Mango Hill Newbie

[Marks200sx]

Hi All,
I'm Mark and I live at Mango Hill near Brisbane. I am really new to metal detecting and know basically nothing, not even where to begin to look for areas to metal detect. I have always had an interest in metal detecting but am just beginning to look into buying my first metal detector. I am quickly finding out there is so many and so much information on metal detectors and will need help with buying one. I am going to have a chat soon with the staff at Minersden in Brisbane at Underwood and hopefully this will be a good place for me to start. If anyone has any other recommendations on where to begin it would be appreciated.

Mark

 

[Jaros]

Hi Mark.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20317764
Welcome to P.A
Jaros

 

[nicko61]

welcome bud, im new to it as well, depending on your budget the best buy right now is the newly re-released minelab 4500 for $3200,i cant afford it but they seem to be the ducks guts in Australia, they are a PI (pulse induction) machine,lots of vlf machines out there for under $1000 ,i have a second hand Whites gmt , but seriously saving for a whites spp (pulse induction) $1500 new,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but also really like the Nokta fors gold, which is a vlf but way better than most it seems.then at the other end are vlf's for under $700 that would be fine for relic and coin hunting, i like what i hear about the Tesoro brand,all these prices should be lower second hand of course, there are lots of other machine, this is just what i like from my researching and reading in last 3 months

 

[Marks200sx]

Thanks Jaros and Nicko for the welcome and the information you supplied. It gives me somewhere to start. Really appreciate it.

 

[SCROUNGER]

Welcome to PA mate.

 

[Digger Danny]

Hi Mark welcome to pa, (another Queenslander) Good guys at MD I bought mine from Corey who works there.

Cheers,DD

 

[Chewy]

Hi Mark welcome aboard.

 

[Marks200sx]

Thanks for the welcome Scrounger, DD and Chewy