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  1. bush wack

    ⭐ Treasure Hunting Show & Tell - Show us your favourite, oldest, best finds.

    I knew it wasn't war stuff because im pretty sure shot guns aren't military. The fence was right on the boundary of an old section that i belive was being updated soon after i was finished. I reckon one of the old boys had boxes of stuff in the shed and when family moved him in they didn't know...
  2. bush wack

    Metal Detector advice $500 to $1500

    I have looked at some GP series on ebay and they look ok, what is the average weight of a GP? The gold monster is super light so its easy to go for ages but ive noticed that other detectors come with back straps and belts.. I do like hitting the bedrock and using the pans but it cost me a small...
  3. bush wack

    Metal Detector advice $500 to $1500

    Im after a new detector thats suitable for all types of ground, i have a gold monster but its way to sensitive up in the Victorian gold fields with to much hot rock and i cant focus on the right noise when i have the kids with me. I cant afford anything to expensive so im looking at the x terra...
  4. bush wack

    ⭐ Treasure Hunting Show & Tell - Show us your favourite, oldest, best finds.

    No photo yet but at work i was putting in posts for a color bond fence at a nursing home in montrose vic, dug up what i thought was batteries but was an old hessian bag full of live bullets and full magazine clips. Job got put on hold while the bomb squad scanned the ground for explosives...
  5. bush wack

    Help with the Gold Monster 1000 please.

    Yeah im a tad worried, my issue is that i trust everyone and ive been stung a few times before. my other issue is that i haven't run this past the old man yet, he lives on the farm and is one of those grumpy stubborn old weather beaten farmers. he lets me dig because he knows im crap at it and...
  6. bush wack

    Help with the Gold Monster 1000 please.

    Cheers for the reply's guys, I tell myself every time i start to prospect " right this time ill dig every noise" but i give up because it will take me all day to move 5 meters.. i do have a little nugget that i chuck around (in a little bag so i dont loose it) but sometimes it seems to be over...
  7. bush wack

    Help with the Gold Monster 1000 please.

    Hey all, Im still new to all this and my gm 1000 is really confusing me.. I hold it up and turn it on: Put it on full manual setting (before the black center appears): Pump it about 3 inches off the ground untill ground noise fades: Put it on full depth because i dont cere what i dig up.. It...
  8. bush wack

    Minelab Gold Monster 1000 tips and questions

    Cheers fellas, I'll make video of it tomorrow and put it on you tube. Then yous will be able to understand it a bit better being able to see what its like.
  9. bush wack

    Minelab Gold Monster 1000 tips and questions

    Hey everyone. here is my personal review on the GOLD MONSTER 1000. i gave it a good go on an old paddock in Wandin nth, keep in mind that i have no idea what im doing! I had it set on deep (all metals) knowing there is NO gold where i was, the ground is just soil with no rocks and is fairly...
  10. bush wack

    Minelab Gold Monster 1000 tips and questions

    I got mine yesterday, the advertising is all lies "i found my first nugget within 45min" pfft i had it in the backyard for about 46min and only got some old bottle caps and a few old nails..haha I got it for the miss's so she has something different to do up the farm, im a fisherman myself and...
  11. bush wack

    Minelab Gold Monster 1000 tips and questions

    I got one yesterday.. not sure how good the depth is though, just stuffing around with it in the back yard, i put a $2 coin about 15cm under the soft soil and it didnt detect it at all.. that was set on full depth.. its gotta be better than that though. Did pick up old nails and a few bottle tops.
  12. bush wack

    just one bit

    Hey all, My names dave and im from Melbourne, about 10 years ago my dad got himself a hobbie farm up near dunolly, we run a few cattle and sheep but mainly its a place to go and relax. We have spoken to locals and some say theres still a bit of gold to be found in the area, i mentioned it to my...
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