Dollys Creek worth detecting

Sorry Someday I was just trying to save Video time to get to each location Be warn that it's best if you put on your runners and head band as there is more on this one as well

This lot is at location 2 , you can see from the map shots which way I went to get to the Location 2 up Forest rd and take the track just before the open pit on your left and drive in till the track turns into a motorbike track and then you will have to walk the next 100mtrs.



This 3D shot is looking north up the creek to were the Location 2 Video shot was done


This 3D shot is looking South down the creek to were the Location 1 and camp area is


Ok this is the link to the Video that was taken from Location 2 on top of the hill

https://youtu.be/drUSwj5K-aM

I am sure this is giving you a real inside to what the area looks like before to see for yourself.

David

Wow...more good maps......might get out there over the next week...gonna start at the head of the little creek below and to the right of Location 2 as above on the top map....This area may (should) have caught gold coming down from both sides (fingers crossed).....whatdya all reckon??

and some useless info....public land area here is 884 hectares and as it takes about 5 swings to cover one square metre that makes a total of 44,200 kilometres of swing required to cover the whole area......flogged out?  I think not !!

Will be there all morning tomorrow at location as stated above....

Detrackozi ... I nearly missed picking up the Grand kids from school ... and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!!

I got completely lost in time (and space) going through your maps & videos (again!) ... what a wonderful collection of information and insight!! Thank you so much ... BRILLIANT!!!!

Great day out but no gold.....lots of little stuff though....met up with Detrackozi so that was good too....

Was a bit disappointed at no gold but the more I think about the more I realise that I am finding things others have missed.....it is surprising as there were lots of holes from detectorists.......next time I will continue down the side creek towards the main one and see what more lead I can find !!!!!

Back at it tomorrow......might be able to start a fishing sinker business soon...!!

anather day out with no gold....thats seven days at Dollys all together.....5 with the AT Gold and 2 with the 5000....not to worry as i am finding lots of shotgun pellets so all is working.

While I will persist at Dollys, for a change of pace, next time I might go to an area with lots of mullock heaps as against Dollys which is sluice mining....I was thinking this type of mining is more predominant in Mt Doran as there are quite a few shafts maked on maps and also the geological maps show lots of reefs there....

As I am unfamiliar with Mt Doran could anyone point me in the direction of an area with lots of mullock heaps ???? Dont care how hard it is to get to.

Dave

Dave

I have spent a fair bit of time at Mt Doran, lots of gullys with shallow diggings .There are a few large mine sites in that general area. I know people have found gold there (see earlier in this thread), but its always alluded me. There is a book called
Stray Places
Gold Detecting Prospecting Guide
Bacchus Marsh, Campbelltown,
Clydesdale, Mt Doran
& Metcalfe
It has a good mud map of areas to look at Mt Doran, you can buy it online , google the name
Good luck

Michael

Dave

Sorry to hear no gold, Just have to wait for the rain.

Mt Doran has also been good to me over the years and will post up on the area and do have a special place you can try but will PM you that spot , when are you thinking of going.

cheers
David

Hey David.....hopefully this Thursday....the plan anyway.....jeez I did some hard work at dollys....folllowed the channel out of the sluiced area way down working right on the bottom and up a metre either side.....was some serious bush bashing at times !!

Another day at dollys a week ago.....more lead which I know is good but blimey there must be a tiny bit of yellow somewhere there !! Anyway....back out there this week :-)

Hi The Hill Folk. Don't give up on Dolly's Ck yet. Around the middle of last year i took a friend who had just bought a s/hand 4500 to Dolly's for the day. I got him started on an area which had very little undergrowth to make it easier for him to swing his coil. I went about 200m further down the track where it was much harder to swing, bugger me he finds a 2.4gram piece of gold and all i find all day is rubbish and bullets. The 2.4gm nugget was down about 9inch's and he only got a very faint signal from it with an 11inch mono . I'm going back one day with a bigger coil but haven't had a chance to yet. So keep searching, there is still gold to be found at Dolly's. Chers Grumpy. (Doug.)

