new guy needs help and info

hi all im steve im in perth wa just joined last night after reading the foums for hours you have a great site here im just getting started with detecting and going to check out a minelab gpx4000 this weekend for $3500 is this a good price???? i would like to have someone show me how to detect if anyone is up for a trip i dont mind paying fuel dont have to go to your secret areas just to learn how to use it is all i want look forward to some feedback

Hi Steve I'm Kate. I started with a X-terra 705 Gold Pack, then went to an SD2000, and now have the GPX4000

It's actually a reasonably easy machine to learn. If you search through the forum you will find LOTS about the setting for the 4000. https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/f25-gpx4000 ... lots of really good info on 4000 settings.

Hope you find someone locally to help ... sorry, I'm in SA ... and am certainly no expert!

steve_3101 wrote:hi all im steve im in perth wa just joined last night after reading the foums for hours you have a great site here im just getting started with detecting and going to check out a minelab gpx4000 this weekend for $3500 is this a good price???? i would like to have someone show me how to detect if anyone is up for a trip i dont mind paying fuel dont have to go to your secret areas just to learn how to use it is all i want look forward to some feedback

Gday Steve

Jonathan Porter did a dvd called the "gpx factor" he is the minelab detector guru, the dvd's make it easy to understand the settings on your machine and is a great tool to have to go back to and watch again if you are unsure, I think there is currently a copy on ebay at the moment, get in quick as its the first I have seen on there for awhile now.

What part of Perth are you situated in?

cheers

stayyerAU

thanks kate and stayyer im in kelmscott i am getting a dvd with the detecter i will see what that is and if i need to ill get a copy of the other one i guess a good idea would be to try it on the beach rather than drive all the way to the gold fields at least ill get the hang of it before i go