Looking through the scrub at Kingower sometimes has its rewards although it has been flogged for years, every now and then you will pick up a piece of the elusive yellow metal. Sometimes you can pay for your petrol, other times you might just find some interesting relic or coin from the past just to keep you interested and sane so you don't wrap the detector around a tree. This is where the Hand of Faith was found in 1980 and the welcome stranger (the biggest nugget in the world) was found a few kilometres away. I was using a Gp3500 in this photo, one of the Minelab range, there are a few new models since then but basically they are all the same and if you were starting out I wouldn't suggest buying the latest detector due to the price, but settle for a 2100 or something around the $1500 price so you can get used to how they work and sound and if you are up to the task, as its not easy. Better still get a few friends together and hire a new detector, share it, take turns one digging, one detecting etc. That way you can split you costs and also your finds.
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