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Post by **mick b** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:06 am

Hi all

Just introducing myself as a new member to the forum
Currently living in Australia for last 9 years, about 2 hours drive south of Perth,
Originally from the UK around Preston Chorley area

No stranger to a metal detector I have been prospecting for last 6/7 years here in the west Australian goldfields, never managed to find my fortune but always seem to find a few smaller nuggets on most trips
it’s a great hobby I enjoy the bush, the open space, camping and great company with like minded people.

Something ive talked about for a couple of years is trying my hand with the magic wand back in England. I have done a small amount of research but would like some recommendations for some good books on roman poss even Saxon populations road maps ect ect in or around Lancashire and surrounding areas.

My current detector is a minelab GPX4500 awsome on the gold fields but probably not much chop on the benign soils in England. So was thinking about the minelab CTX 3030 not sure if this is a good tector for use in UK or would you recommend something else

Anyways really just saying hi, hope to be in the UK this coming summer for a swing

Kind regards
Mick

Post by **popsandme** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:20 am

welcome aboard mate......you should get some great advice on here with what you are after, i.e. ctx & books. im a coin man so cant help sorry.

Post by **DiOz** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:15 pm

From a Chorley lad in South Australia.....
G'day Mick......welcome to the Forum.

Post by **popsandme** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:28 pm

you lot will be looking for bar work in here soon

Click here to register with PAS · Post by **PhilD** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:47 pm

Welcome aboard Mick

Post by **Donnydave** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:11 pm

Welcome to the forum

My buddy from Brisbane as just informed me he his coming back for another detecting holiday August 2015 until October or November

Post by **mick b** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:34 am

thanks for the replys
hey Dave its a small world buddy I grew in in Chorley went to Holy Cross school then moved to Leyland before moving out here
popsandme
Barwork MMmmm could be a way to stay over there for an extended tecting trip lol

regards
mick

Post by **DiOz** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:25 pm

mick b wrote:hey Dave its a small world buddy I grew in in Chorley went to Holy Cross school then moved to Leyland before moving out here

My parents lived in Leyland before moving to where I was born.....Lime Grove in Chorley....which is close to your school.
We left Chorley and came here to South Australia when I was eight.

Post by **bodvoc** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:02 pm

Hi Mick. Welcome to the site. I would expect that if you were to detect here with a ctx3030, you may do rather well. They are a top machine and I don't think that you would find it coming up short here!! Good luck!

Post by **Old Git John** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:31 pm

G'day Mick, from a true Pommy

Post by **Rowan Wills** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:27 pm

G'day Mick, nice to see a fellow Aussie here :P
I can't really offer much advice since I'm yet to get my coil on the ground out here myself.
As far as detectors go, the popular choices seem to be the XP Deus and Garrett machines, a CTX would be great but if your only going to use it over here it might be a bit overkill.
One bit of advice I can give is that detectors are cheaper in Aus, but they have a much larger range of VLF machines than what seems to be readily available in Aus.

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