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Hi Mitchel, I can understand why people want to go to WA as it's a beautiful place. I haven't come across many yanks out there but I don't see many people around either. Some people enjoy staying at caravan Parks and driving up to 60 kilometres each way daily to go prospecting. Sometimes they only drive 5-10klm out. Caravan parks are certainly a social experience and a good place to meet fellow prospectors. I much rather be camped on the gold out bush. It's certainly nice to wake up early, have a coffee and some bacon and eggs and simply grab the detector and go for a wander. It's hard to say if you can find gold in what time. SDC's work well in WA for small gold. I'm not one to chase small gold or work dozed areas. Some people love it and find plenty of small nuggets in the well known areas. Of course they sometimes find bigger bits too. These areas are vast though and the erosion process more developed than Vic. so the illusion is there that one could come across a nice untouched patch. Although by Vast I really mean HUGH expanses of minerised ground with some potential. Finding these patches are probably the same odds as finding very large Vic gold. So pretty rare. Thinking about it some more you can't go wrong with any of the gold fields but if I were coming out from the US maybe I would choose WA as it's more of that wildness experience. If you go and are near Kalgoorlie the superpit has a great lookout. Cheers

A trip to a different country chasing gold would be a great experience. Depending on how long you had to spend on the ground I would say the best value you could have is to not worry about gold tours and simply spending the money saved on vehicle hire and either tent it or stay in a cabin at a caravan park. Or maybe hire a camper. I have many a trip to the outback and its great but thats spending months out there. If I had a shorter time Victoria would be the place as you have many choices of Goldfeilds and more to see in terms of old timer workings. Outwest it is just vast spaces with not much to see in terms of old timers. Victoria has prolific workings and you can simply drive into town for a meal. Easier and cheaper and more to see and do imo. More junk though but just as much potential for gold. At least you know yr in the gold zone as the workings and surfacing is all around. You will know it hasn't all been worked due to the lead targets you find. Out West the gold is spread out much more and the learning curve is much steeper. How long do you plan on going for?

Thanks for the welcome. Merry Christmas

Hi all, I have read many a great article on this forum so thought it time to join up and say g'day. I exclusively target gold and consider myself as a somewhat seasoned detectorist but by no means an expert. One of the great things about this hobby and lifestyle is that there is always something more to learn about. The learning curve never ends and I wouldn't have it any other way. Another great part of the hobby is all the down to earth people you meet from all around the world, weather it be out bush or online. Cheers