Mike
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Post by Mike on Mar 25, 2015 20:02:55 GMT 10
New member hi to all. Great to be in and it would be good to see and chat all, get to know south coast prospectors. Happy to share my area of prospecting. |
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Post by cronicbadger on Mar 26, 2015 10:55:08 GMT 10
Hello Mike
Welcome to the forum. You're located near areas for several types of fossicking and will find plenty of relevant information in the forum's discussion archives - the Search feature is pretty useful.
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Post by Mike on Mar 28, 2015 8:38:07 GMT 10
G'day Mike and welcome to the group. I'm a semi local down Moruya way but never seem to have much time for digging when I'm down there. Might bump into you one day.  Cheers Ric Thanks Ric
Your not far up the road mate. Still finding my way round this site so hope post works. Semi retired and hope to get out of building end of this year. Have had a Mine Lab 5000 and only used it once so I am as green as they come. Got a high banker and going to put it to work next in a few weeks time. BRGDS Mike
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Post by Mike on Mar 28, 2015 8:49:51 GMT 10
Hello Mike Welcome to the forum. You're located near areas for several types of fossicking and will find plenty of relevant information in the forum's discussion archives - the Search feature is pretty useful. TKS, I have read some great posts, very informative. Being a new cum and only prospected once I have little to share but that will change as I wind down my business. My area of interest is Yambulla at this stage as I love the history of this area, and all history of the past gold mine days.
BGDS Mike
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Post by shivan on Mar 28, 2015 10:27:35 GMT 10
Welcome aboard Mike.
We are a little bit further north in Nowra, but have had a few adventures down your way.
Good luck with your digging.
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Mike
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Post by Mike on Mar 29, 2015 8:00:32 GMT 10
Welcome aboard Mike. We are a little bit further north in Nowra, but have had a few adventures down your way. Good luck with your digging. TKS mate I do hope that us southerners get together on day, well after I get a bit more experience. Happy hunting...
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Post by Ric on Mar 29, 2015 9:39:11 GMT 10
Mike, Over the years I have seen more people get into and remain interested in this hobby by chasing the alluvial gold using pans, sluices and highbankers. Initial outlay is minimal and even if you don't find a lot it is the enjoyment of the outdoors and keeping fit and friendships that matter. The cost of the equipment really doesn't come into it. Sluices are easily made with bits and pieces scavenged and a bit of backyard time. I also see a lot of people enter the hobby straight off with very expensive detectors hoping to strike it rich. The opposite is more often true and many lose interest quickly. It takes a lot of tiny nuggets to recoup even $1000.00 let alone $5k or $6k, not to mention the costs of fuel, camping gear and other necessities before finding the first nugget. I'm not trying to steer anyone away from detecting but more get people to think about it and put things into perspective before laying out heaps of hard earned $$$$$$ As long as you go to a known gold bearing area you will always find a bit of gold by pannings or sluicing but there are thousands of stories of detector owners not finding anything for many months or even years. As Cronicbadger said you are located in an ideal spot with goldfields not too far away in any direction.  Cheers Ric |
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Post by dreadnought on Mar 30, 2015 8:02:36 GMT 10
Hi Mike, good to meet you a couple of weeks ago. Hope the walk up to the mines wasnt to strenuous - Tony is still ragging on me (he's got gamy knees). Will be seeing you and Dougy over winter in the forest. Happy hunting.
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Mike
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Post by Mike on Apr 2, 2015 10:29:29 GMT 10
Mike, Over the years I have seen more people get into and remain interested in this hobby by chasing the alluvial gold using pans, sluices and highbankers. Initial outlay is minimal and even if you don't find a lot it is the enjoyment of the outdoors and keeping fit and friendships that matter. The cost of the equipment really doesn't come into it. Sluices are easily made with bits and pieces scavenged and a bit of backyard time. I also see a lot of people enter the hobby straight off with very expensive detectors hoping to strike it rich. The opposite is more often true and many lose interest quickly. It takes a lot of tiny nuggets to recoup even $1000.00 let alone $5k or $6k, not to mention the costs of fuel, camping gear and other necessities before finding the first nugget. I'm not trying to steer anyone away from detecting but more get people to think about it and put things into perspective before laying out heaps of hard earned $$$$$$ As long as you go to a known gold bearing area you will always find a bit of gold by pannings or sluicing but there are thousands of stories of detector owners not finding anything for many months or even years. As Cronicbadger said you are located in an ideal spot with goldfields not too far away in any direction. Cheers Ric |
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Post by Mike on Apr 2, 2015 10:31:34 GMT 10
TKS Ric
I’m a patient sort of bloke ( had me 5000 in a box for over a year and the 7000 is out now.lol) and being a chippy I always buy the best tools so it’s in my DNA. But it was the history of gold, all those men, all those mines, and the way they lived that fascinates with me and has me hooked. Getting a bit of gold is just a bonus. The history bit is going to get me in a lot of trouble as the cook is asking what I am doing on the computer till 02:00 in the morning, lol.
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