Recent content by skibbo

On the way to the motherload :D :D :D

Are these some old diggings or just natural, what you reckon? Would be in the right place I guess, Cheers Greets Stefan

Cheers guys, went to the thredbo r around bullocks hut yesterday, some nice bedrock spots but only found some dust, thought the concentration was quite high but no nuggets or bigger flakes yet, pretty sure the spot has been worked extensively in the old days and probably later on just looks to...

Haha, yeh probably did, not the retirementnugget yet :D ? it s all try and error. Not sure what they re doing but yeh there were two females as well,beautiful horses and very shy.

The first gold in Australia for me :D Had an awesome hike and saw a brumby stallion which was an unreal experience, not enough time to dig but found some bedrock, next time :Y:

Cheers guys, thanks for the helpful info, I been busy with work so far but managed to get access to the little thredbo and will give it a shot the next days before the snow comes! Really enjoying how relaxed pretty much everyone is here, good vibes and the way forward, Europe is pretty tight...

Hi Peter I got a tip here in the forum that you re local prospector, I am from Austria and working up in Thredbo for the season, I do a bit of prospecting for fun and wondered if you would have any advise or maybe time to meet up, I managed to get access to the lil thredbo river and will go out...

Cheers guys Thanks modern miner for the info, have to check the exempted ones! Bringing my little sluice, would be fun to find a spot to put it up, if not too cold :lol: I will definitely try find the trout guy, cheers! do you know of anyone going sluicing/panning there regularly or is it...

Just a quick question, does the whole river belong to a private land owner in case his land borders the river or is the riverbed and water public like it is here in Aut?Sometimes you can access a river via public land and the hike downstream for instance?! Cheers for any advise!

Hahaha goldrush here started a few thousand years ago, most people are too lazy nowadays :D but yeh it s still out there, no kangaroos but but we have marmots :P

Cheers goldrat! the sdc would be our favorite from what we gathered, guess the gpx over budget. I have been researching minview a bit, thredbo river looked interesting for sure, was hoping there would be some public spots too but maybe if i find someone to ask I will give it a try:) thought...

hi there! haha good question i guess you should know better?! interested in how good it can get! :D i hope it will not rain too much my only concern!yeh i be working a bit then have 3 weeks to travel in the end, get an offroad and cruise around a bit. Hopefully be able to find some time for a...

Cheers Doug and Jaros! :) if there are any members selling please contact me, i can do pick up(nsw) or post to Thredbo, pay cash or paypal or bank transfer, i think our budget is limited to 3000 and maybe best for some beginners would be a sdc? saw an offer for a gp3000 being moded, around...

Hello all Some gold we found back home in Krnten, Austria, found in one day with handsluice and a self made hand dredge, most of it out of a single small hole in the bedrock. With it came a 1,4 cm small nugget as well, best hit for us so far! The biggest in this picture is 8mm. Greets

Hello All! i am from Austria and will be working and travelling a bit in NSW for the next three months. I have started to prospect for gold as a hobby in New Zealand last winter and continued back home in Europe Austria, mainly with handsluice in the rivers around Salzburg and Krnten. For 3...