Helpful Links

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The Gold Detecting and Prospecting Forum

Victorian Prospecting Clubs

Vic Ballarat PMAV - South West Branch 03 5334 0302 Keith Roberts.
Vic Bendigo - Bendigo Prospectors Club 03 5473 3423
Vic Dandenong - Victorian Metal Detector & Prospectors Assoc (Inc) 03 9754 4208 Geoff Varcoe
Vic Drouin - West Gippsland 03 5160 1424 Doug Prestidge
Vic Frankston - Woodies Club Detector Technology 03 9770 5321
Vic Geelong - Geelong Prospecting Club 03 5241 8024 Frank Hines
Vic Grampians PMAV - Grampians 0409 357 153 Andrew Overton
Vic Heidelberg - Ivanhoe Fossickers Club 03 9438 5137 Jan Eury
Vic Lilydale - Victorian Fossickers Club 03 9782 1146
Vic Maryborough PMAV - Central Victoria 03 5461 3217 Tony Mills
Vic Moorabbin - Moorabbin Prospecting & Camping Club 03 9543 4024 Lou Blecowe
Vic Rosebud - Peninsula Metal & Gem Group 03 5982 2625 John Dehann
Vic Rushworth & District - Rushworth Prospecting Club 03 5856 1454 Mike Wellington
Vic Stratford PMAV - East Gippsland 03 5147 1186 Steve Dingwall
Vic Sunbury - Sunbury Metal Detecting Club 03 9308 3364 Lindsay Garrett
Vic Victoria PMAV - Melbourne 03 9873 1244 Geoff Strang
Vic Waverley - Victorian Seekers Club 03 9739 4943 Lindsay Tricker
Vic Yackandandah - North East PMAV 03 574 1263 Bill Gleeson

Gem and Lapidary Clubs

(The Australian Facetors Guild)

Detecting Supplies

(Miners' Den)
(MineLab)
(CoilTek)
(Finders)

GPS

(Tutorial)
(Magellan GPS Devices)
(Garmin GPS Devices)
(OziExplorer Moving Map Software)
(MapTrax Maps (for OziExplorer))
(The Map Market)
(PlotSwap and PointPlace) (locate/contribute Points of Interest)

Maps

(Google Maps)
(GeoVic - Explore Victoria Online)
(Gold-Net Australia Maps)
(Paoletti's Adventurer Maps)

Caravanning/Touring

(Go See Australia)
(4WD Monthly Action)

Groups

Gold Detecting and Prospecting Forum
MSN Groups: Alluvial Gold Prospecting Forum
Gold Prospecting in OZ Forum
Prospectors & Miners Association Victoria (PMAV)

Detecting Articles

(Gold-Net Australia Magazines) (stopped publishing but good archive)

Victoria Gold Heritage

(Victorian Cultural Collaboration)
(Heritage Victoria) (Detailed regional reports)
(Miners Right Collection) (Search on 'H2112')
(State Library Victoria) (Treasures index)
(Samuel Lazarus' Online Diary) (Account of Eureka Stockade)
(Dept of Primary Indutries - Beneath our Feet: Gold Fever) (Historic maps)