Recent content by Old Mate Cairns

Mate I am in cairns and just started myself. You have a great gold field on your doorstep. Best of luck.

This was an awesome read. Thank you

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Re: How do you get gold out of clay? Got it. This is a cheap and simple solution. One sm. bottle of hydrogen peroxide to half a tube of toothpaste. Add a squirt of Dawn and a quart of water. Cost is about $2 dollars a gallon. Clay will liquefy, release the sand, gold and heavies and just pour...

You guys still meeting up in November?

Please look up the book value of your coins before cleaning. If you ever want PCGS to grade them you can find you had a coin worth some $$$ and once cleaned is almost worthless.

Hi guys. I am in Cairns and am using a sluice box. Would love some pointers on spots to give a try. All I am getting is black sand. Still learning and loving it.

Hi. I am just starting out and would love to come to any meetings in the Cairns area. I did the permit online a few weeks back and have been panning ever since. Would love any location suggestions? :D