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General Metal Detector Discussion
Newby asking about machines
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 670908" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>When you say “An occasional hobbyist“ does that mean you would like to try gold prospecting or just treasure hunting. If treasure hunting a VLF machine would be fine but for gold hunting it will lead to frustration and disappointment and a quick end to your goldfield excursions from Mildura.</p><p>Go for a sure fire machine like a 2300. There are many on the second hand market for around $2k to $3k at the moment. IMHO it is just as good as more expensive machines in finding nuggets of the smaller size and often lots of them. </p><p>If you ever want to get more involved in prospecting by upgrading to a more expensive machine or giving away the hobby, you will have a machine that is readily resellable so the initial outlay is redeemable to a large extent.</p><p>Whatever you do don’t try to do any job with tools that are not up to the task.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 670908, member: 4728"] When you say “An occasional hobbyist“ does that mean you would like to try gold prospecting or just treasure hunting. If treasure hunting a VLF machine would be fine but for gold hunting it will lead to frustration and disappointment and a quick end to your goldfield excursions from Mildura. Go for a sure fire machine like a 2300. There are many on the second hand market for around $2k to $3k at the moment. IMHO it is just as good as more expensive machines in finding nuggets of the smaller size and often lots of them. If you ever want to get more involved in prospecting by upgrading to a more expensive machine or giving away the hobby, you will have a machine that is readily resellable so the initial outlay is redeemable to a large extent. Whatever you do don’t try to do any job with tools that are not up to the task. [/QUOTE]
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