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    Lot 7310 Upper Turon road Sofala

    is this the area where the wier is at the end of the road and digs top of the hill across the road, if so a friend of mine was taking dirt from the washout above the dirt track ,putting it through the sluice and getting some nice gold there, remember him driving up and down the hill all day wth...
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    Donating to charity why bother anymore ?

    boy o boy ,if I was doing it tough or in a spot I think I'd be waisting my time putting my hand out in front of you hard lot, if you were down and out, and it happens to a lot of people who aren't deserving of such, who do u think steps up and helps,its the smith family, its the salvos,its the...
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    Snake Gaiters

    gday all, ive got a set of snake proof gaiters for sale on gum tree ,they were my wifes, she only wore them once,there the real deal from the states and designed for viper bites, there size medium. I am also the gent selling the snake bite kits on ebay, there best quality bandaging and you...
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    Adelong, NSW information and questions

    busy year ,I cant get there ,great effort peter thanks for sharing, cheers phill
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    Adelong, NSW information and questions

    Hllo Peter ,sounds like same gent for sure,he had his gear hanging up drying one day so got to having a bit of a chat and out came that jar of gold. Nice town, policeman there was a good fellow, put us on to a good camping spot out in the pines on the creek wth a few good holes around the plce...
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    Adelong, NSW information and questions

    Long tme ago camped at Adelong 1988,was there wth the kids dirt biking and trout fishing up in the pine forest, wth a couple of days spent in the caravan park either side,, and at that time the gent managing the park was scuba diving the river for gold and had a jar full of coarse fines, he also...
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    Australia Post COD

    Hllo meta, think your missing the point, you pay a collecting fee to aus post, think it was $18 and they don't release the goods till they get the cash at the p.o then they send you a money order, is this not foolproof or is there a reason this isn't good, phill Maybe I should have stated in the...
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    Australia Post COD

    Just sold the wifes 45 on gumtree and the purchaser wanted it sent COD, I was a bit stand off first but after making a few enquiries its not a bad way to buy or sell, it gives the buyer a guarantee that at least an item is arriving before he pays the price, however I did get a $200 deposit to...
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    urgent ,,i need to find a piece of gold

    Hllo Mbasko, just to clear up the gent that asked me to leave /or if I had permission to detect he would not produce ID,gave no advice to his conection wth that area and was generally trying to intimidate but when he was asked a few questions in return he just left, maybe a local disgruntalled...
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    urgent ,,i need to find a piece of gold

    Gday gents, havnt seen doug stones map of windeyer but i'll share a few spots wth those there for the wkend and may help varts get his first,be aware, like everywhere these spots are well and truly flogged, myself have been here wth 35,4000, 45 and 5000but your new detectors might do better...
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    Who said there's no detectable gold in Tasmania?

    not as central as I thought, its sought of between tulla and waratah, we actually found the track in but we had the van on and was close to our return and still had a few things we wanted to see. Was just a track ,pretty tight and had to keep it for the future, only landmark we really had about...
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    Who said there's no detectable gold in Tasmania?

    gday gents,i love tas, did a month there towing the van about 3 years ago, top place to holiday.Was lucky to get an invite from a forum member at Launceston to go north east for a detect, place was back creek, we went to a spot where he had recently found a 5g, it was January and very hot, 38...
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    whats with all the swearing??

    Got 4 superkeen grandsons I bought detectors for , ,and we read,so we appreciate normal, thanks to all the nice guys that keep it simple and intreresting, regards phill [pop] oliver,noah,harry and isaac
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    Prospecting in Grattai NSW

    hllo norm,we were in a club that had been visiting a property up there from the late 80s early 90s through to 4 years ago when it changed hands and new owners wouldn't let the club or others to continue prospecting. we were there ourselves every easter for around 7years and in that time saw...
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    Snakes & Prospecting Safety

    talking about appropriately dressed, the wife and I were parked at a well next to the old stamper on gumvale station along the camerons corner road when the station owner turned up to turn the pumps on appropriately dressed in his boardies and thongs, next day when I had to do a bit of settling...
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    scales not working :(

    most of the cheaper scales are imported wth inferior batteries that drop off quickly,also many of these scales don't have a low battery alarm and as a consequence as the bat's drop off the scales do some weird things, your supplier should replace your unit , phill
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    A little nipply in Nundle

    thought the same thing heads up, but didn't have my battery grinder there to attack that padbolt, actually the mrs and i had a run in there wth Nundle guy at that spot years ago, was known as plumtree, we were getting some good flake from the roots of the dead casurinas up stream a litte and he...
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    A little nipply in Nundle

    Hllo nugget, you better man up, was there 3 weeks ago wth my grandsons 10 and 11, the mrs and I slept in the van nice and snug and the young blokes slept in a tent, first night -3 ,second night rang in at -7, third night they were in wth us. i'll give you a spot I recently found,took 4 for 2.4g...
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    Snakes & Prospecting Safety

    Its amazing the amount of people you talk to that are out there in the scrub walking through the leaf litter ,long grass and the scubby stuff and have no bandaging and absolutely no idea of the do's and donts after a strike.A little while back I had a run in wth a inland taipan up corner...
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    Nundle NSW information and questions

    Taken around 8g at Nundle this year,mostly below 0.4g,couple new spots,but tried a few old spots still wth good targets,driving towards bowling alley point along the peel river from Nundle look to the high side of the road and you'll see an old brick church, you can drive up to the church,plenty...
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