Recent content by Chazza

Bugger. Rostered on for work! On a positive, went to Goldsborough a couple of days ago and got a bit of colour in the pan. Meant to take a pic and put it up, but back at work now. Getting 3-4 average each pan. Nothing too big, good colour. Be good to get the sluice in there! But. Bit more...

Well I just spoke to my older brother (the one who initially gave me this wonderful thing called "gold fever"), he tells me that he's found some colour up in Goldsborough. Not in the river bed itself but where the water runs when the river is up. He said he only found colours, but no matter how...

Sounds like its worth investigating, I have a mate whose block backs up onto the Barron up near Mareeba. Did a few pans and tried some crevicing on a rock bar with no luck. Need to try a few more places I think. I will definately have a look on the research page. Have used google a fair bit so...

gcause, good on you for starting that. I think you're right, there are quite a few of us up here. Yep, Cairns area is full of history. I have done a fair bit of research since I got my detectors (most of it not for gold detecting, but just swinging in parks etc). There is a few good looking...

Yeah, I agree with Tone. Needs a higher flow. This may sound silly, but I make a temporary one by just holding the garden hose against the side of my pan (giving similar effect as your elbow through the side) and turn up the pressure and change the angle of hose and pan until it separates the...

Horses for courses I say. I own both an Xterra 705 and a GPX4500, while l started off with the 705 (which was the combo pack with Mono and DD coil) and thought it was the bee's knees - even when gold hunting in some mineralized areas. I would never go back to nugget shooting with the 705 now I...

Sounds good. I'm always keen to get out, weather, missus and work permitting. Plan on going for a sluice in a creek on the back of a mates property in the next few days, so that should be good. Haven't been to his place before so keen to check it out. He assured me it was nothing special but...

Thanks everyone. Big Sam, I am up in Cairns, which is as good a spot as any, sort of a gateway to a few good spots not too far off. And Axeman, you guys do need the rain down there, you are welcome to take it! On the plus side though, if we get enough rain in the season it helps bring some...

G'day everyone, Been reading the forums for a little while now so decided to sign up. Everyone on here seems to be very helpful and theres so much good info on here. Also not much crap goes on like on so many other forums, so props for that! Anyway, I hail from the Far North and do a bit of...