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    How do I recover my fine gold, that the Blue Bowl won’t capture?

    if you’ve got a fair bit to get through the little miller table would be good. Ild like one but I don’t have enough cons to justify one.
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    How do I recover my fine gold, that the Blue Bowl won’t capture?

    If your not keen on the whole mercury process. try floating your gold off. gold will float, it’s hydroscopic. try using water in a small pan, no rinse aid or detergent. very gently swish the water with About the amount of water you would use at the final stage of panning. The surface tension...
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    Coffee in the Bush

    For a quick morning hit of. Caffeine Ive got one of the minipresso s, takes the Aldi pods makes a real good espresso or doppio. Boil the water in a jet boil. If theres more time I set up the camp percolator and brew a nice big strong pot and can keep it on the fireside. Good on a cold evening...
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    ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

    Cool rocks. Great photos, thanks
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    Dont die in the Outback

    Yep, Sometimes you think you should let Darwins theory run its course. Thin out the shallow end of the gene pool a little. But its hard to do on the day.
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    ⭐ Alluvial Show n Tell

    Pretty sharp little guys, Havent travelled far. Nice work
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    Missing Prospectors & Other Persons Victoria

    Yep, been there, I make sure I wear hi vis nowadays when Im poking around in a creek in any area where hunting might be happening.
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    Great news, Cleo has been found.

    Outstanding, Hope shes well. And well done WA Police
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    Woods Point Victoria information and questions

    Perhaps they were just undeterred :cool: :cool: :lol:
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    Loaming for Gold information and questions

    Also a good description in ion idriess prospecting for gold
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    NSW/QLD highbanker solution

    Wouldnt imagine the stop start would be any worse than me bucketing water into my 888 gold rat And thats worked pretty well at times.
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    Snake sightings, encounters and reminders.

    Ive seen a tiger poking around near the banks of the Eucumbene River when there where still patches of snow on the ground
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    Thompsons Creek Dam

    I used to fish there a lot, early 2000s Check the Regs, my recollection is it is managed as a trophy trout dam and I suspect using bait might be out of order. It is regularly patrolled by the rangers from delta energy. There used to be a particularly aggressive tiger snake there. I do...
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    Doge coin.

    I think Ive got some tulip bulbs around.
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