Grumpy,
That is a good tale....your mate must have been over the moon.....no...haven't given up there yet....will try other spots but will always be around dollys as its the closest to home......cheers.....Dave

Hi Dave. Next time im coming to dolly's i'll send you a message to see if you want to meet up for the day. Cheers Grumpy. (Doug).

No worries grumpy.....if I can Join you I certainly will...thanks....Dave...

Hi gents,
Thanks for all the posts here. I am a real newbie not far from Dollys creek so it has given me some real inspiration!

I currently use a Garrett Infinium and would welcome any feedback on whether this is ok for this area? Would love a minelab 5000 of course but bit much to spend on my first detector!
I have gone around half a dozen times in his area past month ( thanks for those maps!) or so for not one bit- bit of junk but not really much at all.
I am still yet to find my first bit of gold! Any help?
Cheers

hay everyone!!!. I have been sluicing at dolly's for 2 years now have had a few good clean outs took ages to find the right spot but I am on the money atm!! there is plenty of real small gold at dolly's but it all adds up at the end of the day. I hope last nights downpour made a few big puddles for the sluice.

Dinga82.......just keep at it.......experiment a lot with your detector both at home and on site.....I thinks its a PI machine ? So will deal with the hot ground well....plant very small bits of lead and listen...put it deaper and listen again....big stuff will take care of itself so must practice on 0.5 gr or smaller....

dannyp wrote:hay everyone!!!. I have been sluicing at dolly's for 2 years now have had a few good clean outs took ages to find the right spot but I am on the money atm!! there is plenty of real small gold at dolly's but it all adds up at the end of the day. I hope last nights downpour made a few big puddles for the sluice.

Let me know if theres enough up there... went no too long before XMAS and had to poke around in dingy leech infested pools to get enough for the pump but looking forward to getting back there again

haha!! yeah leeches and yabbies every where in those puddles .Ill let you know as soon as I get down there hopefully this Saturday

Any one else had any luck sluicing down there.

I'd just like to say goodbye to the people that are digging in that "cave" it was a hole but now its a cave someone is going to die in there and for what ? A little bit of gold I was working a hole down stream from there it came down thankfully no one was in there so come on people be smart keep out

Goodness me.....if you mean someone is burrowing into the compacted gravel banks then they are taking grave risks for sure !!

where is this cave you speak of I see a decent hole way up stream

dannyp

Are you talking about a hole that is a fare way up the creek and has alot water in it , if so that is the glory hole that has water in it all year round.

the hole they are on about is just up from the camp locate on the right of the creek bank

Thanks for advice. Practicing as we speak!

There is no water in this hole it someones death trap I went and had a look at it today and there was someone in the thing I told them it will come down but they didn't give a rats ass I don't and won't dig in it if the dpi or parks go down there they will have a fit .....

And thanks for the maps there a big help I went for a look out there today wow I didn't know all that was there can't wait to swing over all that area in spot #2 thanks heaps have you got anymore info on dollys

hi all havent posted in this post for a while 1, hill folk how are mate see detectorozi has been helping ya out a bit with info good on ya for stickin with it have you done any good yet i got sick of detecting and patince run out lol ive sluiced a few times down there now and done well every time . 2, littleazza1979 yea man ive seen that hole talk death trap   ive seen an old bloke in that hole a few times silly i think gold isnt worth your life and im supprised at the ignorance of some just plain lazyness as they cant find there own gold so they figuer they will dig in others holes as there must be gold there then before you know it you end up with a huge hole that will end up seriously hurting or even worse killing some one witch i hope dose not happen.
And third can anyone tell me i havnt been downfor a while has anyone beeen there of late and is there much water abut many thanks in advance
cheers andrew

Still going mate.....no gold yet but with the new 5000 the amount of lead found has increased an awful lot so that is good....I think I just need more experience now in judging the ground to swing on ....I will prevail !! Dave