Dollys Creek worth detecting

whatever you decide to go with best of luck mate you'll have keep us updated and keep spending the time in the area as im sure you will be rewarded soon its sopossed to be a good spot and as far as all the places around ballarat that side of town that ive researched its got the most potental cheer regamald  

Yep it will quiten down but the sensitivity is reduced that much that it WILL be missing stuff and even then its not comfortably quiet. I will keep the AT as it is a fantastic machine but not for Vic Goldfields..

regamald wrote: orchard trk i think its called. Its ok to a certain point goin in but then a four wheel drive would be needed its supposed to be a ok spot to to try?

You need a serious 4x4 & not be afraid to get it scratched up...trust me only just made it in & out of there when it was damp

Ready to have another crack at Dollys......with a gpx5000 in hand I might add !!!!!!   Still think the areas marked by Detrackozi have gold there so here I come.....

good luck dude. be safe in the heat.
I need water there so one assumes theres none anymore

Got back out there only for a couple of hours with the 5000.....loved it....no gold but quite a few shotgun pellets and bullets so clearly the area is not cleaned out.....went to area east of creek as marked by detrackozi......will plan a full day there...

Hi hillfolk sorry its been a few days i did get down there last weekend but to no avail but keep at it im sure there some nuggies there waiting for you it has really good potential that spot but hey why not have a pan at yarrawee in sebas ive been there panning of late got a speci out.of there two days ago little bit of quartz bout half a grm stuck to it so i was happy with. that and it has fine flour gold all throu not as good as dollys and cant power sluice but good for a pan an a nice arvo and not much water at all at dollys ill be back there next weekend and see gow i go then cheers ill post how i. go then best of luck out there and hope you get that golden target soon mate take it easy cheers andrew

Got to hand it to you all for not giving up, rest a shore it was there and I am sure you and if not some others have already found a few nice lumps without others knowing.

It is not all small gold to be found and just to give you a idea have alook at these

4oz's


just over 2oz's bit


What about this nice 6 oz's lump





It was a lot better ground to work before the fire went through but give it about another 10-15 years and I am sure it will thin out abit more

the hill folk

Now that you have your new 5000 I am sure it will not be long before you start to find a few smaller bit.

some of these were found almost 10 years back









I am sure there is going to be some sweaty Prospectors out there tomorrow in that 43 Deg heat

Thanks detrackozi......you know how to whet the appetite....I was really impressed with the 5000 and can't wait to get a serious day in.....

You still have a lot of ground to cover    



Google Earth

Ok bring it on !!! More ground equals more chances !!! Concentrating on area just left of arrow above ......hey thanks for sharing the info by the way.......

There is lots of shallow hole's along the ridge line and some good runs down the hill into the creek, there is buck's of fine Au in those banks along the creek that has come of that hill face that has not been worked.

On the flat top of that hill I and two others got bogged for 4 hrs one winter so be careful if you drive in there in winter the water sits on a hard cap rock down 2ft and all on top is like soup and I mean sandy load soup   

Hey that's interesting about the cap rock.....I had a look today at a cap rock feature that was just poking up near a big sluiced area that had been gouged into the hill and thought .. hmmmmm...on areas where that cap rock is close to surface maybe some gold is sitting on it :-)

Now that was not hard, you are onto it if you could only wash the rest of the Tpc off the cap rock as they were trying to do to recover the gold.  

Years ago I found some very good runs of small gold that was on ground that had only half been washed down , so keep your eye open for more such area's   

Last time I pasted through there I went down to the camp area were I posted about the panning and working the sluice and boy has that creek had some working since I started this post and knowing the area there has been some good gold found for sure
It is a sham that with all that read on hear and have been out there and found gold don't post what they found to let others know , I am sure they are mind set that If I tell others they will come and they will be loosing gold for themself, gold sure can make people greedy   

Not long now before the water will be back so get out there and start locating area's you would like to work

Good luck to all

David

I am doing my best to get you on the Gold, just hope I am not wasting my time

Thanks Detrakozi - I always enjoy your posts & maps.
 

You are certainly not wasting your time.....a great geology lesson...love the map above and confirms my feeling about the potential of the little creek off the left of the map above.....you are a gentleman for sharing these maps ....

Hi all i def agree thank you detectorozi you are a saint as i cant downdload google earth or chrome so i cant acess the topo's and that and ill tell ya there is some good hills out there enough to make your calf muscles cry take me home ans thats only after five or so hours lol na thankyou ozi your a top bloke cheers andrew

Good to see you back Detrakozi have not been to Dollys Creek since 1979/80 when we tried panning and dredging (legal back then)

Detrackozi wrote:the hill folk

Now that you have your new 5000 I am sure it will not be long before you start to find a few smaller bit.

some of these were found almost 10 years back









I am sure there is going to be some sweaty Prospectors out there tomorrow in that 43 Deg heat

Dont worry about the gold, you havent shown me that maudy 1 pence before.   Great information on the area, I'm sure that many will be following up on this post.

geof_junk

Nice old Photo mate I hope that not you with the top hat on   

GemQ

You never asked, found a lots of coin back then with the 2000 and 2100 as the was a settlement there.

Just to hot yesterday since it was 40 Deg's and the same this morning before the change come in just after lunch so headed up there on the Bike to Video the locations to give you a idea what the area looks like. We have them up soon just uploading to youtube.

This Video-2 is the ride down Forest rd to the Camp area you see on the Map.
https://youtu.be/QNfDtDebdQE

Great vid there David and thanks for sharing.    There has been a fair bit of work done in the creek.

Cheers. Mike.

G'day Detrackozi,

Thanks for going to the trouble of sharing this information with the members of our forum

Regards
A

Great video, Detrack ... brilliant place!! Looks really interesting for a dry washer ... might have to put that one on my bucket list!!   

Yep, I enjoyed the bike ride, the jog up and down the creek   

It was great, thanks for sharing..   

VERY cool thanks dude.... so fkn dry!!!
Last time i was up there about 1.5months ago was drying out but still water....problem is when the water comes back the spot I got to will be too hard even in a 4x4 my zook struggled when it was bone dry lol.

All did not go as planned had the go pro on my chest mount and that is what you viewed on that vid and was going to have it running while I moved to each location but the go pro let me down so out came the back up camera and did a bid of the other location with that so will have them up here tonight .

Many have maps of area's you would like to go but to see it first on vid can give you a good idea if it a area you would like to try

Till tonight

Well I'm officially unfit    started sweating as soon as I realised you were running   

Awesome vid Detrack