thats good to know!
ok here are some samples
what do people think
here is the pyrite I found first
and here is what makes me suspicious some shallow digging has occurred before, this is a pristine area
I will post up some pics tonight of the quartz I've found (on the surface)
see what folks think
Nugget is sending my a crusher so I will also crush some up and pan some out, not that I've seen any visible gold on any of the quartz
some religious people believe the earth is only about 6000 years old
I have no idea how they relate that to dinosaurs or how geological formations otherwise thought to be billions of years old fit into that dogma
thanks to everyone's help here and some research I have made a few steps forward
I have been collecting a lot of nice iron laden quartz ready for crushing and panning and I'm going to get a cheapie second hand detector as well
looking forward to finding some colour after the crushing - I'm not...
hello I'm new to this forum
trying not to get the gold bug, but on my property is a lot of quartz exposed wherever the ground has been cut for driveways etc
I live in the Adelaide Hills - no NOT close to Jupiter Creek :)
anyway I am a total newbie and haven't got myself a detector yet
BUT I...