Recent content by NorthPort

The plantation area north of moonlight Flat is fine to detect in.

So I've come to the conclusion there is no alluvial gold in Fryerstown. I've slogged it out today between Fryerstown and down to Drummond North checking out spots that have been historically worked but aren't on the maps and then up to Vaughan-Chewton road. Sweet bugger all! 30+ buckshot...

There is so much junk in the backyard that sure enough I was unable to locate it. It might be a job for warmer weather. Stupid me. I am pretty sure at the time I thought it wasn't the brightest idea!

Will do Keano. I hope to be up there for a few days next week. I bet I can't find where I buried it!

It's funny you post that.. I'm wondering again about it. I buried it my backyard. So might have to dig it up again and double-check. Also on topic I've found a couple of pieces recently in quartz Workings. The problem is I can't really identify where the quartz has come from. There are some...

Disregard. Already commented on by another poster.

Thought I'd resurrect this thread. A nice little find in the Castlemaine area.

Thanks everyone and congratulations too Pete. 3 years to get gold is a testament to your resilience... And to get a small piece shows you are doing the right things too. I went back to the same site this afternoon but no follow up success, but plenty of targets in the ground. So hopefully I get...

After about a year of detecting I finally found gold today. I sold my XT705 about two months ago and got an SDC2300. I have now dug up some much buckshot or whatever those peppercorn sized balls are, I could start my own armoury. I was just about to give the game away after detecting all over...

Hi all, any update on this thread? I'm in the market for an SDC2300, but my only concern is the lack of flexibility, particularly given the price of the unit.

Good to hear people are still getting gold. I'm heading up there Mon-Wed, hoping to break my cherry.

Yes, I've used the 2-4pm time to go and try and cool down. Similarly (except not finding gold) I was trying out a spot on the western side of Vaughn-Chewton Rd and spent the first half of the day detecting, until my water ran low and I was feeling a little heat stressed. I can't imagine how they...

The sunset photo actually was taken in Fryers Ranges State Forest. We had what we always referred to as a slate mine, just south of Telecom Track. It's been wrecked now, by people who have pillaged the spot, but when we first used to walk up there, there was still a rail and trolley car for...

Pretty sure its in the Castlemaine National Diggings Park...I'd post a google maps link, but I need to rack up 10 posts before I can post http links.

Thanks for the comments all. I'm looking forward to some cooler weather so it isn't quite as gruelling as it has been. It sounds like I am more or less in the right area. Ive also wandered parts of the Fryers Ranges State Forest and the Fryers Ridge State Forest Thursdays findings One of...