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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 650369" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Hi Sauce. Always happy to put in my two bob’s worth. Notice you have already mentioned you had a half attempt with a Eureka a few years back. I realise that there are other circumstances in people lives that prevent them from continuing with activities that they attempt but could I respectfully suggest that it may also have been due to lack of success due to a detector not up to the task of finding gold in mineralized soils.</p><p>If that was even partly the case, do not risk the same mistake again, Stretch your budget so that you have NO doubts about the adequacy of your machine. That way you can fully concentrate on the other things you will need to learn to be successful.</p><p>That is your first requirement now.</p><p>I’d stick with Minelab for proven goldfield performance.</p><p>The 7000 & 6000 would be too dear. </p><p>GPX 5000 or 4500 or SDC 2300 would fit the bill as proven gold finders.</p><p>The 2300 is optimized for small shallow gold and you will almost assuredly be ”successful” but at some stage as you progress you may want to find larger and deeper gold. </p><p>Brings you back to the GPXs and with a three coil range small, standard and large, you will have plenty of depth and sensitivity options. </p><p>Lots of them about secondhand at the moment.</p><p>Going in too cheap is just wasting money and more importantly your enthusiasm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 650369, member: 4728"] Hi Sauce. Always happy to put in my two bob’s worth. Notice you have already mentioned you had a half attempt with a Eureka a few years back. I realise that there are other circumstances in people lives that prevent them from continuing with activities that they attempt but could I respectfully suggest that it may also have been due to lack of success due to a detector not up to the task of finding gold in mineralized soils. If that was even partly the case, do not risk the same mistake again, Stretch your budget so that you have NO doubts about the adequacy of your machine. That way you can fully concentrate on the other things you will need to learn to be successful. That is your first requirement now. I’d stick with Minelab for proven goldfield performance. The 7000 & 6000 would be too dear. GPX 5000 or 4500 or SDC 2300 would fit the bill as proven gold finders. The 2300 is optimized for small shallow gold and you will almost assuredly be ”successful” but at some stage as you progress you may want to find larger and deeper gold. Brings you back to the GPXs and with a three coil range small, standard and large, you will have plenty of depth and sensitivity options. Lots of them about secondhand at the moment. Going in too cheap is just wasting money and more importantly your enthusiasm. [/QUOTE]
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