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Planning my first trip to Qld gold feilds around late June early July with the wife. While I am perfectly comfortable with travelling around the WA goldfeilds and the tenaments, rule ect and Vic goldfeilds are a breeze I have zero idea about Qld, where to go and what to do. Going to Clermont and...

Looking to buy aftermarket coil for the gpx6000 14x9 preferably but will consider all sizes for the right price. Pm me if you have any to sell Thanks

I was very lucky and got a surprise Gemmasta GF3 for xmas, I have always been interested in lapidary and watch a lot of YouTube vids but have no idea where to start. Seems to have come with lots of extras and I have a lot of material to practise on, any advice would be appreciated 👍 I will...

Check out my latest vid from WA, or if your interested theres some recent gemsone digs from VIC

Hi all, Swapping the detector for a pick and shovel in the hopes of finding some gems in the Mount crawford area. Going to call into the forestry headquarters a d grab a map but any idea where to start in the public access areas? I have a lot of experience around watts on the Gold but never...

Done plenty of gold detecting in the crawford area but planning a gemstone hunting trip soon. Where do I start looking in this area, gravels in the creek or through the pines? What's the geology I should be looking for :gemstone:

I am looking to find out if the road is open to public that runs from back of Kambalda to Carnilya hill mine. Is there gates or open all the way?? Cheers

Looking to shave some time off my next trip to WA, as it states if anyone has done this dirt stretch what's the conditions like assuming its dry. Is it a 100kph road? I will contact Kingoonya pub the week prior to check condition too Cheers

I am looking at getting some noise cancelling headphones, specifically the Sony WH-1000XM3and was thinking if these would work while detecting. I would plug directly into my SP01 so guess delays in the latency would not be an issue.

Going to try and give the area North of Yunta a detect, teetulpa goldfeilds for some subgrammers and waukaringa hotel ruins area for a coin or 2. Sure this area has been done to death but not a heap of options here in SA. Anyone have success here in the past? Any tips :P I am awear of the...

Very happy to have found this gold ring :Y: The middle stone is definitely opal and I am wondering if the 2 outside gems are ruby's? They are slightly different colours which makes me think a real gem and fairly light so I dont think there garnets... Ring looks to have some age but the only...

Looking for a faciting machine for beginner. I am located in SA

Got out with the new Monster for its maiden run this week. I bought the machine after seeing one in action from my mate and was impressed with its sensitivity and weight! I had never used one before and was a welcome change from swinging the GPZ and fun machine to use. My settings were manual...

Anyone from Mooka, I am planning on heading for a scratch on Wednesday but want to make sure I am not on an active claim. I have been told to check for the claim corner posts and it will have if live or not by the dates. I only want to check out the old timers tailings piles for a bit of colour...

Anyone have a hand held GPS for sale, or can reccomend a good one to buy for walking and marking gold finds ect. I had an eTrex10 but lost it so time for an upgrade

Hi all, in the market for some goodies to build/fill my shed. Has anyone used the bunnings range called AEG?? Wondering if they are alright, they seem sort of mid range from what I can tell. Looking for drill, driver and grinder but once a brand is picked I guess all future will be the same...

Anyone have an idea what this badge is? I was thinking freemason but no idea really. Found in adelaide yesterday by my mate.

Hi all, looking for help to identify this button found today, 18th Feb in Adelaide Cant seem to find this design It is "Hebbert & co London" on the reverse

Just trying to stop any spreading or getting worse, can I coat them in something to prevent this. Think it's called verdigris. Also have 1 silver that appears to have some too

I have retired the Ace 300 for a little while, not indefinitely but for now I am having fun with the Nox 800. Had the Nox for a few weeks now so I thought time to start its very own thread. Been finding plenty of spendables and BB's but the last 2 hunts have been a little better so here are...