Recent content by Turkey243

Thanks for the encouragement grubstake and Detectist, Ive been a forum member for some time and have learned a lot from reading posts, just never had anything worthwhile to add till I started getting out in the field. Its the Biologist (and wanna-be Geologist) in me that can't help but break...

We found that if you follow Cpt163/2 Rd past the diggings and down a slope you eventually get to Waterfall Creek and a slight clearing that looks like a campsite (there had been burnt trees fall across the road, so if you camp here, you might want to take a chainsaw just in case). In November...

During our second trip to Mogo in November 2020 we decided to explore the waterfall creek area a little more as wed found 4 little pickers in the shallow diggings down Cpt163/2 Rd. We spent a good 4 hours in the morning detecting those diggings and another 3-4 hours after lunch. We both covered...

This is the most recent post on I could find on prospecting around Mogo, so I thought I'd give an update on two trips a mate and I did in the area in early September and late November 2020. Keep in mind my mate and I are pretty new to gold detecting and our first trip to Mogo was my first...

Hi A#79, There's a document available online that's been posted on the forum before that you might be interest in titled "Aspects of Gold Mining and Mining Communities in the Shoalhaven Area of New South Wales: An Archaeological and Historical Study" outlining archeological gold history of the...