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Metal Detecting for Gold
Choosing Where To Detect.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bijoutier" data-source="post: 520662" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p>Hi - first post here. As a newbie I would appreciate any comments regarding choice of where to detect. My question is not about how to use my detector (GPX4500) but rather where. I have just been up to Hanging Rock near Nundle NSW, with the idea of detecting downhill from an old gold-bearing reef mining site (Dead Bird/Shamrock). After wandering around collecting the customary boot/horseshoe nails & bullets, I started thinking of the origin of the ground I was walking over - the quartz gold-bearing reefs & veins there were often quite narrow, so presumably they would have taken it all away for crushing, only leaving mullock heaps of barren rock for me to wander over. So my question is - is there any point in detecting over such ground, or should I seek areas where there is/was different types of mining eg surfacing? Any suggestions would be gratefully received, cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bijoutier, post: 520662, member: 10234"] Hi - first post here. As a newbie I would appreciate any comments regarding choice of where to detect. My question is not about how to use my detector (GPX4500) but rather where. I have just been up to Hanging Rock near Nundle NSW, with the idea of detecting downhill from an old gold-bearing reef mining site (Dead Bird/Shamrock). After wandering around collecting the customary boot/horseshoe nails & bullets, I started thinking of the origin of the ground I was walking over - the quartz gold-bearing reefs & veins there were often quite narrow, so presumably they would have taken it all away for crushing, only leaving mullock heaps of barren rock for me to wander over. So my question is - is there any point in detecting over such ground, or should I seek areas where there is/was different types of mining eg surfacing? Any suggestions would be gratefully received, cheers! [/QUOTE]
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