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Hi guys, Im currently at Batemans Bay and I went panning at Mogo yesterday in Mogo Creek. I got bugger all to be honest, despite digging in places that would normally be a surety around Bathurst areas (eg inside bend crevices etc). Is it a waste of time planning around Mogo (ie heavily worked...

Hey all, Ive been inspired to get into this fluid-bed thing, but didnt want another sluice lying around my garage. So I created a fluid bed sluice add-on for my existing sluice. Should work do you think? I was struggling to ensure the bottom level remained waterproof so that there is enough...

My 10yo girl and I have had a few adventures now, trying to hunt for gold. We have accumulated more than 1g and less than 2g of alluvial crevice gold in 6 half day outings (my scales are not that great). Although she was enjoying the hunt, and especially enjoying the final clean-up, she was...

I find this pic online somewhere. Yeah, I know its only a painting, but assuming its depicting the actual scene at the time... 1. Maximum respect! Thats a lot of digging with hand tools! 2. I havent been to that particular spot - what does it look like today? How well has the river banks...

Hi guys, I was wondering whether this hobby has similar phases or stages as other hobbies that I have enjoyed in the past (Golf, fishing, hunting, mountain biking). For example, Golf was: phase 1) I hit the ball really pure once during my round, 2) I got a par during my round, 3) I just broke...

Hi guys, When test panning, how many specs would generally indicate a good spot to continue with vs an indicator to move on? I've been panning around Oberon area, and tend to get between 1 and 4 specs per pan in the areas of tried so far. I'm really new to this hobby, so any advice would...

Hey guys, The kids and I did some panning west of Oberon, and experienced Tiger Leaches for the first time! I've never know a leach to hurt when it bites! And they swim fast - its like an Alfred Hitchcock movie, watching them zero in on the splashing of the pan. My first strategy was to simply...

Hi there, I was bitten by the Gold Fever bug when I was about 11 years old. A friend of the family took me out to a "secret" place south of my home town of Bendoc, where she told me the Chinese had dug through solid granite to divert the river. We found the spot, wet our feet in the freezing...