Recent content by Mal47C

Thanks for the response & advice! I did check the sluice by panning tailings, & also panned some direct from the bucket. Same result. Perhaps I'm getting good pan results from the top layer & nothing below. Or perhaps it's just the luck of the draw!

I've got an interesting problem that I can't work out. There are two creeks within 2 hours of Canberra that I'm lucky enough to have access to. When panning, I get an average of maybe 4-6 pieces per pan from creek 1, sometimes up to 15 or so. Creek 2 gives an average of 2-4. The problem is...

HI all, thanks for welcoming me to this community. I'm new to gold prospecting, a natural progression from my interest in metal detecting. I've found a little gold in a couple of creeks within an hour or two from Canberra & am always looking for new spots to try. I've built my own...