My Ridiculous first day prospecting !!
Not sure if this is the right thread to start to tell of my first day out in anger prospecting
but as the 5th of a willing six pack of Coopers Pale Ale takes it toll , the Aussies have just made 329
My wife has reminded me for the 2nd time the BBQ will not cook itself and Eddie everywhere is trying to
make someone a millionaire I will attempt to document a day which started with a couple of quick short blacks
and ended with a rushed trip to the local jewellers.
BBQ cooked , South Africa 1/ 114 , 6.30 am got up told wife that I felt like a kid with a new toy , got told that is exactly
what I was , off to Jupiter Creek with my new gold detector , water , muesli bars and a new mini pick !
Backyard testing of the SDC 2300 and this forum was the the extent of my experience in the pursuit of what we spend
countless hours and dollars chasing , big walk but not where everybody else had been , I was too smart for that , like the USS Enterprise through the rough terrain , where no detector had been before , that is where the gold would be , blackberry bushes , even better no one in their right mind would go in there , surely that is where the gold would be !
As I beat my way out of the bushes , bleeding like a stuck pig , the comments or more accurately sledges from my mates at the front bar rang in my ears , waste of time , mid life crisis , just like the bloke in the new credit union ad detecting on the beach !
How ironic it was that on a path trodden by coultless people before me over one hundred and fifty years gave me my first break in the constant Minelab mosquito hummmmm of the SDC , as I prepared for the first bit of lead shot or bottle top I didn't care , surely this was part of the game ? Scrape , pick , scrape , inexperience led to frustration , a sound that was there in one hand was taken from the other without me noticing . Finally after promising myself to part with another couple of hundred dollars for a pro pointer , a little whispy , aerated , almost volcanic piece of gold " or so I thought " was revealed . That is when panic set in , how stupid , the scream of the SDC on speaker will surely attract the attention of the two fellas I knew were following me , on with the headphones ! Put the piece in the forgotten nugget vial , ok the mouth will have to do for now , another piece , and another , and another how easy is this !
Six in total , I was dead set grinning like a Cheshire Cat , back to the car to examine my treasure , that is where things started to go wrong , six went in , five came out ! Would like to say I miss counted but I know better , spittle done its job the colour was not quite right , Silver ? No must be white gold I assured myself , quick detour via the local jeweller on the way home confirmed silver it was !
Feel a bit like I have been dancing with my sister all day , ands if you live around Mt Barker and hear a call of Hi Ho Silver in the morning it is probably me on the toilet passing number 6 ! What a day ! And yes lost my new pick !
Cheers
Rick
