LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
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Post by LordJR on Dec 5, 2016 21:54:43 GMT 10
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Post by shivan on Dec 5, 2016 22:24:31 GMT 10
Looks like a beautiful spot. Shame there wasn't a bit more gold in the pan, but looks very interesting.
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Post by DMG on Dec 5, 2016 22:29:30 GMT 10
Hey Lord I was just doing some research on that spot the other day but down the river further, 15km East towards the mountain area between Sofala and Capertee.Anyway
4wd access only I think looking at it from Google Earth but has all the signs of a good spot all along that river,would like to hit it with a metal detector ,thought about buying a sluice and an auto panner but think I will just stick with a metal detector for now.the auto panner is a bit pricey and im too lazy to sit there and pan,I wont even dig more than 15cm on a beach,lol.
According to my research, theres Gold along that river,just got to find it.
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LordJR
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Post by LordJR on Dec 5, 2016 23:00:03 GMT 10
I just think I wasn't looking in the right spots shivan. First time to a new place, I'm happy to just find any gold.
DMG I left my detector at home for this trip and just focused on panning. Didn't even break out my sluice. But the good news is, I didn't see any snakes down by the river and I was walking through some pretty tall grass and all around the rocky bedrock.
I'd be happy to get out my Xterra 705 and try to swing at the spot near there with you sometime.
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Post by DMG on Dec 5, 2016 23:28:16 GMT 10
Yer cool always looking for someone to go prospecting with.
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Post by stuart on Dec 6, 2016 4:01:05 GMT 10
Lovely scenery JR better luck next time. I am hoping to get up there while we are staying in Katoomba.
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nuggethill
God of the Goldfields
A 4 1/2 oz find at Kingower by a friend
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Post by nuggethill on Dec 6, 2016 11:24:43 GMT 10
Between Sofala and Capertee there's a place called Turon Gate great camping area if you don't mind paying a fee good trout fishing there as well caught my first trout on a fly rod there good panning places too and lots of rock bars 
cheers
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LordJR
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Post by LordJR on Dec 7, 2016 17:43:00 GMT 10
This is part of what I got out of this trip. The flakes seem to be a big larger than Oallen Ford.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 20:54:13 GMT 10
great spot there at coles bridge just watch out for red bellys there I've come across a few on that bedrock there.
do you get out to that area much lordjr, i know its your first time at coles bridge but have you been anywhere else around there?
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LordJR
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Post by LordJR on Dec 9, 2016 0:32:06 GMT 10
Wow.. didn't see any Red Bellys while working the bedrock. Thanks for the warning though. I've gotten out to Oberon and Ophir, but never to Hill End yet. I was so close too at Coles Bridge. I plan to get back up there this weekend and finish working some bedrock areas I wasn't able to get to, now that I have a 1/4 and 1/8 pan sieves. I've been classifying only down to 1/2 before today and having to work through a lot of gravel. Always looking to make the trip out with others from Sydney.  Cheers! Jon |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2016 21:29:13 GMT 10
nice, should try hill end some nice course gold there.
I'm on another forum where a guy posted finding a a 16 gram sunbaker at Ophir. i wanna trick to a waterfall just near there, id say its an hour walk in but thats where the gold is.
where about in sydney are you lord? I'm in chatswood.
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LordJR
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Post by LordJR on Dec 10, 2016 21:50:39 GMT 10
I've heard of bigger gold in Ophir, but all on private land. I'm down south in the Sutherland Shire.
Takes me a bit to go anywhere, as I have to drive up north to the M5 or M4 before I can head out west. And it's about an hour's drive one way just to visit the Miner's Den in Parramatta.
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LordJR
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Post by LordJR on Dec 10, 2016 22:04:10 GMT 10
I found 2 of these in my pan from Coles Bridge. They are silver in color, malleable like gold, and heavier like gold as well. Anyone know what this could be? Lead? Silver? I'm not sure what other metals are found in the Turon River.  |
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Post by marked on Dec 10, 2016 22:44:05 GMT 10
Quite possibly mercury covered gold.Mercury is naturally occuring as well as left over in gold areas by the old-timers, and can find it's own way onto wild gold. Heating in a saucepan on the stove should be enough heat to make the Mercury gas off and if only on 1 or 2 small flakes won't be enough to do any lasting damage - on the backyard bbq is a better place if you are in any way worried.
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LordJR
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Post by LordJR on Dec 10, 2016 23:27:05 GMT 10
Quite possibly mercury covered gold.Mercury is naturally occurring as well as left over in gold areas by the old-timers, and can find it's own way onto wild gold. Heating in a saucepan on the stove should be enough heat to make the Mercury gas off and if only on 1 or 2 small flakes won't be enough to do any lasting damage - on the backyard bbq is a better place if you are in any way worried. Interesting.. Thanks for the info, I lost one of the pieces, so just have the one left in the photo. I'm thinking it could be lead as it seems lighter than gold, but still acts in the pan as a heavy. |
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