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Heya, heres a tiny bit of colour i got while panning in Tyndrum, Scotland. On a bit of a semi permenant oe in europe and for schengen visa requirements i ended up in scotland for a few days. I carry my pans everywhere and ended up passing through this one horse town so we stopped to pan. The...

We have tried this with gold we found, my girlfriend buries it somewhere and remembers where she hid it, I try with sticks, fencing wire etc...even with a bit of gold on each stick. Never been able to make them work for me. Luckily she remembers where she puts the treasure or there would be...

Can anyone tell me anything about the turon weather recently? Has it been wet or dry? When I was there in January it was pretty dry. Has anyone been recently? Thinking of going down for a few days next week.

I have one and use it quite often, they're pretty cool and always get people coming over to chat, just need to keep a steady supply of fuel for it which can be annoying seems to use quite a bit. And charging a smart phone takes quite a long time. The BBQ plate is pretty awesome, but need really...

if ya get the chance, old Ron the Rock Man in Mount Magnet, WA, might be able to tell ya about this very stone, maybe a bit more.... well worth the visit and loves a yarn. ask for him at te info centre.

i havent reAlly looked into storage yet. but will need to start. its just the payments for a storage that i probably will miss now and then i will need to find an understanding accomodating storage place. as for location, that changes daily/weekly i started travelling Australia 2 years ago and...

can someone pm me how to invest in silver bullion please?

well i know this is probably not the place for it and i hope nobody minds this post. but my girlfriend and i are planning a drive from vladivostok russia to switzerland rest of europe and onto canada shipping our Patrol from melbourne. does anyone here have any experience in this sort of...

Well done!!! seeing that first gold is one of the most exciting things ive ever had happen to me! even though it was specks! knowing its waited possibly millions of years just for you to come along and give it a home is amazing. congrats!

i must say that meeting other fossickers in the bush who have the time to share their knowledge is awesome, saw a few lads digging a hole and using a little sluice, having never seen one in action i went over and said hello and introduced myself, the lads were really really friendly and took a...

its gone to the tip now coz we are moving camp again. so no longer valid

gday i was out panning dreaming of a sluice box.... a few hours later a local came down and mentioned he has one i can have, excited i went and picked it up, its to big and not practical for me, i cut it in half to fit it in the car. and now we are planning a transcontinental road trip and just...

and try to leave it as i found it when i go home.

i personally dunno much about what to look for but i go to an area i like somewhere nice and in the shade and dig till i get bored or find nothing interesting. usually do, if you just persist and have a look around i usually find interesting and pretty things

fantastic! what a great day!

well i was out panning and got 1 or 2 nice flakes if gold but i also got a few bits that look like lead. i kept the gold and lead seperate. now my gold is looking grey. i had a go at melting the lead with a soldering iron, only a tiny amount melted. could it be mercury covered gold? can i get...

my first 2 gold finding adventures

haha yea its te same rock back and front the dept of mines and petroleum sent me an explanation saying it probably started off as organic matter and got rolled around in iron stone then fell into sandstone and traveled for a bit till it found me. but its pretty interesting. it was a neat find.

thank!