Minelab, the world leader in providing metal detecting technologies for consumer, humanitarian demining and military needs, today announced that a husband and wife (preferring to remain anonymous) from Victoria, Australia discovered 700 gold nugget pieces weighing a total of 73 grams while on a 5-week prospecting holiday in the remote hills of Central Western Australia. The fortunate duo discovered the gold in previously prospected land while using the latest product from Minelab, the SDC 2300 All-Terrain Gold Detector.
The SDC 2300 is able to detect even the smallest patches of sub-gram gold that most other detectors cannot, including pieces weighing in at under 0.02 grams.
“We’ve been successful in this region before, but we could tell that the patches had been explored very recently due to the detector holes on the land,” said the couple. “Our newly purchased SDC 2300 was able to detect gold in these very mineralized and heavily worked areas and has already paid for itself.”
Released earlier this year, Minelab’s SDC 2300 is an assembly free, compact gold detecting machine that collapses to a portable 15.7 inches (400mm) and transforms into a full-sized 59.1 inches (1500mm). The body is constructed of military-grade material and features a sturdy, full carbon fiber shaft and 8 inch Monoloop coil. The SDC 2300 allows detectorists to discover gold patches on land and underwater at depths up to 10 inches (3m) with settings for both normal and salt-water sensitivity ranges. Other features include automatic noise cancellation, automatic ground tracking (AGT) and 9 LED indicators on the display.
“It’s great to hear about yet another amazing find by folks using our SDC 2300,” said Gary Schafer, General Manager of Worldwide Consumer Markets and of America's Operations for Minelab Electronics.”
To learn more about Minelab or the SDC 2300, visit minelab.com. To read more of the couple’s gold prospecting adventures, visit the The Miners Den Australia Blog.
