Recent content by Silversurfer

This is exactly what motivated me to develop the piece of equipment I'm working on now. It's hand held, not powered,or mechanical in nature and will get through the gravels and sand much quicker that the traditional classifying and panning. But I won't be showing it off to the prospecting public...

I might be interested in some sort of lease.....

I really think it comes down to classification for 'fines'. If you have the available Mesh sizes I would suggest that you pre classify to at least -10 to -20, -20 to -30, -30 to -40, -40 to -50 ,and so on down to about a -150. Anything smaller than that is not really worth the time and effort of...

G'day. Was wondering if anyone has some fine gold I can buy....? I'm looking for about 2gms. Willing to pay market price. Must be -10 mesh or -20 mesh or even a bit finer ok....ready to do more extensive testing on my new gold recovery system. Any suggestions or leads would be very much...

So let me chuck one out there guys....I've spent the morning reading through the official Government Industry and Investment website,regarding Fossicking. If you read the info under the heading WHAT TECHNIQUES CANNOT BE USED FOR FOSSICKING, IT STATES:'Power operated equipment includes...

Thanks Ken. I certainly won't be doing any "sucking" while I'm out in the bush...lol...

Ok...I'll get a pair of denim boots...lol.

I think you're on the money there Bigwave. Maffic hydrothermal....and ironstone conglomerates.....! Interesting to see what you'll find if you crush them up....??

Lmao....!!

In my humble opinion anything 200- mesh or smaller is not commercially viable and the extraction process would be toooo lengthy and time consuming to process it.....unless you used some kind of leaching agent or amalgam ,but you will find most of the 'chemical' options are either dangerous or...

Hang on mate....I thought high bankers were still ok to use.....??

Are they snake bite resistant...?? I can't see the brand name....lol.

Yes AussieChris,very timely advice as we enter snake season. I'm getting myself a pair of those waterproof/snakebite resistant boots from a company in the US. I think they start at around $150 for a good quality pair...but worth every cent in my opinion.

Yes, I agree with XIV, the laws are a fairly specific about the use of mechanical,electric and pneumatic devices being used by prospectors and the fines are pretty hefty......good luck anyhow.

Get in there....!! Get that colour....!!