Detecting Gullies

Just a question about whether or not anyone has found gold in the gullies. I'm always aware of the depth of ground I am detecting in and normally don't bother detecting the very bottom of hills if I think the gold is too deep to detect. Would it be fair to say that if a nugget has found its way into the gully that it would be at a level close to bedrock? Watching Jack Langes videos he seems to think so. The bottom of a gully may have 10 foot of overburden. My gut tells me that its possible that after most of the gully wash had formed a nugget could of slide down the hill and be only a couple of feet from the surface.

I suppose that also depends on what detector you are using too. I'm up in NQ and we look everywhere, sides tops and bottoms of hills, sides and bottoms of gullies, creeks, flat areas, you name it. Gold is where gold is.

Cheers

Doug

The hard base at the bottom of a gully may be undulating or irregular in depth,the original bottom could also be half way up the sides of a hill and the nuggets may have deposited on the slopes of the bends as well.The terrain probably looked totally different at the time the gold moved from the reefs so I guess it can be in any location.

true that rockhunter, everywhere is worth a look, as for gullies they are a good place to start when detecting new ground as they are a natural gold trap, I managed to pull 4oz from a gully one afternoon as my mates detected the patch above the creek/gully as the gold shed down the hill into it

Yes Jin, it would be fair to say that if a nugget has found its way into the gully, it would not only be at a level close to bedrock, but trapped/wedged in crevices well bellow the bedrock level as well. Mind you all this depends on early or latter gold shedding's from near by gold bearing reefs.
How deep a nugget sits in the ground, depends on the material holding it there, such that of a shallow slate bar trapper or pocket of clay, usually found sitting on top & before & down onto solid bedrock.
The only reason we detectorist's still find the odd bit of gold in gullies, is because the old timers had surfaced it down to that level for us, allowing our detectors to reach the gold, or we'd be finding Jack.  

Cheers Kon.