Hi all - I'm someone who spends the worst part of the British winter for 4 months over here in Aus, and after your recent victory in the Ashes I am sure I will be even more welcome 
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This forum has some great info and I read so much before finally purchasing a Garrett AT Gold. It sounded so complex at first but I seem to be getting the hang of it quite easily, though I have no doubt that many, many hours are needed to become anywhere near proficient.
I have a small place in rural Victoria on the edge of a mining area where I know some prospecting would have taken place over a hundred years ago so am using my local area as a test-bed. And I am also heading off to Ballarat for a couple of days next week to wander around some of the areas there (mixing it with my other hobby of mountain biking), and though I don't expect to find even the tiniest nugget, I will live in hope.
One of the things that I am hoping this hobby will do is to give me more of an insight into that fascinating period of Australian history when the early prospectors were around. Being able to interpret a feature (thanks to the help in these forums) will probably give me almost as much pleasure as finding the shiny stuff. OK, well maybe not, but it will make a trip in the bush a lot more interesting.
.This forum has some great info and I read so much before finally purchasing a Garrett AT Gold. It sounded so complex at first but I seem to be getting the hang of it quite easily, though I have no doubt that many, many hours are needed to become anywhere near proficient.
I have a small place in rural Victoria on the edge of a mining area where I know some prospecting would have taken place over a hundred years ago so am using my local area as a test-bed. And I am also heading off to Ballarat for a couple of days next week to wander around some of the areas there (mixing it with my other hobby of mountain biking), and though I don't expect to find even the tiniest nugget, I will live in hope.
One of the things that I am hoping this hobby will do is to give me more of an insight into that fascinating period of Australian history when the early prospectors were around. Being able to interpret a feature (thanks to the help in these forums) will probably give me almost as much pleasure as finding the shiny stuff. OK, well maybe not, but it will make a trip in the bush a lot more interesting.
