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Metal Detecting for Gold
Is It Worth Digging Out Old Alluvial Holes?
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<blockquote data-quote="nuggetino" data-source="post: 73132" data-attributes="member: 1884"><p>I'd give it a crack if you have access to old diggings seeing as it's difficult enough to gain access to gold bearing ground in SA. I'd also do more research as to where gold was actually found. Diggings are all over the place but few were productive and many produced very fine gold which you won't be picking up with a detector. That's not to say there weren't productive workings which simply have not been recorded. It's amazing as to how many deep shafts and batteries were set up in search of gold with little to no success. Check out the record of SA mines below as it will give you some insight as to where coarse gold has been found and also draw a picture of why certain mines were abandoned.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/arecordminessou00browgoog/arecordminessou00browgoog_djvu.txt" target="_blank">http://www.archive.org/stream/arecordminessou00browgoog/arecordminessou00browgoog_djvu.txt</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nuggetino, post: 73132, member: 1884"] I'd give it a crack if you have access to old diggings seeing as it's difficult enough to gain access to gold bearing ground in SA. I'd also do more research as to where gold was actually found. Diggings are all over the place but few were productive and many produced very fine gold which you won't be picking up with a detector. That's not to say there weren't productive workings which simply have not been recorded. It's amazing as to how many deep shafts and batteries were set up in search of gold with little to no success. Check out the record of SA mines below as it will give you some insight as to where coarse gold has been found and also draw a picture of why certain mines were abandoned. [url]http://www.archive.org/stream/arecordminessou00browgoog/arecordminessou00browgoog_djvu.txt[/url] [/QUOTE]
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Is It Worth Digging Out Old Alluvial Holes?
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