Treasure Tim heads out with the Minelab CTX 3030

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Admin

Finally got to swing a detector !!!!!

A fire had recently burnt an old site which was mined in 1860’s and 70’s which made it accessible to my coil after so many years of thick growth.

Managed alot of brass objects, a horse head locket and this cricket buckle, which is a common pattern which i’d seen before a few times.

Very happy with its condition all the same whilst in the burnt area , I noticed 4 other hut sites which I didnt have time to detect, but will hopefully return to soon before the regrowth.

It’s never too late to start Metal Detecting even at 99yrs.

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Admin

It’s never too late to begin metal detecting. Recently a 99 year old man who had lost most of his hearing came into our BrisbaneGold store with his daughter and son in law to buy a Minelab X-TERRA 305 metal detector. His age and hearing loss weren’t going to stop him from giving metal detecting a go.

We wish him the best of luck in his hunt for treasure.

Crystalline Gold

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Admin

Some interesting finds came through the shop in the last week or so, a gentleman brought in this small collection of crystalline gold.

Crystalline gold is rarer form of gold and gets its name from the crystal like formation.

Crystalline Gold

Treasure Tim unearths a 4 Gram Gold Nugget

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Treasure Tim

Watch below as Treasure Tim unearths a 4 gram gold nugget using a Minelab GPX 5000 Metal Detector.

The nugget was found at about a depth of 6 inches using a Minelab 8″ Monoloop Coil.

Great Find for 15 Minutes Detecting!

Treasure Tim Discovers a Murray & Christie Token

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Treasure Tim

I was eyeing off a very small isolated patch of early reef workings outside Bendigo and each time I drove past had wondered whether they had been detected before, so one day I decided to walk over to the lone mine shafts and detect around them for coins/relics.

I could see a lot of nails and iron rubbish on the surface so I grabbed the minelab E-trac and began detecting around them. Not finding much at all other than iron junk I was about to leave when I got a very strong, high pitch non-ferrous signal. I immediately recognised the signal as potentially a large copper coin and began digging. Within only about 2-3 inches I uncovered the Murray & Christie Castlemaine merchant penny token in good condition.

I recently found several photos of the original Murray & Christie building in Mostyn Street Castlemaine.

Murray & Christie were ironmongers, and merchants in china and glass ware. I have located several pictures of the store from between 1861 and 1865 and it appears they added a second story to their store in about 1862.

I will update this post shortly with an image of the orginal building.

First Nuggets

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Admin

Here is a great success story for one of our BendigoGold customers who had hired a Minelab GPX 5000 Metal Detector.

Hi guys just thought you might be interested to know that when I hired the Minelab GPX 5000 the other weekend my son and I found our first nuggets.

Third time hiring and looking and was worth it. Nugget weighs in at 4.5 grams so we were pretty happy.

Thanks for your help!

Nice 31.7grams Found

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Admin

We’ve had another customer call into the BendigoGold store to show us his finds from the weekend.

He found a total of 13 pieces weighing a totoal of 31.7 grams using a Minelab GPX 5000 metal detector and a Coiltek 14″ x 9″ Blitz coil.

Great finds for a total of 10-12 hours detecting over a weekend.

Champagne

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Admin

A customer came into our Miners Den Sydney store and presented us with a bottle of champagne.

Naturally we were impressed. It looked quite old and we imagined it was a rare vintage until she confessed that she found it with her Minelab X-TERRA 305.

It wasn’t her first find nor will it be her last but it’s certainly up there with the most unusual and once chilled, it was perfect.

Thanks Amanda. We really admire your detecting skills.

10 grams of Gold in 2 Hours!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Admin

Here is a great little story from Cory at our BrisbaneGold Store:

My mate Bruce heard a tale of a 4oz piece coming from an area on Glendon’s property many years ago.

I would think many many detectors have been over it since but the area has no detector holes and was full of screaming targets.

Bruce dug a number of shotgun pellets and bits of wire and then out popped a nugget of 1.2 grams. And so it went for the next 2 hrs for a total of 10 grams with the biggest being just over 5 grams.

There are still many big targets left to uncover and he has invited me to help him work the area on the weekend.

He was using a Minelab GPX 5000 metal detector with a Rooster Booster and a 14″ Coiltek mono coil.