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Metal Detecting for Gold
Gold Detecting, Is it worth getting in to?
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<blockquote data-quote="Icarusvonlubey" data-source="post: 589384" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>Is it worth getting into?</p><p></p><p>4 days last week I went camping around woods point and took my Gold Monster 1000 and pans with me. If you go hunting expecting gold you will be disappointed, a lot, but if you use it as a excuse to get out then it is a great hobby. I spent a week before going looking at maps and googling the area and planning what I wanted to do. </p><p></p><p>I saw Jericho, Red Jacket and Blue Jacket, all historic now deserted towns. I explored the old workings and even manged to speak to an old bloke whose family used to live in Jericho who was passing through. Spent an hour just chatting and learnt a lot, some guys just love chatting if you show interest. Told me if searched hard enough there was an old ww2 bren gun carrier somewhere. Said it was ok to detect but not pan as part of thompson flow. So detected some of the old alluvial grounds and some of the shallow workings without luck. Walked around the Victor spur track and found the old mine. Even checked out a few audits running the detector along the quartz veins. </p><p></p><p>It's a hobby that you can really get lost in and even be a money sink. The advice I give is to buy a basic machine and try it out. </p><p>Read these forums because some of these guys really know there stuff, I have a few pages linked on my phone and am continually rereading info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Icarusvonlubey, post: 589384, member: 13702"] Is it worth getting into? 4 days last week I went camping around woods point and took my Gold Monster 1000 and pans with me. If you go hunting expecting gold you will be disappointed, a lot, but if you use it as a excuse to get out then it is a great hobby. I spent a week before going looking at maps and googling the area and planning what I wanted to do. I saw Jericho, Red Jacket and Blue Jacket, all historic now deserted towns. I explored the old workings and even manged to speak to an old bloke whose family used to live in Jericho who was passing through. Spent an hour just chatting and learnt a lot, some guys just love chatting if you show interest. Told me if searched hard enough there was an old ww2 bren gun carrier somewhere. Said it was ok to detect but not pan as part of thompson flow. So detected some of the old alluvial grounds and some of the shallow workings without luck. Walked around the Victor spur track and found the old mine. Even checked out a few audits running the detector along the quartz veins. It's a hobby that you can really get lost in and even be a money sink. The advice I give is to buy a basic machine and try it out. Read these forums because some of these guys really know there stuff, I have a few pages linked on my phone and am continually rereading info. [/QUOTE]
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