Hobbyist...You had better be careful; you're going into something that's worse than drugs. When you get that gold fever, that becomes your whole life.
For years, I would go south, and play in the mines; go broke, and head north to work at a real job, just to get the money to head south, looking for the gold.
I never really made money in mining, till I got tired of going broke, and went to work for a company that had the money to do something. I tramped through the hills of Sinaloa and Durango, Mexico, for over 30 years. Seems like you have to go where they grow drugs to get to the gold locations. My wife is Mexican, and she told me a couple months ago, that I must be smarter than she thought, as I haven't been shot, and am still alive. She then changed her mind, and said that I must be just lucky.
I can give you a little information about mining, but you might be required to tell me about Malaysia. OK?
A lot depends on how much money you're willing to put into a mine. You can work a 1/2" vein, that is loaded with gold, or you might be comfortable to work a 3 meter wide vein, with lottsa equipment, that runs 2 grams a ton. Everything is dependant on each other; vein size, grams/ounces per ton, and how thick your wallet is, if you can buy the equipment or not that is needed. Do you have local help to work? If you do get the gold, can you be there to watch it, so nobody walks off with it.
I have never thought too many good things about detectors, until recently. But where they really shine, is finding placer gold. With placer, the golds already mined; all you have to do is dig it up, and separate it. The cheapest way to go. Also, you get to know your placers, and you can turn your whole life around with a couple shovels full of dirt that is loaded with gold.
The first thing you might want to look at, is: has there been gold found in your location? I've always heard, that you go were gold has been found.
Even as a hobby, you have a lotta studying to do, in finding your gold.
jim
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