Fresh finds, coil demos, and more
Living in the same former gold mining town in Victoria, Australia where she was born and raised, Liz Pickthall spends all her spare time detecting in the nearby central goldfields. Our June 2023 Detectorist of the Month, Liz shares how she got into detecting – as well as her first-timer tips,
I purchased the 10×5” GOLDHAWK for my Minelab GPX 6000, to clean up a few patches.I was very impressed with its performance on its first day out, as I got around 29 grams of gold and am still working on the patch. Since I already had the 9” GOLDHAWK and won
Maryland-based IT professional Chad has channeled his deep passion for history into detecting, by researching locations and finds so that he can better share their stories with others. Here, Chad tells us how he got into detecting, what he gets out of it, and his top tips to start swinging.
Coiltek’s very own Trevor shares his experience at the Bendigo Gold Expo – and how it led to him finding his smallest-ever nugget. Being a part of Coiltek for over 20 years now, I have seen (and held) many differently sized gold nuggets found with the coils we have produced
I’ve been a nugget hunter for nearly two decades. Most days I find gold. But after a recent dry spell, I decided to try something new. I took my Minelab Equinox 800 out for some nugget hunting (with Coiltek’s NOX 10×5” coil). I will do this from time to time,
Towards the end of my northern California detecting season last fall, I borrowed my friend’s 10×5” GOLDHAWK coil. He had only used it once and found a few pieces with it. Since he wasn’t coming back to the High Sierra mountains for a few weeks, he said give it a
