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Metal Detecting for Gold
What To Look For On The Goldfields (New To Prospecting)
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 21804" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>In reading historic reports and documents, you will see references to quartz outcrops or blows. What are/were they? These notes and picture refer to Victoria and are probably the same for other places in Australia. </p><p></p><p>Before the goldrushes, there were numerous quartz outcrops but most have now been mined and all you will see are holes and piles of broken quartz - the quartz has usually been run through a crusher (you can still see piles of these crushings within Bendigo city). This one is near Amherst Victoria and is called 'Big Reef' or Quartz Mountain. It has also been called Himalaya Reef as it is so large and in the winter gloom does look like its covered in snow. </p><p></p><p>It runs along a north south ridge for about 1 km and it was tested - mined by the old timers with no result; that's why it's still there. The surrounding area has diggings, puddlers and dams which are associated with gold being recovered in the area. Gold diggings are: Swipers Gully, Denmark Gully run to the south and Surface Hill and Brandy Hot Gully run to north. The photos don't do the area justice and yes - that's all quartz. If your ever in the area - have a look and have a detect off the reef. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1375251385_big_reef_4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1375251416_big_reef_talbot_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 21804, member: 981"] In reading historic reports and documents, you will see references to quartz outcrops or blows. What are/were they? These notes and picture refer to Victoria and are probably the same for other places in Australia. Before the goldrushes, there were numerous quartz outcrops but most have now been mined and all you will see are holes and piles of broken quartz - the quartz has usually been run through a crusher (you can still see piles of these crushings within Bendigo city). This one is near Amherst Victoria and is called 'Big Reef' or Quartz Mountain. It has also been called Himalaya Reef as it is so large and in the winter gloom does look like its covered in snow. It runs along a north south ridge for about 1 km and it was tested - mined by the old timers with no result; that's why it's still there. The surrounding area has diggings, puddlers and dams which are associated with gold being recovered in the area. Gold diggings are: Swipers Gully, Denmark Gully run to the south and Surface Hill and Brandy Hot Gully run to north. The photos don't do the area justice and yes - that's all quartz. If your ever in the area - have a look and have a detect off the reef. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1375251385_big_reef_4.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1375251416_big_reef_talbot_1.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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