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Eldorado report and 101 for newbies to Reedy creek
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldtarget" data-source="post: 147769" data-attributes="member: 2152"><p>Hey fellow prospectors. With some time on my hands and feeling better I took the neglected toys out from the shed and headed up the highway. I put the McKirk sluice and waders in too on the off chance recent rain may have filled the tiny pools I encountered last trip. To my joy the creek was flowing! Good call. </p><p></p><p>Again I'm in the familiar territory of black sands dominating the cons so no spoils pics till later but in the two super sluice pans full of heavies I reckon there may be a gram floating around. I searched out some gravel bars and found a nice slide where the bank had given way in the not too distant past that was intersecting some hard pack. After my crevices disappointment last trip I was determined to sample up a good spot. My instincts did not disappoint. </p><p></p><p>My limited knowledge of Eldorado tells me that flood gold will be found in good amounts in the black sands and tiny gemstone areas. I put a half shovel full in from my chosen spot and Hello black sands and tiny red and green gemstones. I had around 30 colours in a few teaspoons worth of heavies. The next pan/shovel was around 10, this to me is a great place to start. The actual location was on an outside bend totally at odds with the text books, but flour gold is like that, you must <strong>look</strong> for it and<strong>test</strong> for it or you might be shoveling for nothing. Eldorado I think can be seen as the exception rather than the rule. Here's my spot for the afternoon. <img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2152/1428826800_img_20150412_180021.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldtarget, post: 147769, member: 2152"] Hey fellow prospectors. With some time on my hands and feeling better I took the neglected toys out from the shed and headed up the highway. I put the McKirk sluice and waders in too on the off chance recent rain may have filled the tiny pools I encountered last trip. To my joy the creek was flowing! Good call. Again I'm in the familiar territory of black sands dominating the cons so no spoils pics till later but in the two super sluice pans full of heavies I reckon there may be a gram floating around. I searched out some gravel bars and found a nice slide where the bank had given way in the not too distant past that was intersecting some hard pack. After my crevices disappointment last trip I was determined to sample up a good spot. My instincts did not disappoint. My limited knowledge of Eldorado tells me that flood gold will be found in good amounts in the black sands and tiny gemstone areas. I put a half shovel full in from my chosen spot and Hello black sands and tiny red and green gemstones. I had around 30 colours in a few teaspoons worth of heavies. The next pan/shovel was around 10, this to me is a great place to start. The actual location was on an outside bend totally at odds with the text books, but flour gold is like that, you must [b]look[/b] for it and[b]test[/b] for it or you might be shoveling for nothing. Eldorado I think can be seen as the exception rather than the rule. Here's my spot for the afternoon. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2152/1428826800_img_20150412_180021.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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