Recent content by SnJ

Ha! You made me LOL mate! People around me wondering about my sanity.

Great find Karen! I too found my first nugget in about 10 minutes. But then, after hours of searching that area ...... no more. :( It's weird. I had a mate from YouTube tell me an old saying between prospectors that 'It's a long time between drinks', meaning don't expect the next one for some...

Wow. I love the online Australian mineral mapping data and how helpful it is, and this new stuff sounds great! I'm embarrassed to say it, but there is no comparison to what we have to deal with here in the US; the only way to find out claim boundaries is to go to a government office and look up...

Howdy kads, I'm new too. As for having a 'cheap' detector, all three of my gold nuggets could have easily been found with ANY detector, as they were all shallow or on the surface - it just took SOMEONE to wave a magic stick over them! Finding all those coins tells me you have a lot of...

Found 3 nuggets so far, all from the same old bench, on the East Fork of the San Gabriel river (north of Los Angeles, California). I really enjoy the drive to get out to the bush that nugget hunting provides. Hiking along the river is quite peaceful, not to mention cooling off in it after a few...

Yes, the river has much placer still present and was never mined to any great extent in that area. As for that particular spot, I saw a lot of deep holes people had been digging, so I think it is a good spot, even though I haven't panned there myself. Truthfully, I don't think I could ever...

Thanks for all the time spent and info loamer! You have added a great deal of knowledge to us. As for the question from Rege-PA post #89, the answer to 'how to proceed after finding your first nugget' is not always an obvious one...and I must say, the search areas in Australia are certainly...

Howdy I'm glad to be a part of this forum, as I hope it connects me with my Aussie counterparts Down Under. You may wonder why a Yank is on an Oz forum, but I hope to travel there soon because I know it's the best place in the world to hunt nuggets. As for my story- I'll keep it short... I got...