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Hi I have a friend who lives in Young and interested in gold panning. I've done this in other area like Sofala but not in Young / Tumut / Adelong area. I had a look few posts about Adelong but these are 5+ years ago. Can anyone share their experience in those areas or recommend any area? My...

I have a marvick (?) sluice box (river sluice) and thinking if I should convert it to highbanker or just get a highbanker? I have no knowledge in terms of how to design (technically) the highbanker . Any feedback welcome :) In terms of buying highbanker my budget is around 400 (excluding the...

In GG or Oberion?

Find some sapphire and a bit of gold, but less than the first time. However got some large blood red zircon/gemstone (I cant tell if they are different or some thing) which in I cant remember 1/4" or 1/8" sieve. Apart from that, many tiny zircon (light orange/brown color) and lots of flies...

I went to Porter retreat yesterday :lol:

Cool. Thanks for your help. The location is Oberon area

Hi all, not sure if posted in the right group... but anyway, from naked eye, can you tell whether the things you found is ruby or zicron? I was told that cherry red is ruby but I also heard Liz in here that ruby is rare. Also if you find some tiny ones (like sesame seed size), will you...

I heard sapphire bend awhile but cant locate with that. Is that somewhere near BH? thanks

Havent been panning for awhile (a really long time) and thinking about bring my friend as well which will be his first time and make a day trip. However consider the current weather in NSW (although is not too bad), should I give it a go this long wkend? Thinking about Shoalhaven river but if...

Yeah Im planning...

If you go to oallen, ime if you have sluice box / high banker can make your life easier.. especially if you have a strong man who do the digging...

I tried my sluicebox in oallen like John said. ~3 hrs from Sydney (or 3.5 hrs including breakfast break).

Can you send us some sample by mail and we will check for you? :rolleyes:

Double pay in xmas?

Will you go sometimes before xmas? Im planning to head to Tuena in next few days before xmas. Please let me know if you wanna meet up there.