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Thanks for the advice and information guys much appreciated :Y: great video's by the way great to see them in action. I had thought of using a hand pump it may be an option down the track. The expanded metal iv been using is smaller over all as there's a lot of black sand where iv been...

old and the new rocker box, still playing with idea's on riffles and matting.. Any suggestions and idea's are welcome. The water will be hand poured to keep it simple, I'm going to try small expanded metal over rubber backed matting with aluminium angle riffles for now. The small cradle I used...

Thanks jonesy. Recent flooding should reveal some more gold been itching to get back out for another look. Been building another rocker box to pass the time. Still undecided what to use for the riffles and matting.. I have deep groove matting with small expanded metal in my small one I built...

Welcome David great to see another Tasmanian prospector join the forum. Every one is great to talk to very friendly and very knowledgeable. Have been watching your video's since you started and must say there very entertaining. I meet stu JD the week before he came up and recorded your video...

Thanks alwayslooking! The old timers certainly didn't leave much, been great fun researching I think iv read nearly every report I could find covering the south of the state the reports are all pretty accurate which is great. Spent last weekend digging petrified wood and agates down Lune river...

The image size seems to be to large with the other photos ill have to try and find away to resize them once i can get access to the computer..

Hi guys been a while since iv made a post so decided to share a few bits and pieces from the last couple of months. They were not wrong about how fine and elusive our gold is in the south of the state! I ended up making a little rocker box first as most areas iv been looking in has little or no...

Thanks guys I'm sure my panning skills will improve once I get the hang of it and use it a bit more to :) and no doubt the new pans are much lighter for the same size? Cheers

Hi every one, just curious on peoples thoughts on using different gold pans. At the moment im using an old spun steel pan which was passed down to me from an old friend. Now i know there not the best type of pan to use especially when learning but im only making do until i can get another one...

Hi every one, another Tassie local new to the world of prospecting here! I must say this forum is very well set up with plenty of great info and friendly faces. Im very new to prospecting my main hobbie is fresh water fishing and seeing as im always fishing creeks and rivers some where i thought...