Gold toward pine creek

Hello all, I am looking at starting to prospecting wit a detector for the first time.. I live in Darwin and can travel to pine creek etc for land to try.. I'm not asking for anyone's honey holes or stops, Im just askin for a hand in where to start looking... I've never done this before and wouldn't know we're to start but I'm keen to do it.. I'm going to buy a nice minelab machine but I need to know we're to star do I jus pull off the highwa walk into the shrubs and have a swing... Any help will be greatly appreciated and would be happy to sling any extra help a carton deliverd to your address