Turon Gold

Hello fellow gold tragics.
I have just found this site & signed up immediately. I am looking forward to reading all of your posts.
We (my hubby & I) have just returned from a week on the Turon River at Coles bridge crossing. We actually only worked for 4 1/2 days as we had some visiting & other things to do as well.
It was our first visit to the area together fossicking. My hubby was born in Bathurst & he fossicked all around the area as a youngster with his Grandfather.
We got 8 grams of hard won gold using our bank concentrator with a river sluice to carry the water away. Flaky flat pieces with a lot of small stuff included. Not as much as we were expecting but very nice all the same. It was big gold compared to the stuff we get on the Shoalhaven at Oallen which I describe as "flypoo size".
Lots of snakes!! Anyone who is in the area be very careful. 4 blacks 2 browns. Beautiful weather but we just got out in time as the rain came the morning we left. We are off to Tuena next week.
Happy prospecting
Franma

Hi, well done on the 8 grams

Hi franma.
I also got good gold from the Turon and there would be many, many ounces left.
If you are going down to Tuena, just before the bridge out of Trunkey crk. there is a road off to the right signed Curragh rd.
Go down there to where it flattens out and you will see a track off to the right. About 200?m. you come to a steel bridge over the creek (locally known as the "iron bridge")
Up and downstream from there you will always find good gold, a bit further downstream a mate and myself sluiced full time in the '80's for around 4 ounces/week.
Of course some of that ended over the bar of the "Black Stump"!
The Rocky Bridge crk. off the Blayney road will also give you some good gold.
Good luck with it all.
mike

Thanks for the advice Mike. We'll have a look next week hopefully.
It is always good to come home with at least 8 grams Ninja. It soon adds up.
Cheers
Franma

Hi franma & BOB welcome to the group. cheers

Thanks we are so glad we found it.

Hi Franma welcome to the group and its good to hear you've been getting good gold.

I rekon 8 grams is a lot. well done.

Dicko..

Thanks Dicko. We usually spend our time at Oallen & average 1 1/2 - 2 grams a day out there. Its always small but fairly easy to work. We used to always go to Tuena but Oallen is closer to home. Tuena has a better chance of finding a bigger bit so we are going back there to give it another go.
A few years ago we worked a patch on Tuena Creek & got about 3 ozs. It was all claybound so we used an old (square) heating oil drum with a seive. Bob dug & I hosed the clay with a high pressure hose. It was a great system & worked really well.
Cheers
Franma

Hi franma and welcome to the forum. Just noticed that your last picture isn't showing....or is it my PC???

no photo Dee. Still can't download them. I'll keep trying. Thanks for the welcome
Cheers
Franma

franma wrote:no photo Dee. Still can't download them. I'll keep trying. Thanks for the welcome
Cheers
Franma

I did post stopsys vid of how to download pics!! I thought it was very good on how to do it !

G'day Franma

Here are a few more hint on posting pictures on the forum.

Choose the button that says "Host an image" then click browse and select the picture from you own computer and click on "Open", then on the "Host it" and then click on lthe copy at the end and then right click somewhere in your post that yu want it to appear and "paste it"

Thank you to all you experienced posters for your advice on how to post my pictures I have finally been able to post one. A pic of some Turon River gold. A nice little circle. I have put it up for my Avatar. I received a message saying as a newcomer I can't post pics for a week. That is fine. I will sort some out & post them when we come home from Tuena.
Happy gold hunting
Franma

boobook wrote:Hi franma.
I also got good gold from the Turon and there would be many, many ounces left.
If you are going down to Tuena, just before the bridge out of Trunkey crk. there is a road off to the right signed Curragh rd.
Go down there to where it flattens out and you will see a track off to the right. About 200?m. you come to a steel bridge over the creek (locally known as the "iron bridge")
Up and downstream from there you will always find good gold, a bit further downstream a mate and myself sluiced full time in the '80's for around 4 ounces/week.
Of course some of that ended over the bar of the "Black Stump"!
The Rocky Bridge crk. off the Blayney road will also give you some good gold.
Good luck with it all.
mike

Hi,

Could you please give me a GPS co ordinate for the bridge? I cant find the track you are talking about.

Thanks

CowraLass, I doubt you will get a reply as the original post is now 11 years old.

I googled Trunkey Creek and found Curragh Rd. so if you are near the area or passing through then I suggest you drive down that track and follow the directions as best you can. You should at least locate the flat area they are talking about.

Regards Axtyr.