Growing Pains of the Learning Curve

Interestingly enough, when I first started to think about writing this article I was listening in on a conversation my wife was having with our nine-year-old twin boys. Just to add some clarification to the subject, I spend a large proportion of my time out in the rough Australian outback country in the search for gold...

The Forgotten Specimen—Part I

In these types of cases I tend to listen to what my metal detector is telling me. The machine was very quiet, suggesting my initial impressions were right about the ground make up.

The Forgotten Specimen—Part II

The walk back to the car and subsequent search for Frieda took a lot longer than I would have liked. I had wandered much further than I thought.

A Modern Day Prospector’s Story

My first encounter with rocks and minerals started as a young child in the company of my siblings investigating the rocky mounds placed around the Australian coastline to help prevent erosion just north of Brisbane (the capital city of my home state of Queensland on the northeast coast of Australia).

Success With A Detector

I’m often asked, "What is the single most important skill to be successful at metal detecting?"