Yank in WA, ***BEWARE*** Starting from Scratch

I would like to say G'Day to all my new mentors!

I know absolutely nothing about Prospecting, but from what I have seen on the Tellie.

My name is Ron Cruz. I am a US Army Retired Veteran. I served 24 years in the military, I have two Masters Degrees, and I am a complete idiot when it comes to my new way of life.

You see, I have never done any of this, but I have started to collect and purchase everything, only to find that I am making every mistake in the book, I am certain.

To start off, I purchased a detector a year and a bit of go, when I was coming to WA for a 90 Day Vacation. My wife is from Perth. We were coming to WA to visit family, but I had watch a TV show in the US, and thought, OMG!!!
'I have to do this! "Aussie Gold""

So we arrived here at the beginning of COVID and found ourselves stuck here. What a great place to be stuck, and apparently the safest place too.

Anyways, like a typical American, I jumped in feet first and found I did not know how to swim. I did what I thought was good research and purchased a Whites Spectra v3i. Only to find out, the company went bankrupt and now my gear is not only OLD but obsolete.

So, Bottom line here.............
I need an old timer/young expert/mentor to help me start out with my new passion. I am lost, but I really want to do this stuff. ALOT

Here's what I do know:
I need to get registered. I will do this very soon.
10 Commandments.
I am not doing this for the money, although I am not apposed to making money doing it.
DONOT go in someone's private lease w/o permission.
Crown Land seems to be a good place to start.
Finely.......... Gold is Yellow

I will start to read everything I can absorbed , starting with this section of the message board.

It's very nice to meet you all!

Ron
Hillary's Harbor, WA.

Welcome to the forum Ron

Shame you fell at a time of a pandemic, but things are what they are & we just have to do our best, in order to safely circumnavigate around it.
There is much information on this forum to learn from & more than one knowledgeable detectorist/prospector from WA or other states, capable of helping you out with any questions that you may have, in regards to the prospecting for gold.
Take care & best of luck to both of you out there.

Cheers Kon.

Thank you Kon. I am very excited to start learning.

Ron

Udo and Bill <Gold_Prospecting_eNews@gold-prospecting-wa.com>
https://www.gold-prospecting-wa.com/about-us.html

welcome Ron, hopefully you'll have beginners luck
once you get your WA miners right, udo and bill will guide you in the right direction.
And correct Ron for 99% of prospectors these days it's about hopefully covering your cost for a trip and the pure enjoyment of the Australian bush.



cheers    moredeep