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  • 17 Gram Nugget with the GPX 5000

    17 Gram Nugget with the GPX 5000

    While detecting in Arizona with my GPX 5000 I heard a faint signal on a small basalt boulder due to the iron content in it. The signal was much stronger on one end of it. I took a few swipes with my…

  • Love the GPX 5000

    Love the GPX 5000

    Gold attached located over a number of nights to hot in N.T during the day to prospect. Located in total over the December / January period 32 Nuggets best bit was a 4 gram nugget attached in the pho…

  • The Story of the Ballarat Nugget

    The Story of the Ballarat Nugget

    Wednesday January 16th started as any other working day, in sunny Ballarat. Our shop, The Mining Exchange Gold Shop in the centre of Ballarat was open for business. What we didn’t expect was wh…

  • My BeachHunter 300 Recovers $25,000 Ring

    My BeachHunter 300 Recovers $25,000 Ring

    I received a call from a woman in Long Beach Island,New Jersey today that needed help to find her 2 wedding/engagement rings that were possibly lost on the beach the day before. Although I had other p…

  • A New Property to Hunt Pays Off

    A New Property to Hunt Pays Off

    I have been using a White's V3i since March of 2010. Well I had to take the wife's van in to have an oil change and get the rotors replaced. The cool thing is that I recently got permission to detect…

  • I MINELABED IT!

    I MINELABED IT!

    I used to wonder from time to time when I would go out hunting for coins what I was missing. Well… I don’t wonder anymore… I MINELAB the spot! I was out Sunday with the E-TRAC che…

  • Very Impressed With This Machine

    Very Impressed With This Machine

    All I can say is amazing! I received my E-TRAC on Friday November 4th, 2011. In only two outings with the E-TRAC I have dug 4 silver coins. The 4th silver coin was dug at 8 inches. When I recovered i…

  • Dreams Come True Via a GPX 5000

    Dreams Come True Via a GPX 5000

    We were in the Matabeleland region in the early hours of the day determined to search for the gold nuggets. Our first 15 steps as we followed the GPX 5000 with an 18 inch dish were drawn into attenti…

  • E-TRACs Bring in the Harvest!

    E-TRACs Bring in the Harvest!

    My hunting partner Doug and I decided to do some door knocking at some old farm houses as we have found that this is a good way to meet some very nice people and get good sites to detect. This Saturd…