100+ years old Whistle found by Treasure Tim with a CTX 3030

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Admin

I was detecting with my Minelab CTX 3030 treasure detector on the edge of a large gully which was known to be a Chinese camp in the mid 1850’s, hoping to find some lost Chinese coins and relics.

I could tell the area had been well detected before me but I would persist anyway. I Came across a visible hut site with chimney and wall remains and quickly dug up 4 Chinese coins amongst the rubble and also finding a matchbox with Chinese writing on it so I had a good idea this was a Chinese hut.

Finding mostly junk targets I got one more within the site which initially I couldnt tell what it was so I pocketed it and left the area for the day.

It wasn’t until I arrived home and cleaned the strange object to find it was a very old small brass whistle.

After a thorough cleaning i gave it a blow and found it to have a very loud ear-piercing tone!

Still works great after possibly 100 plus years underground. Was a great find and an old whistle is a first for me.

Fantastic Gold Specimen Found in WA

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Admin

A customer came into the BendigoGold store and showed us a wonderful gold specimen weighing 273 grams.

It was found using a Minelab SD2200 and a depth of 2 feet using a 16″ DD Nugget Finder coil in the side of a Garden Bed.

Great Treasure finds from Previously Worked Ground

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Admin

I had a site I wanted to work over but it been worked over by detectorists for years because it’s on the side of the road and well known pub site.

I thought I’d give it a go anyway, to my surprise I found many many deep objects, local tailors buttons, spoons etc.

I got a signal at the back of the site which I suspected would be another button by it’s sound and about 6” down I pulled out a beautiful 1852 gold half sovereign, also nearby a really good condition 1874 shilling.

I also found a lot of other interesting relics in this same area, because of the depth of all the objects in this site I decided to dig a small amount of top soil away in the high trash areas and re-detect the ground and found the cricket belt buckle.

It surprised me that all that stuff has been missed by other detectorists over the years.

More Great Minelab GPX 5000 Finds!!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Admin

A customer recently came into the BendigoGold store to show us some pieces he had found whilst out with his new Minelab GPX 5000 metal detector that he had purchased approximately 2 weeks beforehand.

One piece was a gorgeous 11.8 oz quartz specimen which was found at approx 400 mm depth using a Nugget Finder 12″ x 7″ coil.

Another 18.05 gram piece was found about 30 meters away from the quartz specimen the previous week.

Other numerous other nuggets were also found weighing about 16.45 grams in previously worked ground.

All up there was about 10-12 hours spent using the Minelab GPX 5000 to find these great pieces.

Blazing Gold!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Admin

Two local BendigoGold customers and two friends were visiting Bendigo and went to the Whipstick Bush for a few hours metal detecting after a burn off was completed.

They detected over a recently burnt area and 8 small nuggets were discovered along with numerous other targets.

Burnt branches and piles of ash continued to give off false signals but target signals came through loud and clear.

A great collection of finds!

Gold is still coming from Western Australia

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Admin

We had a regular customer drop into the BendigoGold store a few days ago, who showed us some great nuggets he had found whilst out prospecting in Western Australia.

One of the nuggets was a 43 grammer found under a bush at about 8″ using his Minelab GPX-4500 Metal Detector and a 20″ Nugget Finder coil.

The other was 12 grams found at about 12-14″.

Great Finds!!

BendigoGold Customer finds Gold with a Rooster Booster

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Admin

I fitted a new Rooster Booster and 24″ Elliptical Nugget Finder coil to my Minelab GPX 5000.

I found them to be a great combination when prospecting in the Central Victorian Goldfields and found a small run of nuggets, some of them were 12 inches deep with a 6.5 grammer at 15-18 inches depth.

In total 18 nuggets were found.

1820 Gold Sovereign Found!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Admin

I’ve had my Minelab CTX 3030 Metal detector for about 1 month and was detecting in a heavy junk area.

Using the Coin/Ground Separation setting I was lucky enough to pick up a signal which turned out to be every treasure hunters dream!

An 1820 Gold Sovereign!! WOO HOO!!

– A Very Happy BendigoGold Customer

BendigoGold Customer Returns from the West with 170 gold Nuggets

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Admin

Gold Nuggets found whilst a customer was on a gold prospecting trip in WA.

A BendigoGold customer recently stopped by the store to show us the gold nuggets that he had found on a gold prospecting trip to Western Australia.

Spending 20 days in Western Australia on a solo gold prospecting trip, 170 individual gold nuggets were found weighing a total of 105 grams.

The best day resulted in 25 nuggets for 10 grams. The nuggets were found using a Minelab GPX 5000 with a 17” Elliptical Nugget Finder Coil.

What a fantastic holiday!

Minelab Team Visit BendigoGold

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Admin

Miners Den Australia’s Bendigo Store was pleased to host a delegation from Minelab Australia Gary Shmith (General Manager Asia Pacific), Nenad Lonic (Technical Sales Representative) and Minelab’s Indian distributor Ashish Soni.

Gold found when out prospecting with the group.

We spent two days using Minelab products and demonstrating different coils and techniques for finding gold. We have included some photos of the gold and part of a relic that was found. Gary also did some excellent research on this relic and we have included his find and the research article he located.

In addition to gaining more experience on gold prospecting, Ashish was very interested in larger coils for hunting treasure in India with the GPX series of metal detectors. A good time was had by all and lots of information and ideas shared.