⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

Havnt had a chance to do anything yet a friend i havnt seen for 20 years dropped in from germany today but will get it done soon goldflower

trekkie said:

gidday everyone. well today is end of holidays. 2.5 days at whipstick no gold but plenty of wire and slugs . 2 days at tarnagulla no gold but plenty of tin . 1 day at moliagul no gold but plenty of old cans. decided to stop in at tarna for 1 more swing and after about 40 mins got a signal from detector and dug up a rock about size of hand which detector liked , took rock back to car and tested with pinpointer and it screamed so broke it open and covered with what looks like gold specks, so excited a first for me . will take home and crush and pan fingers crossed.

Click to expand...

Dont give up on Tarnagulla area Trekkie. Was sniffing around Laanacoorie 18 months ago where there was a hole every 15 to 20 metres and still pulled out a 9 grammer.
Also produced a few smaller bits at .5 to 2 grams :Y:

Has anyone noticed how many views this thread has had?? Wow!

Ive had a couple of back surgerys in the the last 12 months so detecting had been no existent until I was invited by gregupnorth and his wife to go to their lease on the weekend. The geeza was on the trip as well. I wasnt sure how I would cope but decided to have a go. We arrived on Saturday arv and set up camp. Greg said the spot where we were camped was worth a swing so once everything was set I got the sdc out and within a couple of minutes I scored a .2 grm nugget. I was stoked. The next day we went to a spot Greg had found gold before and when we set of to have a look I turned the detect on and put it right on top of a .05 grm piece. I should have stayed there as I didnt find anything for the rest of the day. :/ That afternoon the geeza and I were sitting enjoying a coldie when he spotted a big boar wondering past camp. I usually have a squirt with me, a Ruger 308 which I grabbed, loaded it and went to see if we could find him. Within a 100 meters we spotted him again. In a couple of months the tusks will be ready to pull out. . The next day had us travelling an hour to the furtherest side of his ground where I had success with a .75 grm piece. My total for 3 days was 1 grm but with how my body was with pain I was very satisfied. My last day saw us at another of his known spots where we all went our separate ways. I went up a creek that had been worked extensively. I had no luck working the creek but I picked out a spot on top of the bank that hadnt been scraped by the excavator back in the day. I struggled up to the spot and turned on the sdc and picked up a 1 grammer straight up, there was a couple of bits of rubbish either side of it. For the next half hour I scored another five pieces and I was more than happy with the day. I went back to the car and sat there very pleased with myself. After a while I thought I would take the 4500 up to the spot and see if there was any deeper stuff left there. Well there was another 3 bits, the deepest was about 9 inches. Total of just over 7 grms for the patch. My best ever by a long shot, first ever patch biggest piece so far at 1.7 grm and most pieces for a trip. I also got a little Chinese tunic button, love the history finds. Happy chappie. Thanks to my hosts and the geeza for making my trip very enjoyable. Im am paying for the trip today. I feel like Ive been tackled by Gordy Tallas but it was worth it.

Good to see you up and detecting again kemjak. :Y: :Y: :Y:

Cheers

Doug

Well done on the PB kemjak and getting back out there :Y:.

Cheers guys. I cant thank the guys enough for coaxing into giving it a shot

Well done. Your back like mine must have some very weak muscles and they will take a while to strengthen.
Jaros

A few from the last month or so


Above pic was Sunday I was trying some new ground
8;30 -12;30 Nothing Nada Zip :| had a small move couple hundred metres
10 Metres from ute got a strange worble signal :/ Like a weird ( low low HIGH low )
Gave it a bit of a scrape 30mm :| Multiple signals in scrap pile I was thinking OH YEA rusty metal ....... What a shock I got when I rescued 7 Nuggys
And the hole was still signaling Another scrape 20-30mm Gave 5 more Nuggys . Whoa by this time I'm pretty Happy arty: And hole is still saying Dig there . Another scrape 10-15mm hit bedrock and 3 more Nuggys
And hole is still saying More . Well Im Very Happy .. And then ...........
Bang Ahh Ahhh Hit myself on the Ankle with the Pick 8.( 8.(
OH sweet Jesus it hurt help me Chuck Norris
I tuffed it out after I stopped crying and got back up off the ground
And rescued 3 more Nuggys .
total for 1 hour 18 Nuggets 1 Lead Shot .
It is very hard to do the happy man dance in the forest on 1 leg :Y:

Good to hear your in good health and back out there :Y:. That knock you copped sounds like it tuned ya hearing :lol: ] just kidding. Awesome finds 18 from one hole sounds like a record that will stand for a while to come :Y:.

Hey RM
Yer Im pretty happy still .
The most Ive got from 1 hole before was 5 at a Heathcote Honey hole
Is a area that I will be giving another look or 2 . Ill give you a yell :Y:

Dam it thats nice gold :Y: glad your battling the ban and sharing your color i am going to wack myself in the ankle next time i get a nugget and see if i can get multi nugs from one hole :lol: good to see the 10c back in action :Y:

Yeah Jaros I am struggling a bit with lack of strength and also put on 10 kilos while Ive been idle. Trying hard to remedy both. Its harder the older you get. :|

Very nice dammit :Y:

Not sure what equipment you use but something like a Gold Monster would probably sniff out the rest of the nuggies. Check out post 6507 in this thread and you'll see the size it will pick.

Good luck

gidday all well i crushed rock i found at tarna and found some fine gold will have to build a fine gold sluice to extract rest just a couple of flecks at this stage. will keep you all informed how i went

dam it that's some honey hole. It sounds like the general area needs to be given a lot more attention too :Y:

Northeast said:

Very nice dammit :Y:

Not sure what equipment you use but something like a Gold Monster would probably sniff out the rest of the nuggies. Check out post 6507 in this thread and you'll see the size it will pick.

Good luck

Click to expand...

Was all with the GPZ :Y: What a machine
Moneybox Yes that area will be getting another look over thats for sure :Y:

Hi all,
Not many photos of gold finds being put up lately so thought I would put up a couple of pieces I found yesterday. Not big but gold all the same. I am sure there are many of you finding a bit so show us your bling.

By the way that photo reads .36
Cheers
Bob

Took the new Young Miss out for her first detecting excursion and you can see how hard she works.
At the end of it, everything worked out well enough. Hopefully we'll have many happy returns.

Patrick1 said:

Took the new Young Miss out for her first detecting excursion and you can see how hard she works.
At the end of it, everything worked out well enough. Hopefully we'll have many happy returns.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7222/1525852878_imag0176_1.jpg

Click to expand...

That's awesome Patrick, good looking pup and hope she has a nose for nuggets :Y: