Recent content by sawdan

funny that is my biggest fear...I just know that I will end up losing my gold bottle too

Decathlon have some great hunting gumboots cheap as. They are comfortable, waterproof and are good snake protection

Everytime I go out bush I lose something! I have lost several scoops/spoons, a glove, the SDC armrest cover and a beanie but luckily I retraced and found by my Lesche Digging Tool and walkie talkie. Gotta learn to SLOW DOWN

Thanks guys - all your comments have great merit :beer:

Thanks Megsy! That Victorian Govt Parks Vic map is in total contradiction to the Victorian Govt Earth Resources website! https://earthresources.vic.gov.au/licensing-approvals/recreational-fossicking/where-you-can-prospect-and-fossick/rivers-and-streams-where-you-cant-fossick#H Hodgson Creek...

I made it :)

haha I can hit it a long way...except the direction of the hole

My hatred of golf. We moved to regional Victoria ten years ago and expected to have a better work/life balance...including playing golf like all my family and lots of mates. Now the inability to travel outside of the state or country had me contemplating picking up golf again...yuck...but I...

Isn't it funny that we hope to find targets in new areas that the old timers might have missed, but that's never the way it goes. All the advice I have had is go over what's been gone over before for hundreds of years. I find myself looking up at virgin gullies laden with quartz just...

mate that's awesome, thanks! I'll just get to ten posts and then you can message me lol

As has been said before...the law goes against local councils' tourism marketing According to Earth Resources, "Prospecting is not allowed in the streams and rivers listed below.....Reedy Creek Tributary of Ovens River". (I can't yet post links) However, as you point out Jethro..on the...

Hey Muk are you still on here and making your picks? I'd be keen on one mate please sawdanatgmail cheers

I was going to ask about Personal Locator Beacons as well, but this little device is also great to have in the kit.

This area is the closest to me in Leneva, but I need to understand where I can and can't access along the Reedy. Is all Reids Way that is out of bounds for prospecting? Do I ask Council? Any landowners friendly?

Same! She told me to get out of the house, so I bought an SDC. Now she wants one too