Hey fellow swingers
Went for a swing today "near Ballarat" that's a pretty popular place for detectorists. I didn't get any gold, just the usual cache of slugs, bottle tops and rusty iron but I struck up a chat with a local that's been to this spot many times. He said he always comes away with at least a couple of grams.
He showed me 4 little nuggets that he got today, all up about 2 grams between them. Told me he first came the area about 5 years ago with a Eureka Gold and found a 14 grammer with it straight away. Sold the gold and upgraded to a SD2200 v2, which he said if you ever see one, get it as they are a top machine. He is now swinging a 4500 with a 5" Coiltek, got it cheap as soon as the 5000's came out.
He gave me a few tips so I'll definitely come back to the area when I can. One tip was to find out when the burn-offs are going to happen. As soon as they do, the locals flock to the area and pick up heaps in places where you couldn't get in before the burn off. Apparently one bloke hit a patch and pulled out about 2oz in about 4 hours.
Now if I could just get my coil over the gold
AU
Went for a swing today "near Ballarat" that's a pretty popular place for detectorists. I didn't get any gold, just the usual cache of slugs, bottle tops and rusty iron but I struck up a chat with a local that's been to this spot many times. He said he always comes away with at least a couple of grams.
He showed me 4 little nuggets that he got today, all up about 2 grams between them. Told me he first came the area about 5 years ago with a Eureka Gold and found a 14 grammer with it straight away. Sold the gold and upgraded to a SD2200 v2, which he said if you ever see one, get it as they are a top machine. He is now swinging a 4500 with a 5" Coiltek, got it cheap as soon as the 5000's came out.
He gave me a few tips so I'll definitely come back to the area when I can. One tip was to find out when the burn-offs are going to happen. As soon as they do, the locals flock to the area and pick up heaps in places where you couldn't get in before the burn off. Apparently one bloke hit a patch and pulled out about 2oz in about 4 hours.
Now if I could just get my coil over the gold
AU