Hello All! I've read through many of the threads on here and it's been invaluable in answering many questions I have, but there's a couple I'm still not clear on.
I've worked in the resources sector for more than a decade now and I've worked in the goldfields (West Australia) so I'm familiar with the area (didn't work in gold though). I've got a miner's right (I already go hunting for fossils) and access to tenegraph as well as the landgate system so I can find prospects and tell if I'm on vacant crown land or there's an active lease.
What I'm not clear on which I'd love advice on is:
Lastly my loose plan at this point is to spend time identifying targets and using what I know and learn on here to hone in on shallow zones that run along the strike of known gold finds, in particular where I can see on google maps outcropping of iron stone/quartz and white clay bands. I don't have a proper 4x4 with tonnes of gear (I've got a subaru forrester) so I can't go off road in any extreme sense, I'd probably pick targets walking distance off well used dirt tracks and drive slightly off them and camp. I feel like this is the best plan for what I have, but again input is welcome
I've worked in the resources sector for more than a decade now and I've worked in the goldfields (West Australia) so I'm familiar with the area (didn't work in gold though). I've got a miner's right (I already go hunting for fossils) and access to tenegraph as well as the landgate system so I can find prospects and tell if I'm on vacant crown land or there's an active lease.
What I'm not clear on which I'd love advice on is:
- If an area is a pastoral lease or private land, what's the best way to get in touch with the owner so seek permission or provide notification I'll be in the area (depending on private or pastoral)? There's a code in tenegraph but from there you can't ID them[/*]
- Should I detect with 2 or 3 people and work as a team with one person digging and another swinging, or should we all buy/rent out own gear and do our own digging? I'm a first timer to detecting.[/*]
- Renting detectors- Reed's rents the GPZ7000 for $500/week, which seems like a bargain to me as I'm unlikely to get more than a few weeks a year to do detecting, but I'm concerned without time to play with it I won't get a good feel for it. The GPX 5000 is a little cheaper ($300) but given I'm new I might miss targets? Or should I buy something cheaper and spend time play with it to learn it? Your thoughts are welcome on this.[/*]
Lastly my loose plan at this point is to spend time identifying targets and using what I know and learn on here to hone in on shallow zones that run along the strike of known gold finds, in particular where I can see on google maps outcropping of iron stone/quartz and white clay bands. I don't have a proper 4x4 with tonnes of gear (I've got a subaru forrester) so I can't go off road in any extreme sense, I'd probably pick targets walking distance off well used dirt tracks and drive slightly off them and camp. I feel like this is the best plan for what I have, but again input is welcome
