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aurum australis
ABN 769 227 395 89
BY POST
Jonathan & Frieda
Berry-Porter
P O Box 553
CLERMONT QLD 4721
AUSTRALIA
BY PHONE
Ph: 07 4983 2637
Fax:
Mobile: 0409 349 651
O/seas: +617 4983 2637
BY EMAIL
General enquiry:
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Wholesale:
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Retail:
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From the very beginning it was a Dream...a dream of freedom, adventure, history and maybe even wealth.
It all began 20 years ago, in the remote Palmer River goldfield of Far North Queensland, Australia.
And it went something like this...
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June 1988...
… a young man alone with his new detector studies a smooth, white, pyramid-shaped rock. A glint atop it catches his eye.
“It’s GOLD…. GOLD!” he shouts, laughing out loud. But only the ghosts of the Palmer River share his jubilation. |
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| ‘We’ve got another one’ they chuckle, ‘the Fever’s got him, good and proper’...and the man wanders off across the gully, waving that magic wand, dreaming of the future and treasures beyond his wildest imaginings… |
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Five years later, Jonathan Porter decided to turn his passion into his livelihood and since then, he and his wife Frieda have travelled extensively throughout the goldfields of Australia, finding thousands of nuggets along the way and passing on advice to the many new chums encountered in The Great Outback. |
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In 1996, Jonathan became involved in evaluating prototype metal detectors for Minelab Electronics, developing an intimate knowledge of the ‘new generation’ PI detectors from the SD 2000 to the current
GPX Series . He is also a regular contributor to The Australian Gold, Gem & Treasure magazine and has recently had two articles published in the US Journal ICMJ. (2008) |
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| Not ones to do anything by halves, in 1999 Jonathan and Frieda celebrated the arrival of twin boys and after a short spell at home, packed the whole show up again to 'head bush', travelling around Australia each year for the prospecting season. Josh & Tim have spent more time clambering over spinifex and through mulga scrub than they have in 'civilization' and were nearly three before they discovered a how to use a light switch! |
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During 2004, Jonathan commenced the fulfillment of another dream, filming and producing a series of instructional DVDs on the Minelab series of PI detectors, now distributed in the US, Europe and a dealer network throughout Australia. |
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In early 2006 and working with US Minelab dealer Chris Gholson, he filmed and edited two instructional DVDs released in June that year.
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Continuing as the leading authority on the practical use of Minelab PI Detectors, JP has released a further two instructional DVDs (both approx 220 minutes duration), 'The GPX Factor' on the GPX4000 (May 2007)
and three months after the GPX4500 was released, his latest DVD ' The SETA Project'. (July 2008)
The only instructional DVDs on Minleab
PI detectors to be fully endorsed by Minelab/Codan and Bruce Candy
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BEHIND THE SCENES |
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| Jonathan maintains control over the entire production, from concept to capturing the footage using the latest HD Digital Video camera, through to editing the content on the goldfields, utilizing the latest DV editing software and Hyper-Threading Technology, just minutes after unearthing the gold shown on the screen. |
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Combined with his extensive experience over the last
20 years (15 of these as a Professional Prospector), Jonathan has applied his passion for detecting with his technical knowledge based on an involvement with Minelab, evaluating prototype detectors since 1996, to produce innovative and informative productions depicting Electronic Prospecting, our favourite pastime (and in our case, livelihood) in the exhilarating yet responsible category it deserves. |
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