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Hey folks! My names Jim, i live close to lexton with my partner, Taylor and 2 dogs but I've been around central vic most of my life. Been a great lover of the bush since before I can remember, fishing, four wheel driving and exploring. However I've only ever been curious about gold, tried panning a few times but to no avail..
Til 6 months or so ago when a workmate of mine invited me out to check out how he goes about panning and sluicing. My first pan that day from a little crevice in Slatey Creek turned out a little flake of gold about the size of a matchstick head and from there, the fever started!
We've been loving everything about it! The exploring, the time out bush with no agenda, the stuff you'd never see if not for the search of gold and then the icing on the cake when the gold appears in the pan... perfect!
We only pan at this stage and this time of year, its a lot of lugging buckets.. but luck has been improving! Today saw our biggest find in the pan yet, weighing .11 of a gram i was pretty stoked when it showed up amongst the black sand! And with more time out bush, the results are getting more consistent (albeit nowhere near that big)
Looking forward to learning and sharing my experiences as they come! I had no idea there was such a community online til the last couple days so I'm keen to see what its all about.
Hope i see yas out there somewhere! Ill try and work out how to upload a pic or 2 from recent trips too
Til 6 months or so ago when a workmate of mine invited me out to check out how he goes about panning and sluicing. My first pan that day from a little crevice in Slatey Creek turned out a little flake of gold about the size of a matchstick head and from there, the fever started!
We've been loving everything about it! The exploring, the time out bush with no agenda, the stuff you'd never see if not for the search of gold and then the icing on the cake when the gold appears in the pan... perfect!
We only pan at this stage and this time of year, its a lot of lugging buckets.. but luck has been improving! Today saw our biggest find in the pan yet, weighing .11 of a gram i was pretty stoked when it showed up amongst the black sand! And with more time out bush, the results are getting more consistent (albeit nowhere near that big)
Looking forward to learning and sharing my experiences as they come! I had no idea there was such a community online til the last couple days so I'm keen to see what its all about.
Hope i see yas out there somewhere! Ill try and work out how to upload a pic or 2 from recent trips too