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Arrived home yesterday after nine days wandering around one of my favourite prospecting properties. This trip was a little different to earlier visits in that more time was spent exploring known camp sites dating back to the mid 1850's that were located while detecting for gold. As it panned out...

A bit of a late start to the detecting season this year, not long back home from the second venture. However the delay was more than made up for with the tally for the first two trips, can't wait to get back out there and do some more digging, magic stuff. Cheers, Happy SinHof.

Hi Folks, Most of us who detect local parks and beaches have at one time or another been approached by a ranger or other person who for some reason or another try to make our detecting hobby difficult. Most of these individuals have little or no idea that the majority of suburban detectorists do...

Florin collectors may find these examples interesting, recently going through some draws at my parents house and found an old coin collection; the pile of florins caught my eye straight away. The top left florin does not have a date on it, front or back, its condition is quite good and any date...

For all here on PA that are interested in Gold Prospecting in the Gloucester Barrington area of NSW; NPWS are calling for submissions on the Copeland Tops SCA draft plan of management.The Copeland area is a historic gold mining area under control of the NPWS and as such there is NO prospecting...

Hi Folks, Those of us with the above detectors and use the 12 volt charging lead regularly. Check the figure eight cable where it exits the cable restrainer on the cigarette lighter plug, today I noticed mine has a crack in the insulation and further use will cause the bare copper conductors to...

Hi folks, Thought it's about time to start a thread about the life and times with self and the CTX 3030, should be fun. Cheers, Sinhof.

Hi everyone, There is just four working days remaining for us fossickers and prospectors to have our say on why we should be able to practice our great hobby in National Parks and State Conservation Areas or at least those areas within Parks that have a history of gold and other precious...

G'Day Twapster and other Trout Fisho's. For those that managed to cast flies, lures etc over the long weekend;How was the fishing? The better half and self had 4 days flyfishing on various friends properties on the New England, very disappointing at best, never sighted any fish moving even...

Hi Everyone, There may well be more trouble/restrictions headed our way in terms of access to public lands here in NSW. The Crown Lands Department have a white paper out covering changes to how and who runs public lands as we know it currently, including commons. There is a provision to send a...

Hi Folks, Have been giving some serious thought to purchasing a quad bike or side-by-side rig for prospecting and hunting. Had a look yesterday at the CFMOTO range of models and they appear to be well made; checking through various sites on the web they seem to be well regarded in terms of build...

Hi Folks, For some time now I have been lurking around the edges of this technology for research and mapping purposes with a view to purchasing either an I Pad or Android pad.This would require quite a few hard earned $$$$$ to set up and a very steep learning curve to get up to speed with GIS...