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Post by redmanti on Jul 8, 2012 19:13:38 GMT 10
The tree across the road is something that comes with the less used tracks. Have cleared quite a few trees especially near the Pambula goldfields that have fallen across the road. Once, you turn off you can miss the fossicking zone completely. A GPS is a necessary but one that's doesn't rely on mobile phone coverage. I think you must have been in the wrong place.
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Post by shivan on Jul 8, 2012 20:11:05 GMT 10
G'day redmanti, i should have known to throw the chainsaw in but was in too much of a rush, some of the smaller trees we could move by ourselves off the track but once we came to the bigger one we gave in . We ended up heading just past the mount coman mine walking trail trying to find a track that wasnt blocked. Unluckys directions were all fine, we made it to the blue metal crossing on north creek no worries. We ended up going down North creek, not up as he suggested and then up gulph creek a bit to where we thaught he described minus the bedrock
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2012 7:40:39 GMT 10
Hi Shivan, don't turn up comans road mate, I usually park along the track just after the North creek crossing. In the map I posted there is a small dotted track in the west side of gulph creek heading north from the comans intersection. There are diggings everywhere along the valley from here north, if you look in the shafts they are about 5meters so not much chance of digging to bedrock. All the nuggets i detected here came from the mullock heaps. You can also walk 'upstream' in north creek from here as unlucky said earlier.
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Post by shivan on Jul 9, 2012 8:22:45 GMT 10
G'day DD, another blunder on our behalf i was trying to get to a spot on the creek you marked for us, the track you are talking about is where we first tryed to get down but was blocked by trees, as were all the other tracks further round. We started walking down the track but decided it looked easyer to get to the creek via north creek and walk up but did not take into account how over grown and cluttered with deadfall he creek itself would be.
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Post by redmanti on Jul 10, 2012 18:16:38 GMT 10
Shivan, take snake protection next time....
From the Sydney Morning Herald 13 October 1857.
"One person who went to Mogo told me that he saw more than a hundred snakes on the road, who, very likely, for the first time were disturbed in their seclusion."
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Post by shivan on Jul 10, 2012 18:39:22 GMT 10
Very good advise, if i was there in summer or a hot day i would be very weary but it was very chilli that day not a reptile in sight
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Post by unlucky on Jul 11, 2012 19:07:57 GMT 10
Shivan, I did mean upstream directly from the blue metal crossing, upstream into north creek, sorry mate, bit unclear on that one.
That does place you directly inbetween said lady's property (she proudly claims to own "both sides of the creek" - key word being "sides") but if you walk far enough you get into state forest.
Legally, I would love to jump the fence on the high bank and walk the alloted 20m of crown land from any high water mark!!! Wouldn't that be a grand event, on both the scale of right and wrong, somone who exercised the miners right and law in general to the full extent regardless of anyone else's standing, wouldn't they hate us then!!! Morally however, in this situation, I would probably end up with slashed tires!!
As I said however, my best piece from here so far is quarter gram, and that was on the pan, right on that blue metal crossing (before the blue metal got put down). Sluicing north creek regularly picks up anything from super flood fine gold (like the mustard gold from shoalhaven) up to happy lil 0.1 gram pieces. There is always the odd picker up to and above 1g. I know a bloke that used to dredge the gulph in the 80's, when it was legal. He started off snorkeling the river and simply picking pieces from the bottom before bringing in the big guns. The take was in the "many of ounces" range. Unforunately for highbanking, the gulph is pretty barren, she got dredge bare back in the day, you need to dig a very deep hole or hit the tributaries that where usually too shallow for dredging.
**Snakes - LOTS in spring, summer, autumn DO NOT piss them off, the majority are angry broody tigers
I got a pair of snake guards when I moved back down this way, the last couple of years have been a boom for them and they seem to be everywhere and anywhere.
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Post by shivan on Jul 11, 2012 20:53:08 GMT 10
It was a fun day out dispite lack of colour. I just wish i would have re-read your post before we left We will be back, just one of those spots we need a bit more than a day with all the driving. Now i know where the reserve is we will probably use that to camp next time.
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Post by kel on Oct 17, 2012 7:44:04 GMT 10
Good Info and I know what you guys mean about snakes galore there. I went to school (Narooma high) with a few from Nerri and they are a most relaxed bunch. I wasn't into gold back then though. I think the greenies that live there don't like prospectors much.
Diggerdude, where can a fella get the map with the alluvial diggings of that area and surrounds? I didn't even know there was such a map. I plan to have a look out Mt Utopia/Red creek/Cadgee way at Chrissy time.
Cheers
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2012 9:17:27 GMT 10
I produce the maps for that area mate. I haven't been selling them lately as I am including them all in my book. Pm me your address and I will see if I can find a few to send you.
DD
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Post by kel on Oct 17, 2012 10:54:02 GMT 10
I'll definitely be buying that book! Cheers for all your help. kel
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Post by ferrousfinder on Oct 27, 2012 9:02:14 GMT 10
howdy,
the family and I have a week camping trip booked to Batemans just before chrissie and so will be interested in a half day or 2 fever relieving activity & a mosey around mogo. Am thinking will take the detector and a couple of pans.
Just wondering about the chance of pinning down some of your maps DIGGERDUDE ?
We may go to Moruya/ Dalmeny/Narooma for a day trip, but only if we get bored after doing Batemans/ Mogo area. Have to see what happens is only a 1 week trip though. Beautiful area, used to get around that way when younger when interested in the beach and its waves. (greenpeace may get concerned if they saw me on a beach these days... ;D)
Anyways, hope all have a good safe holiday period which isn't all that far away now especially as 'time keeps on slipping into the future'
Cheers,
FF.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2012 10:27:30 GMT 10
Gday ferrousfinder, goanna gold detectors have some of my maps on there online store, goannagold.cart.net.au/store/maps/Apparently they still have narooma and nerrigundah in stock, not sure about mogo, let me know if you have any troubles. Enjoy the holiday DD
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Post by Ric on Oct 27, 2012 11:58:29 GMT 10
G'day Diggerdude I have never seen your Mogo Map. I bought the Narooma and Nerrigundah maps when you had them on ebay but I think you said you were still putting the Mogo map together. Any chance of a scan copy? Cheers Ric.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 6:38:20 GMT 10
G'day Ric, I have a couple of boxes of maps in my storage shed with my computer, I will be heading there sometime in the next month. Unfortunately I sent the last of the maps I had on me to goanna detectors a few months ago. I may have a PDF of it on my laptop somewhere, I will pull it out tonight and have a look. Thanks for buying copies of our other ones , it became too time consuming printing in small batches various different maps so we decided to just put the whole lot in a book. Over summer when it's too hot to prospect we will try and get it close to publishing stage. DD
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