• coaxil@lemmy.zip
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    6 days ago

    Is there anywhere local that gold could be found? or this more for buried jewelry that’s been lost kinda thing? I know nothing about this stuff, always been kinda fascinating to me though

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      6 days ago

      I’m in Gympie so enough around me.

      The issue with these detectors is their initial cost. The current Minelab top shelf are 8 and 10 grand so you pretty much have to be a retired boomer to be in the market for them.

      That said, there’s cheaper PI detectors on the market than these which still give good results. I’m currently running an Equinox 600 which I’ve more or less set for gold hunting but I get better results dumping the sluice in the creek.