Guides
Straight, useful advice for detecting and prospecting in Victoria, from your first licence to your first nugget. Written by people who actually detect the goldfields we sell for.
Miner's Right (Victoria): cost, how to buy & where it lets you detect
The one bit of paperwork you need before you prospect for gold in Victoria.
Read the guide →Where you can legally detect for gold in Victoria
State forests, Crown land and the designated goldfields parks, and where's off-limits.
Read the guide →Best beginner metal detector in Australia (2026)
What to look for in a first machine, and how not to overspend.
Read the guide →How to pan for gold: a central-Victoria beginner's guide
Step by step, from filling the pan to snuffering the colour.
Read the guide →What's in a gold-detecting starter kit
The gear a beginner actually needs on day one.
Read the guide →Getting started detecting in central Victoria
From your Miner's Right to your first outing near the goldfields.
Read the guide →Coming soon
- •Equinox 900 vs Gold Monster 1000 on mineralised ground
- •DD vs mono coils for patchy Victorian nugget ground
- •How deep can a detector really find gold?
- •Prospecting clubs in Victoria & the code of conduct
- •Family gold days: do kids need a Miner's Right?
- •Cleaning, valuing & selling the gold you find