The Mogo Goldfields

[redmanti]

Just wondering what the go is here.

Sounds like both detecting and sluicing are options.

I heard that the Mogo State Forest produces nuggets.

Any advise for a weekend trip?

[shivan]

Id be interested in this too
We have been down Mogo way a few times now but mostly just exploring. Dropped a pan in a creek here and there with a spec or two found but nothing that made us want to set up.
I would like to do some detecting out there, my biggest problem was that all i had was a state forest map and some gps co-ords, i believe i came close to the areas i was looking for but drove right past

[shivan]

Just found this advise form DD in an older post.

As a general rule the majority of mogo creek ( running north south) is gold bearing , as well as most of its tributaries to the west. Recent mine reports show of exploration of the alluvial lead in the conglomerate on the hill just west of town. I think it may have been Comet who where doing the exploration, if you find the report it has a map showing this lead which will give you a good spot to start for larger nuggets

[bigcods]

Hi redmanti don't know about mogo but punkallay creek at narooma has good colour in it I went there today for the first time and went up stream just crevesing and found 1.6grms I am over the moon .will be out there for the next three mornings can wait

[redmanti]

Nice job. I be hitting there. Again. Was it the first ford?

It is right next to an extinct volcano tube.

[bigcods]

Yes at first ford is there gold at the next ford about 400m up the road. Is there another ford on punkally creek

[redmanti]

Good to hear! I did a fair bit of research about it. Will post it here in the next day or so. no substitute for a good run crevicing.

[unlucky]

Mogo, very good, but you have to plough into the banks and skim the bedrock. Throw the overburden into the small creek for the next flood and the next prospector

Punkally ck cuts out early, your run would be from the dec 2010 floods, trust me its been creviced to the out house..
However, if you are getting gold go nuts!!

If anything, I would recommend a combined detecting/sluicing effort in the nerrigundah region. Some big nuggets where found here on the west side of Gulph creek. This would be a definite winner due to the recent erosion. Turn right at the bridge, right again at the monument, right again just after the old church, before you go up the hill (look dammit once you cross the bridge just take every first right hand turn you can!). Follow over the first old old short wooden bridge, past the property on the left aptly named "Surface Hill" Over the new Large blue Metal crossing. 300m after the new Blue Metal Crossing, just on the left hand turn heading uphill, duck off the road into a right turn that looks like thick scrub but turns out to be the original road!! Follow this through 2 gulleys for a scenic view over the top end of the Gulph... Gulph Ck extends in numerous 'S' bends, actually almost endless S bends. All have been replenished by the dec 2010 floods down here which where "MASSIVE" to say the least. Noone has dredged this new stuff and its all majority state forest or crown land!!

BTW if anyone wants a guide up that mysterious 'ol dirt road' on the south east coast, feel free to PM me

[shivan]

Thanks for the info unlucky, i have been down nerrigundah a few times now but just around deep creek. Gulph creek was another area recomended to us though we had not made it there yet.
After this post we had just been talking about heading south to either mogo or nerragundah, Looks like you solved the problem for us

If your from down that way would love to say G'day, will probably be heading off saterday find some where to pull up for the night then head to the creek sunday.

[detecta2]

GOOGLE MOGO GOLD, PLENTY OF READING, REGARDS PHILL

[Deleted]

Glad you did well out at punkaly. Here is a pic of the nerrigundah diggings, leaches and mozzies galore but as unlucky said lots of gold.

Pm me if you would like to know where the puddler is at the kianga crk diggings, they are close by narooma too.

Diggerdude

[unlucky]

Shivan,

If you haven't left yet, turn left immediately after the bridge over gulph creek. After a km or so you will see a large flat area on the left.

This is the old park area/rec ground.

I'm pretty sure the toilets work, and plenty of area for camping.

If your down there. Go to North Ck, and work your way up stream from the crossing to the first S bend, only a couple of hundred metres if that. Things have gotten thick vegetation wise and the Blue Metal Crossing has upped the water level, but there is nice gold at that S bend just gotta move the heavy rocks and go deep. The first inside bend down to bedrock is recommended, if your are working the second inside bend, BE CAREFULL, I saw a tiger snake slip into a hole in this second bend, it may have been temporary because it is too close to water level for hibernation. However, it is worth noting!! On the blue metal crossing, looking upstream and to the bedrock on the left, I pulled a quarter gram flat piece of gold 1.5m from the road. My thinking was it came from the gutter running up the road to the left, so if anyone has a metal detector hit it.

IGNORE - the private property sign by Nth Ck, this area is crown land and we are legally allowed to fossick Nth Ck its entire length
AND - don't mine Louise, owns the last property bordering Nth Ck. Call her by name if she hassles you she will freak out haha! Old gal claims to pull water from the creek, which she does not, also told me I was not allowed to fossick in Nth Ck, which I challenged verbally and then dismissed! Everyone in Nerrigundah thinks she's on a high horse, so just be semi-polite but do not be deterred..

Good luck guys, and take your machetes!!

[shivan]

Thanks for the info on the reserve, that is just what we needed.
Thanks also for the heads up on the local lady
Are the leeches as bad at Gulph creek as they are at deep creek?
I must admit those buggers slow me down..... to scared to get my butt near the ground while iam digging

I have been hanging to get the detector out to try my speaker and booster i got this sounds like a good chance ;D

Thanks heaps DD and unluck for all the help and info.

[unlucky]

Leeches, best result from there was 23 in 2 hours. But I backtracked my own path and they where all waiting for me.

In winter, I wouldn't worry about them, be more concerned about the temperature of that mountain water!

[shivan]

Sorry for hijacking your thread redmanti
Made it out to Nerragundah today, anyone thinking of heading out that way i recomend add a chainsaw to your kit. We made it to the Gulph creek area and headed along comans road trying to take a track back down to the creek. Every track had trees down across the track. The one track we managed to move the first two small trees off the track but then came to another huge tree 50m down the track . We back tracked to the blue metal crossing walked down north creek to gulph creek but now re-reading unluckys post iam thinking we were ment to go up that creek not up gulph creek

We walked up gulph creek to the spot we thaught we were looking for, tryed to explore a little further but more tree falls, thick scrub and the creek being deeper than my gumboots made the going difficult so we retreated back.
Got to try the speaker and B&Z booster out must say it was good not having headphones on but was a little wierd to get used to.
After just going over the gravel bars and side of the bank was enough for me. Mark started having a detect up on the bank in a small spot that was semi cleared. Meanwhile i started digging a test hole to try to see how far down bedrock was. I was a little sceptical of seeing bedrock as there was no sign of it protruding out at all. After digging down about 3-4 foot testpanning as i went i decided that we must be in the wrong place as there was no sign of bedrock and had not seen a colour in any of the pans.
We talked about looking up north creek but by now it was 2:00 and we had to get back.



When we got back to the car we bumped into Louise who did try to chase us off saying no fossicking on her property, i explained we had walked down the creek from a public acess point to the state forest area because of deadfall across the tracks up ahead, but she was not satifyed at first trying to tell me this was still her property, i challenged that as in the car i had a map with the state forest boundy and property boundrys marked on it to wich she gave no answer but told me how any holes dug in the creek no matter how small or even if filled in would turn into huge erosion and sink holes seeing what way the conversation was going Mark assured her we had only been up the creek to state forest area and would use the tracks up ahead next time when we go back with the chainsaw, she seemed happy with this and let us finish packing up.

We had great fun exploring a bit more out that way but think before iam out that way next i will arm myself with my chainsaw and get a pair of waders ;D