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Metal Detecting for Gold
Gold and graphite
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<blockquote data-quote="Graybeard" data-source="post: 414241" data-attributes="member: 11193"><p>Gold is where you find it. It could be anywhere. But I've always found my gold in association with quartz and ironstone. I'm not 100% sure if the stuff I've got is in fact graphite. Shale and slate are both metamorphic rocks and are relatively hard. This stuff feels smooth and it leaves a grey line on paper. It glows red when heated and heats up real quick. A graphite/carbon line is an indicator, probably pencil in thickness and run east west direction. Where it intersects a quartz reef, running north/south you get a mother lode of gold, usually a HUGE nugget. If you ever been to the tourist mine at Ballarat you would know what I mean.</p><p>As Northeast put it, there was a mine with heaps of graphite, I'll bet they found some really big stuff.</p><p>I'll try and upload the pic, if it doesn't come up can someone tell me what's gone wrong, I had no problems before...her goes. Bugger, maybe a moderator can tell me what I'm doing wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graybeard, post: 414241, member: 11193"] Gold is where you find it. It could be anywhere. But I've always found my gold in association with quartz and ironstone. I'm not 100% sure if the stuff I've got is in fact graphite. Shale and slate are both metamorphic rocks and are relatively hard. This stuff feels smooth and it leaves a grey line on paper. It glows red when heated and heats up real quick. A graphite/carbon line is an indicator, probably pencil in thickness and run east west direction. Where it intersects a quartz reef, running north/south you get a mother lode of gold, usually a HUGE nugget. If you ever been to the tourist mine at Ballarat you would know what I mean. As Northeast put it, there was a mine with heaps of graphite, I'll bet they found some really big stuff. I'll try and upload the pic, if it doesn't come up can someone tell me what's gone wrong, I had no problems before...her goes. Bugger, maybe a moderator can tell me what I'm doing wrong. [/QUOTE]
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