Recent content by Ballina1

The real reality check is to hold the bottle vertical so you see the gold without magnification. Like me you might experience a touch of disappointment. Always seems less than it looks in the pan. The flakes always look bigger when you view them with excitement as they reveal themselves in the...

Been to Nundle twice this year. Not much water flowing except after heavy rain. Even then it doesn't last long. 70mm rain in 2 days in October still did not provide enough water to run a small river sluice. River came up, river went down within a day. Peel River down from Bowling Alley Point was...

Last time I walked behind a K9 I got it on my boots!

Love the stool catcher comment. Been there, done that. While I often us a crab cooker as a sieve (see earlier post) the Minelab bucket or pan top blue sieve (screen) is a beauty. (No commission here). Fill the bucket with water, stick rocks and dirt in screen and shake the bucket. Fill and...

I first stated this thread in 2016. Since then I have come to the conclusion that National Sparks and Wildfire Service does not intentionally farm goats or intentionally provide fabulous habitat and a safe haven for feral cats. Accordingly, I have concluded that NP&WS have no funding to...

Prospectors Home Club which meets at Parramatta once a month is a very active club with monthly and even more frequent trips, mostly around Central West NSW but often to Tibooburra, WA And VIC. Great club. Although I lived further away I retain my membership. Google the club to contact them. If...

Interesting reading. I bought a Pistolprobe pinpointer from US some years ago. Quite good. Have to turn the sensitivity down to pinpoint as it detects metal further away than you would expect. Once adjusted, pinpoints really well. The battery cover hinge is plastic and breaks but I welded a lug...

No sapphires that I know of in this area. Need to be west of the Great Divide generally.

Thanks. Working that day but might be able to go afterwards.

Which Durikai GPA area would members suggest? * Northern section near Cunningham Highway west of Thane, * Western section west of Carbean Road, or * South East Section north of Pikedale Road? Would appreciate your assistance as there is a lot of land out there and so little time.

On a recent rip to Tibooburra we were advised to run on maximum sensitivity (5) with threshold just audible (2). Worked a treat! Left settings that way, turned on, EMI process, fast ground balance and swing. Found nugglets and flakes easily. They only two variables were how many hours I could...

Despite several attempts, I can't upload photo. I suspect the photo exceeds size limit despite cropping it. Not sure how to fix on this ancient iPad.

Nuggetty Gully, Easter Monday and Evans Gully are on this property. 5 detectors over 5 days found nothing in Evans Gully. We put in a lot of work for zip.

No gold for 5 detectors over 5 days at Evans Gully. I score 17 bits from Nuggetty Gully, Easter Monday and the Common over the next 2 days. Not a bad introduction.

All OK subject to having a pass $15 per day per detector plus $5 per day for camping.