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Creswick and Wedderburn - Golden Triangle Newbie
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<blockquote data-quote="Moneybox" data-source="post: 640564" data-attributes="member: 3960"><p>I recently visited a spot in NT where others had found multiple nuggets with the GPZ7000 and the SDC2300. I swung the GPX6000 over the same ground after they'd done their bit and it sounded like that on the 6000. When I investigated it more carefully I found that the area was scattered with small quartz and ironstone species. I picked up a handful and brought them home. When I dissolved the stone I was left with quite a few very sharp spiky little nuggets. If it was closer to home I'd have gone back and raked all those stones up and either dissolved them in caustic soda or put them through the crusher. I'm quite sure I'd ended up with a good haul of small gold nuggets.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]835[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is a photo of the quartz species partly dissolved in hot caustic soda. After this I boiled them for another half hour until the quartz was gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneybox, post: 640564, member: 3960"] I recently visited a spot in NT where others had found multiple nuggets with the GPZ7000 and the SDC2300. I swung the GPX6000 over the same ground after they'd done their bit and it sounded like that on the 6000. When I investigated it more carefully I found that the area was scattered with small quartz and ironstone species. I picked up a handful and brought them home. When I dissolved the stone I was left with quite a few very sharp spiky little nuggets. If it was closer to home I'd have gone back and raked all those stones up and either dissolved them in caustic soda or put them through the crusher. I'm quite sure I'd ended up with a good haul of small gold nuggets. [ATTACH type="full"]835[/ATTACH] This is a photo of the quartz species partly dissolved in hot caustic soda. After this I boiled them for another half hour until the quartz was gone. [/QUOTE]
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