⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[The Nugget]

My small nugget.....sort of sucks following a 58 gram post!!

This was found with a Minelab F1A4 with all standard fittings.....0.23grams.
There is still gold in the hills around Williamstown....although I am struggling to find more!!

Chris

do you mean williamstown vic ?

South Australia sorry.....

 

[Nanjim]

Great finds there folks...
Still to walk over the first bit of colour..lol..

Cheers Nanjim
Jim

 

[Oldfella]

Great finds Levytag, love the Rabbit shaped one

 

[Guest]

Finally opened up the account.

Was shocked, looked, double looked and then triple looked. Boy the ears sharpen up in that area now. Bizarre that I also found 2 x 1 cent pieces nearby, did one of you blokes drop the nugget and the coins????

SDC2300. Thankyou Nundle Gold gods!

I hope your right Wal in that the first one is the hardest to find.

Probably only 0.3gms, I will weigh it when I get home.

 

[Oldfella]

Nundle Gold! Well done, Nundle is a hard place to crack.

 

[Levytag]

I had this 7gm nugget made into a pendant for me niece who got wed recently. The pendant is on a black neoprene 'chain' equivalent which cost about $100 at a jeweller in Geraldton.

 

[Guest]

Finally opened up the account.

Was shocked, looked, double looked and then triple looked. Boy the ears sharpen up in that area now. Bizarre that I also found 2 x 1 cent pieces nearby, did one of you blokes drop the nugget and the coins????

SDC2300. Thankyou Nundle Gold gods!

I hope your right Wal in that the first one is the hardest to find.

Probably only 0.3gms, I will weigh it when I get home.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...s/1817/1412761399_nundle_nugget-optimized.jpg

Good stuff RS. There'll be no stopping you now.

 

[Guest]

Thanks mbasko,

My nugget reminds me of a bloke at work and his favourite saying. "It may be little but it sure is pretty" :8

Cheers

 

[Heatho]

Finally opened up the account.

Was shocked, looked, double looked and then triple looked. Boy the ears sharpen up in that area now. Bizarre that I also found 2 x 1 cent pieces nearby, did one of you blokes drop the nugget and the coins????

SDC2300. Thankyou Nundle Gold gods!

I hope your right Wal in that the first one is the hardest to find.

Probably only 0.3gms, I will weigh it when I get home.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...s/1817/1412761399_nundle_nugget-optimized.jpg

Well done mate, beautiful pic, glad you got one, was just a matter of time.

 

[Guest]

Got out to Hill End for a couple of days with the family & Steveo1 + Mrs Steveo1. Camped at the Village Campground - top spot & great company.
We managed to sneak off for a bit of detecting both using SDC2300's. :lol:
I ended up with 11 littlun's + 2 speccis & Steveo1 ended up with around 20 + 3 speccis.
My gold with the bits broken out of my speccis on the 5 cent piece. Got a bit more to dolly up yet too.

Stevo's bits for the trip:

Can't complain about the results. Wasn't long ago I was still trying to get my first bit out there & Stevo got his first one from Hill End this trip.

 

[Oldfella]

Not a bad effort mbasko, some nice pieces there mate

 

[Nanjim]

Mbasko

Congrats great finds....
Very nice little prices they all add up ....

Cheers Nanjim
Jim

 

[Heatho]

Well done Matt and Steveo1, nice bits, couldn't get a piece there to save myself...... Maybe next time, you fellas did well.

 

[Oldfella]

Great work also Steveo1, not everyone brings home gold from Hill End.

 

[Guest]

Well done Matt and Steveo1, nice bits, couldn't get a piece there to save myself...... Maybe next time, you fellas did well.

Thanks Heatho/All - maybe next time things will line up & we'll be able to meet up.
Be interested to know where you blokes were getting hotrocks out there? I'm still to detect one - everything that has signalled on the SDC has contained some gold when broken open. The speccis are real "dirty" looking quartz that usually have ironstone & country rock in the mix as well. I should have put a pic up of one of mine as it looked like a big lump of ironstone. When I washed it you could see some quartz & country rock but it was minimal. I honestly thought that was a hotrock but it had a nice bit of gold mostly encased in the ironstone & pretty much in the centre of it, was about 1-1.5" square, so still no hotrocks out there as yet. Tried about 1/2 dozen places too.

 

[Heatho]

I don't think I or Reeko got any hotrocks in Hill End Matt, was pretty much all junk targets. Great info on the specis there, some of those nugs look quite Iron stained. I won't disregard any rocks like those when detecting at Hill End. The SDC ran very smoothly there.

The bad hotrock spot was in Dog Rocks State Forest, can give you exact details if you like but pretty sure no Gold in them, if it is they are everywhere lol.

A few at Wattle Flat near the hill too, still Goldless type too I think.

 

[Guest]

No worries - wasn't chasing a spot :lol: . Thought you said (think it was Retirement Stone now I think about it) you were getting hotrocks at Hill End too. No doubt there's a few places that will upset it but yeah they run good at Hill End.

 

[Guest]

SDC2300 strikes again.

Good work boys!

 

[Heatho]

No worries - wasn't chasing a spot :lol: . Thought you said (think it was Retirement Stone now I think about it) you were getting hotrocks at Hill End too. No doubt there's a few places that will upset it but yeah they run good at Hill End.

I know that mate, all good. If all those hotrocks at the SF were gold bearing I'd still give you the spot....... Though after I spent a week or 2 there first.

 

[Reeks]

I found some hot rocks at Hill End. Got one in the garage, might smash it open tomorrow