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Post by don076 on Mar 8, 2013 18:54:25 GMT 10
wow im impressed with the knowledge on here, firstly i took samples from around a rock, really clayish, so i was breaking it down and slowly panning it out as i didnt want to lose a thing. once i got to the clay out i had about an inch deep of fines. i started slowly swishing the pan, a few times something caught my eye but wasnt sitting still like gold would. after i lost a bit of material i could see it quite clearly. i had to pan down alot of clay to get it clean and clear but i wouldnt say it was too heavy or light. rolley to answer your question i panned a bit as a kid while fishing at the creek. mostly to kill time but would go out once in awhile with friends of the family aand find al lil bit. all of it seems shinny but the silver specs look more clean than bloggy but im no expert. the peice on the rock is 3x to the two specs, it has black veins/cracks dividing it into 3 peices. i will try to get a photo up but doubt it will show much.
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Post by rolley on Mar 17, 2013 21:13:02 GMT 10
Lab! Been and gone to the busy bee place I went in that gorge many times over the last month and a bit, and I got roughly 25 bits of gold, and before ya get excited by that, lemmi say that all of them are nanometre sized, like, ya need a magnifying glass to see most of them properly and it took me AGES with a sharp knife blade getting the dust size specs out of the pans when I saw them HAHAHA.. three of the bits I found are more pin-tip to pin-head sized, tiny tiny little things but gorgeous. Pretty funny really that three months worth of fiddling in the dirt and I got 25 specs that ya can't even see properly with ya naked eye HAHAHAAH So clearly I'm not 'finding the right places to go' ... but as Scott said in another post, he reckons I don't have much chance finding anything proper there as the area is over worked... Did you think it's worth checking in the sister gorge right next to the main gold producing gorge? (remember that google earth pic?!)
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Post by rolley on Mar 17, 2013 21:52:06 GMT 10
Just having a thought.. anyone in Qld been out around this Gogango region for a scratch around? It's just south of Goodedulla National Park.. The borders of the park have a couple of areas of minor interest (like south a place called Paddy's Gully, and some other abandoned gold mining posts to the south west). I've been wanting to go to Goodedulla for some bush camping for a while, so might be a good opportunity to stop in a few places on the way and pan a bit... ? goo.gl/maps/8PRjxother ideas I have are trying to find some access in to the land west of Mount Morgan, tricky area as there seems not to be much in the way of roads or anything, quite rugged... goo.gl/maps/D62rC.. I dunno.. guess I just dunno where to go.. might try Canoona again sometime soon..
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glot
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Post by glot on Jan 2, 2015 18:10:13 GMT 10
Bouldercombe gorge.. This area had yielded a lot of gold in the past. The flat across the creek from the pub was reworked back in 1988? Not sure on the exact year. They removed the top 10 metres. The first 3 were over burden almost and then the next 7 were gold bearing. Plus 2mm went back as fill. Less than that was treated. Much of the gold was microscopic. This area was home to a decent gold rush in the late 1800's. Originally, they dug down to bottom in the creek where they found" decent gold". This started the rush. Yes, this area still contains gold. However, read the conditions on your fossicker's licence! Most of the gorge is a conservation park. No fossicking. To find gold, research! Then when you have done that, do more research. Stand back and look at these mountains and then think how many spots with gold have been discovered. Not many. With a gold rush, you can bet every square inch was looked at. You need to learn the characterics of where you are looking. If you find gold, work out where and why. Interesting about the silver. How do you tell it from tin? There is a lot of gold in Central Qld. Research. Learn the laws. Don't waste your time and petrol just going for a drive. Go with a purpose. Also, when sampling, you need to do a decent amount. Sometimes ideal looking spots have nothing and ordinary looking spots have some. Think like a bit of heavy gold. Where would you choose to come to rest. It is where you find it but you can narrow that down a lot. One thing about fossicking. It takes you places you wouldn't normally bother go. Gets you involved in history you would have ignored otherwise. On that note, I have tracked down a couple of interesting docs about Bouldercombe history. I won't post them here but if anyone is interested, give me a hoy and I will send them to you. They are PDF.
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glot
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Post by glot on Jan 3, 2015 12:12:56 GMT 10
New Zealand Gully. Dee river above the reservoir. You can enter a creek or river most times from a road without going onto private property. Won't find anything big as you need to bottom and you aren't allowed to go deeper than 500mm. Best you can hope for is a false bottom such as a nice big rock.
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Post by Flying Scott on Jan 4, 2015 21:11:20 GMT 10
Some of the old miners would get "finger rot" caused by the Mercury eating away at there fingers. be careful with that stuff. Flying Scott.
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Post by shivan on Jan 4, 2015 21:43:50 GMT 10
G'day Flying Scott, have not heard that mercury could eat flesh before. Are you sure it was the mercury doing this? Normally it is the mercury vapor that is the killer, and mercury starts vaporizing at room temp. Keeping any gold covered mercury or free mercury found under water will prevent the mercury from vaporizing at low temps.
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dylan92
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Post by dylan92 on Jan 28, 2015 14:47:08 GMT 10
How's it going I'm 22 from Melbourne and have got myself a little river sluice and have made a classyfer my self I know people have there secret spot but was wondering in anyone can put me in a location were gold would be. I am happy with a few specks as It would be my first gold ever so if anybody knows any spots close to Melbourne willing to drive chers
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Post by labrador on Feb 1, 2015 20:51:21 GMT 10
Back in March 2013 Rolley asked a question and I never answered him, sorry about that, I only not so long ago worked out there is more than one page, and now I havent seen Rolley on for ages, may be he hit the mother load and now lives on a island.
dylan92 If I was in Melbourne, Creswick near balarat would be where I would head. Do a bit of goggle resurch and a little goggle earth, there is 3 camping grounds on Slatey Creek. And if there is any water flowing, this time of year probably not. But if you work out how to recirculate your water, I think will find some gold. Lets know if you go and how you went Good luck Lab
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