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One thing I have noticed with some friends who tag along with us on detecting trips is that they find a piece of gold, quickly go over the area, and then walk on far too soon in an attempt to cover as much ground as they can. When detecting in creek beds gold rarely deposits in singular pieces...

There's been a bit of interest by some members regarding doing a family fossicking trip with the idea of chasing a bit of Opal along the way. We spend a lot of time at Tibooburra north of Broken hill chasing gold during the winter months, and on most of our return trips we head home via White...

Reef or "Eluvial" Gold is in my opinion not given the attention it deserves amongst many detector operators. Finding the tell tail signs requires a different approach to hunting "Alluvial" gold nuggets within water courses. For Alluvial nuggets one mostly looks for bedrock within the range of...

We are in the middle of the Gold hunting season and many these days are travelling further afield in the hunt for the elusive metal. Over the years we have seen many close calls where unprepared prospectors have come undone by not paying attention to the "What can go wrong" scenarios, which can...

Quite a few of us from the Eastern States head over to WA for the winter months chasing Gold. For those who want to break up the trip over, and who also have a keen interest in "Gemstones" as well, then a stop over for a week or so at Harts Range could be a very enjoyable and memorable detour...

Way back in the early 1970's I was a mad keen dredging enthusiast, running a 4" and a 6" dredge in many of the clear running streams of the NSW and VIC higher altitude gold fields for over 20 years. The sight of bedrock gold magnified by the water was addictive and the sight of this glistening...

A friend asked me if I could do a few articles on some of the better "gemfields" we have visited over the years and seeing Liz is more into the gems than the gold I couldn't say no :). Typical of what is strewn all over the ground. Easy pick-up without digging. I'll start off with one of our...

"Blow Tubing" is a very little known method to dramatically improve your chances of picking the best creeks or erosion gullies to concentrate on when detecting dry arid regions for detectable gold. We were first introduced to the technique by an aboriginal woman in the Kimberly many years ago...

Tibooburra is situated 351km from Broken Hill via the Silver City Highway. Until recently there was quite a bit of gravel road in these sections but now the full length is sealed and an easy drive, especially for those with caravans or trailers. The goldfields start in the south at Milparinka...

Was thinking of starting a thread where members could express their "thought of the day." Doesn't necessarily have to be prospecting related and can be anything that you find inspirational or motivational as this COVID Virus has left many with the light dimmer switch set to low rather than full...

10 Ounces of Alluvial & Eluvial Gold from the Bathurst Region of NSW Firstly lets identify the difference...."Alluvial" gold is gold that has weathered from primary reefs and made its way to either ancient or modern water courses. Within these water courses it is moved by the stream or river...

The last major weather event has seen a huge amount of flooding throughout the whole of the Southern Tablelands of NSW with Oallen Forde being right amongst it. The new bridge which has a guard rail height of over 6 metres above river level was completely flooded to the point where the whole...

Got a call from a valued friend who is now a moderator stating major changes in the Forum and am very impressed as to the forward thinking of the moderating team that I've decided to re-join the Forum and hopefully be of some assistance to especially some of the newcomers to this wonderful...

After a second hand TDI Pro Oz if anyone is looking to offload one. PM me if selling. Wal.

G'day guys, I will be committing myself to a new project, which will take an enormous amount of my personal time to get under way. For this reason I won't be able to give as much time to forum chatting on line as I would like. If there's any questions "prospecting related", including high...

Wish I could ride like this guy....inspirational..... Beats a Motorbike or Quad any day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA#t=411

A great link for anyone getting into faceting gemstones. "THE FACETING ACADEMY" http://facetingacademy.com/learn-faceting/learn-faceting-free/rough-class/#lookaroundcolor

Cutting down on my coil range as it's getting too large. This coil is hardly used and would suit a new coil buyer. Cover plate has a few scratches but main coil is as new condition. Rec. retail price is $450. Selling for $190 plus freight if outside of Canberra. Send PM if you're interested...

G'day Guys, Luck has finally smiled down on us and the nuggets have fattened up in size from the weeners we we're getting earlier on. Had the best morning of the trip last Friday bagging over 2 ounces for the morning. The best two nuggets went 20 grams and 38 grams with a few small ones to...

Hi All, Just a quick update on our WA Trip. Nuggets are flowing fairly freely though tending to be on the smaller side compared to last year. Blow tubing is proving very successful for Liz and quite a few grams has succumbed to the foot long piece of plastic tubing. Spending another 2 weeks in...