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<blockquote data-quote="PT73" data-source="post: 263955" data-attributes="member: 7726"><p>Hi there, </p><p>Although alluvial/placer gold of the floury kind and small pickers are the most common or easiest to find via panning, yes you can detect small nuggets in the Coffs goldfields. There are literally hundreds of mine shafts, as you probably know, where with a little research and some luck you could find small nuggets. I have seen nuggets found via detecting the old mullock heaps. With that said, the most common and easily accessible sites have been absolutely flogged, so the idea is to hunt for fresh unexplored ground. This is not entirely impossible as there is a lot of wilderness in those hills behind Coffs. I used to live near Dorrigo and tried around Eastern Dorrigo at the most southern extent of the fields without any such luck finding the elusive nugget. One hint is try detecting the mullock heaps after a tonne of rain. I have heard of stories where little nuggets have been spotted exposed after the rain, glistening in the sun, before the detector is even turned on!</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p></p><p>BTW I hope you are ok with ticks and leeches!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PT73, post: 263955, member: 7726"] Hi there, Although alluvial/placer gold of the floury kind and small pickers are the most common or easiest to find via panning, yes you can detect small nuggets in the Coffs goldfields. There are literally hundreds of mine shafts, as you probably know, where with a little research and some luck you could find small nuggets. I have seen nuggets found via detecting the old mullock heaps. With that said, the most common and easily accessible sites have been absolutely flogged, so the idea is to hunt for fresh unexplored ground. This is not entirely impossible as there is a lot of wilderness in those hills behind Coffs. I used to live near Dorrigo and tried around Eastern Dorrigo at the most southern extent of the fields without any such luck finding the elusive nugget. One hint is try detecting the mullock heaps after a tonne of rain. I have heard of stories where little nuggets have been spotted exposed after the rain, glistening in the sun, before the detector is even turned on! Good luck! BTW I hope you are ok with ticks and leeches! [/QUOTE]
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