With gold prices at AUD $5128.03 there's a modern day gold stampede happening in Australia.
I think (roughly) Australia has mined twice the total amount of gold that the US has and we have the largest unmined gold reserves in the World.
The amount of stores selling pans, small sluices and detectors for hobbiests and semi pros is incredible.
I have mates who are weekend gold seekers and they are making BIG money.
I've always wanted to go prospect Australia. It has a fascinating history, much like the USA & Canada, and even in much of the same time frame.
Think I'm now too deaf to have much chance with a metal detector, though I do have a pretty good one of the prior generation of VLF types, not the newer, top of the line Pulse Induction (PI) models.