Last week two mates and I had the chance to test run the new Minelab Monster machine and also do some detecting. Bill had the monster, Peter had the SDC2300 and I had the 5000 with my trusty 14” Coiltek Elite.
So all up in the previous 6 odd months I’d found about 10g of the good stuff with all of it in the last month. Now that may sound ok, but when you live in the Goldfields and generally spend a couple of days a week in the bush, the 5 barren months were enough to start some serious conversations with myself! I had just invested in the 18″ mono to compliment the 14″ Elite and was pretty happy with it since it had uncovered a 7g and 1.5g for me.
Since the CTX 3030 detectors release it has most certainly proven to be the Rolls Royce of the coin and treasure detectors, providing excellent target retrieval abilities. The power in this unit has opened up more opportunities from land to sea in all regions of the globe.
I recently found an undetected patch of good gold nuggets in the Victorian Golden Triangle. Right by a track that people have driven over for years. Yes there is a fair amount of trash around, but it just looked too good. A few junk pieces and my first piece was over one gram and not too deep. I have been back twice and am over the ounce mark with the biggest up until last week being 8.6 grams. When my brother who has never detected for gold before saw this he needed to book a flight from NZ and come out and join our Dad and detect the patch.
Deciding to take an extra-long weekend this Labour day, we headed off on Friday to one of our favourite spots within the Golden Triangle in Victoria. Giving the kids and extra day off school and kinder we left home at 5am to get a head start. Arriving at our destination and after setting up camp thick in the beautiful Vic bush, my partner was keen to go out and have a swing around the area. It was heating up, at this stage around 11 it was about 32 degrees and muggy.
When a new accessory for one of my favourite waterproof metal detectors comes out, I always want to know how and where it will make a difference at the beach. I have four different size search coils for my CTX 3030, so where does the waterproof 14×9” CTX help me as a beach and water hunter?
Hi, My name is Dave Makkos, I live in Sandusky Ohio, USA. I have been metal detecting for around 20 years now. I do everything from gold nugget hunting, to relic hunting, to hunting for Spanish fleet treasure. It is an amazing hobby, and it takes you to some amazing places, and brings you in contact with some great people!
Growing up in the golden triangle I have always had a keen interest in gold prospecting. Following on in my grandfather’s footsteps, who had sunk many shafts in the bush, I inherited his old Whites coin master as a kid and indulged in quite a bit of panning. After committing many hours to researching the goldfields in our area and lending my dad’s GPX 4500 I decided to save up to buy a GPX 5000. After finding my first piece of gold (0.20 grams) – I was well and truly suffering from the dreaded gold fever!
