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These were out of our creek. Sorry for not getting in touch while we were there - we didn't really get to spend much time on the prospecting - my partners car lost its breaks the first day (like, ejected one of the rear break pads and lost all the break fluid - thankfully he was driving slowly...

Huge success today! 😂 2 of the tiniest specks. Lol. But actually confident these are gold. We didn't have much time today so my partner went and collected a couple of buckets off the bottom of the creek to bring back to the cabin. This was the product of maybe 1 - 2 cups worth of the finest...

So we got one speck of what we are about 30% sure is gold. 😂 But that was out of one shovel. We had to wait for it to stop raining, then it took about 20 minutes of bush bashing to get to that part of the creek, and by the time we got there we were almost out of light. Tomorrow we are going to...

I just wanted to jump on quickly to apologise to anyone I haven't replied to. A combination of a crazy couple of weeks and me getting sick. 🤦‍♀️ We made it out to the property last night and my partner went for a drive today to check some of the recent logging areas, only to suddenly find his...

Thanks for the update, and congrats on the flake! Hopefully the first of many! That's annoying about the coup being inaccessible. There is a road on our property that runs not too far from the boundary between Specimen and Doyle Creek, so if we can get through we might jump the fence and see if...

Thanks RM! Yep, we have checked the list. A couple of the rivers in the area are exempt, but the creeks are fine. We will be sorting out the Miners Right next week before we head off. We do the odd bit of fishing and yabbying, so we are used to checking what rules and licences apply. The...

There are areas of specimen creek that are on crown land too. It is pretty difficult to access the area, though. We have road access on the property to parts, and even then I don't know how much of it we can reach! Yeah, the Google Earth info is a bit older - we only really know about the...

Thanks for the warning and the advice!

This is the logging map. The bit of specimen creek that is still blue is on our property, but all the area marked south of specimen creek is freshly logged. This is the logging coup details: Logging coup 467-506, 0002 to 0008 have been logged in the last 6-12 months. Best of luck tomorrow!

My partner just reminded me there was part of the track that had been bulldozed closed, so that may limit car access. I would be interested to hear how you find access through the area. I won't be able to walk any significant distance, so we are limited to areas that are accessible by 4wd.

Oh, I wasn't suggesting you were - I was joking when I said that. I just know that some of that has only been logged in the last 6 - 12 months, because it backs onto our property, so we are hopeful is still reasonably unexplored. We have driven through parts of it, so there is access, but I...

Not wanting to give away a spot before we get there, lol, but they have recently been logging the area that I am pretty sure covers Doyles Creek, so I am hoping the access through there is going to be a bit easier.

Thank you so much! I had a brief look for maps in the area, but I hadn't found anything yet, so the map is hugely appreciated! Doyles Creek is about 100m off our property line, so that reef is only about 300m away. We think the creek has been shifted maybe 30m over - the land hasn't been...

Hi All, My partner and I are planning to do a little prospecting around Icy Creek in a couple of weeks time. We are both completely green - I think I tried panning once at Sovereign Hill as a kid, and my partner is probably similar levels of experience, but we are both outdoorsy hands on type...

Hi all, I am new to gold hunting, but have been into various outdoorsy type things since I was a young kid. My partner and I are keen to have a play around prospecting on some family land and in the surrounding area in Icy Creek, Victoria. Not anything major, but if we can get a few flecks we...