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  1. richard70au

    Sluicy Gold GS18 Gold Sluice.

    Selling my Sluicy Gold GS18 gold sluice, with petrol water pomp and hoses. Brand new, never been used. $500 Located in Cowra NSW
  2. richard70au

    Minelab GPX 4800 For Sale.

    Selling my minelab GPX4800. Detector comes complete with Battery, Headphones, Harness 11" Commander DD coil, 8x6" nugget finder Sadie coil, 14" nugget finder round mono coil and box. Selling as no time to use it. Complete package. $4000
  3. richard70au

    Mt Browne and Mt Poole

    Just wondering if My Browne or Mt Poole are open again?
  4. richard70au

    Getting some gear together for the creeks.

    As we live in an area that is known for gold with a few fairly large mines in the old days we decided that we might try our luck in some of the creeks around. We have a fairly large creek that runs through the property that we live on. Here is a photo of our new toys. A GS18 highbanker from...
  5. richard70au

    Gold in Leonora WA.

    We have been here in Leonora for 3 weeks and had a little play around in the locale area. I was lucky enough to pick up 4 little pieces for a gram, but there are others here doing a whole lot better than I. A few things I will say about prospecting here in WA, it is at times hard to find a...
  6. richard70au

    First gold.

    After swinging the minelab eureka gold for six months with no luck I decided to look into getting on a weekend course to see what I was doing wrong. After looking through the Australian Gold Gem and Treasure magazine I noticed that there was a course being held in the Bendigo area, the wife and...
  7. richard70au

    Doctors Rocks Tasmania

    Spent an hour yesterday panning at Doctors Rocks. I got two tiny specs of gold and I must say I was pretty pleased with them as they are my first finds. Heading back to the mainland tomorrow and will spend some time around Ballarat, I am looking to do a prospecting tour/course, any advise on...
  8. richard70au

    Gold Atlas of Western Australia Goldfields. Doug Stone.

    Anyone have any information on this book? Is it worth buying in comparison to his other book covering the whole of Australia? Cheers
  9. richard70au

    Dunolly.

    We are stopping in Dunolly for a couple of days to try our luck. spend a couple of hours swinging the detector today and found 3 pieces of Dunolly's finest fencing wire, plenty of places to search around here and the young guy in the shop is very helpful. Wonder how many members of this great...
  10. richard70au

    Beechworth - Chiltern Area

    Just wondering if anyone has spent any time metal detecting around the Beechworth - Chiltern area? And if so any tips. We are starting our trip around Australia and will have a week in Victoria before taking the boat across to Tassie. After returning from Tassie we would like to spend some...
  11. richard70au

    Off to the park.

    Tomorrow I am going to head to a park that has history dating back to 1799. I am looking forward to finding some old coins, fingers crossed. I will post a report tomorrow evening if all goes well. Cheers
  12. richard70au

    Nails on the beach.

    We decided to go and check out one of the beaches that we used to have a swim at after fishing. This beach is in an area steeped in history. We found the usual ring pulls and cans, a couple of $1 coins and these nails. They appear to be made of brass and are square in shape. I am thinking...
  13. richard70au

    G'Day.

    Good Evening, Just like to say hello to all on this forum. I am extremely new to this hobby so I will be looking at lots of post to find all the good oil on this exciting hobby. My wife and I are planning on packing up the house and spending 12 months travelling around this great country and...
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