have a SDC2300 with waterproof headphones, and enjoy getting it wet. Also interested in fossicking for gemstones and fossils. - Dron.