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Thanks mate, looking at it now. :Y:

Hi Goldierocks, sorry for the late reply. Sorry mate, I don't know what the properties are, are there tests that I can perform to find out? I was out today having a look in the same area and found another piece with what seems like the same thing protruding from it, this time the piece is not...

RM Outback, yes it is magnetic. Fishermandan, could not say if it had any gold in it or iron, can only see what's on the surface and the point where I broke it.

Thanks Fishermandan, I was looking at a lot of pictures and Pyrite looked the closest to what I had, was not 100% sure though. :Y:

Hi everyone, trying to figure out what this is. Detector went nuts when I hovered it over a pile of rocks, moved the rocks and a little bit of topsoil and found what you can see on the top of the picture, split it open to a nice shiny surprise. I'm thinking it might be Pyrite, maybe? Any help...

Nightjar that's gorgeous, if I was lucky enough to find something like that I would not sell it, that's a keeper. :Y:

I finally got out there today, out to Heathcote to have a swing. I truly did not know how unfit I was, which became very apparent very quickly. :lol: I managed to dig a up a piece of.... something from close to a tree, it is not gold, but it allowed me to use the detector to find the target...

Hi Teemore, I was just comparing the maps you posted to the maps from parks vic and they are pretty much identical, I'll be taking print outs of the maps whenever I go prospecting and as long as I stay in the areas of the map where prospecting is allowed (barring other restrictions, goat...

Ah well, looks like ill have to try somewhere else until they finish their goat business. Thanks mate. :Y:

Thanks Jaros, I have downloaded the map of permissible prospecting locations for the park. :Y: And thank you all for the well wishes, see you all out there. :Y:

HoudiniHarry Heathcote-Graytown National Park is listed right there on the site you listed under the heading "Which parks can I prospect in?"

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and new to prospecting, I will be going out for the first time early next week to the Heathcote Graytown National Park. I have a GPX5000 with an 15" commander mono coil, I'm not expecting to find any gold on my first time out, just try to get used to the...