Fascination with Australia (Northern Territory)
Over the years I've had a great fascination with Australia. I have an extremely good friend that moved there a few years ago, and the temptation to visit has always been there. I also own a Minelab Explorer SE Metal Detector that is based out of Australia, and I've read countless stories about the gold fields of the land down under.
What Australia has to offer for metal detecting (and I didn't even bring up surf/beach hunting) is something to really consider for a possible vacation destination. One area that I've been curious about and know very little is the Northern Territory. I would say this is not the most popular destination since a large portion of it is away from the coast and Sydney, but the there is something magical about the area.. and the people. This is home to Ayers Rock, which would be something I would definitely like to see in my lifetime.
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DetectorBase.com Soft Launch -- Check it out!
DetectorBase.com, a new metal detecting resource/community focused on article based content, has announced that the official launch date will be January 15, 2007. If you're interested in taking a look before the 15th, please visit http://tmp.detectorbase.com and request a username/password. They are giving them out for the next few days to flush out any immediate bugs with the site, etc. I personally think it's a great site with massive potential!
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New Metal Detector... the decision has been made!
So, I've finally decided on what I'm going to do. I currently have a White's XLT Spectrum that has been an absolutely a great detector for me. But after 10 years, I'm deciding to get a new unit. This doesn't mean the XLT is going to be boxed up or given away. I would like to add another piece to my arsenal. I think it will be real fun to split my hunts up between detectors, and go over my 'hunted-out' areas with a new machine to see if I missed anything (and everyone knows.. no one can get all the signals).
So... what am I going to get??? The decision has been made, and I'm going to pick up the new Minelab Explorer SE. It was between that and the White's DFX. After talking to a White's representative on the phone today, me said that DFX wouldn't be that much of a jump from the XLT. He said that if I was surf/beach hunting it would be great, but standard relic/coin hunting, it was very comparable to the XLT. He talked about the DC phase switch, that sounded interesting, but it wasn't enough to make me bite on the DFX. I would have been sorely disappointed if it was just like swinging my XLT.
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