New patch

Managed to find a area that’s never seen a detector before on a new block I’ve never been before ( funny that ) the bigger bits were only 2-3 inches deep 23gms the weekend before last went back yesterday and scored 43gms more

Now that is some nice, chunky looking gold there Joe82. Well done

Kon

Great going Joe, it's nice spikey gold any reefs close by?


cheers moredeep

Cheers lads, it's more like rolling washy ridges with certain rounded rock that i have found it in before in other areas like old riverbed.
I'm convinced that if I find this type of ground, I will find the gold. there is no obvious outcrops that i have found yet in the area where the nuggets have been found but there is big quartz's outcrops in other areas where i have had a look but the ground is not the same. i have run only in high yield on the 7000 with the 14 still need general/difficult - normal ect, and then the 19 coil. the 9gm bit was nearly a foot down 5m away from 5 and 6 gm bits at 3 inches its random???

Some more sleepless coming up Joe
Good luck in finding that retirement nugget :not that will stop you continuing on


cheers moredeep

cheers mate, we have had a shist load of rain also so the grass will be hiding a few As well.

Very nice. Chunky bits and lots of them. Well done and good luck over the rest of the area.

Do you need a hand?????? LOL.

Regards Axtyr.

Good onya Joe , lovely pieces , sounds like a real good piece of ground the way you described , i love old paleo channels , i bet ya got your work cut out for you , i'd imagine she'd be fairly tropical this time of year ....

joe82 wrote:cheers mate, we have had a shist load of rain also so the grass will be hiding a few As well.

A few more nuggs and you can by a ride on mower and clear it all



cheers moredeep

Year Axtyr i think ill need a digger when i start with the 19inch !!!!! dont worrie Moredeep wouldnt be the first time ive had to whippy a patch this year Hugh has been one of the most humid years we can remember its normally a dry heat with temps upto and over40degrees but this wetseason has seen mid 30s temps with 80 % humidity its been a killer , Paleo channels yes thats what they are ancient riverbed

Good on you Joe. You seem to have the nuggets nailed down, how are the hogs going in the area?

Cheers

Doug

hey rock hunter! after the drenching we have had over the last few months it has scattered them from their local haunts, but we have been getting a couple. its nearly Dog trapping time as we move closer to breeding season. i will kick off next weekend on a couple of blocks i detect on

Very interesting gold find Joe.

Some pics from the old days around The Towers,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/albums/72157630395095196

Thanks for that Adrian, some cool old pics there to this day i can stand on Towers Hill and see Mt Leshon gold mine completely different now with half the hill gone from machines them old fellas did it hard mate some for no or little reward we don't relise how easy it is to turn on a detector and walk along picking it up

Yes they were a different breed back then.
Funny really; I think beck to when I used to pan and sluice in the gullies and gorges around Licola and Walhalla and other places. It is difficult to believe that I actually got into those places. Down the sides of a gorge just to get to the creek at the bottom covered in tree ferns while lugging my sluice, pan, Jimmy bar, pick and shovel and stuff. It almost feels like those days never happened, sort of like dream I guess.......Now I am doing well to get down the driveway to put the bloody bins out.

one man's trash is another man's treasure

the body may slow down mate but the passion never dies

I guess that be true Joe.
I think that the best times I have spent on this Earth have been out in the bush; Even the time I became lost was actually a good experience because it taught me that my belief that my inbuilt maps and direction finding instincts were not infallible and now my epirb and compass is always in the car....Although not getting a lot of use these days.
If you have an epirb make sure to keep it registered and to keep a fully charged battery fitted.....Easy to forget if you miss the reminder notice.

indeed mate 4of the most important things in my cammel bak are the PLB water snakebite bandages and BOG ROLL

Great discovery Joe

Cheers Mate! I was there yesterday and only managed 4gms I fear she is drying up. Not to worrie but there's heaps more ground there!!!