Hello Doug,
You're spot on again.. i'll have a look at the old Butler Mine site tomorrow. it was mined by the island's first settler, Harry Butler.. the Dot mine is named after the wife of the first Townsville doctor who hoped to make his fortune, he struck quartz! the site at Cockle Bay is near...
G'day Doug
I'm trying to find those lat/long coordinates and unfortunately they are near Charters Towers.. were they supposed to represent the sites on the map (little blue flags)? could be my gps lat/long finder is out.. do you have any more info on those sites? thanks again for your help...
Crikey Doug I'm overwhelmed! Thanks a lot for that information.. i'd been relying on old survey reports of gold occurrences on the island but nothing about the location of previous diggings.. pub rumours were also no good.. the island is not very big and i'll have a chance for a good looksee at...
Hello Doug
Thanks a million for that map.. i had a look up the creeks in some of these places but as i'm new to the game i'm not too sure about what i listening for.. i'm keen to find something (even fine gold in quartz veins which has been found on the island) and will keep on going till i do...
G'day all..
Just got a hold of a Gold Bug Pro and am starting of on the island's beaches.. so far I've found a handful of coins (my first one was a $1 so struck 'gold' straight away) and three old fashioned spoons on a site where an old cottage once stood in the late-1940s.
I've done a bit of...