Hi from Mentone!

[Toothpick]

Seen all the hype on gold with big nuggets and detecting!
A get rich quick scheme? Early tax free retirement, count me in!

Yet to try my hand at gold but mean to learn!

GPX5000 are very expensive? Do i need one or will cheaper model do the trick?
Is much gold been found in Victoria by newbies?

Might also do the pan and sluice option?
I have been told Beechworth, Ballarat & Bendigo & Castlemaine are best gold districts in the state?

Might book a day off after Anzac day and do a 4 day weekend gold hunting?
Miners Den will rent me a detector!

 

[Gold miner]

Wow!! Welcome aboard to our forum!
To answer your questions:
Get rich: Absolutely!!!* (* means conditions apply, these conditions can be read at qwertyuiop)
Expensive: Yes, but considered by many to be the best...however, by research you may find something that does what you wish, within your price range..
Cheaper?: Absolutely!! Search the threads here, Nugget has a great thread re the prices and capabilities...
Pan?: You have to be able to pan...this is the L plate of being a prospector..
Sluice: Yep, bnut you still need to be able to pan....
4 day Weekend: Is that to do a course on prospecting? or just to go out for a family getaway?
Eitherway, it will be brilliant to get out in the bush mate..
Have a look on youtoob, get the general idea...
Get a gold pan and a shovel....
Dig a bit of dirt...pan it off..
See what you get!

 

[Nugget]

Welcome Toothpick, please take a look at this post I made a little while ago regarding gold detectors around the $1000 mark https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5827#p5827

Plenty of information around here and guys willing to share their knowledge.

Cheers,
Nugget

 

[WalnLiz]

Welcome Toothpic..once the gold bug strikes there's no turning back mate. Best of luck on the gold and i'm sure the info you need to get started will be encountered amongst the threads of this forum. Cheers Wal.

 

[Bugsey]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Mystyk59]

Welcome Toothpick,Well your questions have been already answered , so all i can say come and join the rest of us addicts !

 

[kemjak57]

Welcome to the addiction toothpick it's all a lot of fun