NSW & WA Gold Tours ...... Review 2nd/3rd Sept.
Tours operated by Kim and her partner Linc .... great couple made everyone feel as though they'd been friends for years .... top points for personality.
Locations ..... they rotate through a few private properties that they have access to, some have been detected for a while others are 'newer' but all are proven producers and obviously don't get the flogging that 'public' areas get. The 2 areas we detected had very 'quite' ground compared to the Vic. goldfields. They explain the basic layout of the area and make suggestions depending on what detector you were using, you follow that info or do whatever you wanted.
Training .... will depend on your knowledge, we had a mixed group and I would say most would be classified as newbies because some, although experienced in prospecting/detecting, were using newly acquired GPZ units with which they had little experience. Kim and Linc would ensure everyone was set up correctly and then spend time with those that needed it.
Although they did NOT detect themselves (big thumbs up for that when you've got paying customers), they did use their detectors to locate potential targets and would then call someone over to read the signals and then retrieve the target (some were junk, some were gold).
one GPZ hadn't been through the 'update' so that night they took it home and updated it for the customer.
Although not requiring assistance myself (I wimped it by using the SDC), either Kim or Linc would came by on both days to ensure I was doing OK and getting some gold .... they did this with every tour participant.
Results ..... I was pleased with my result .... 32 bits for a total of 6.2gms.
A few pieces over the gram mark were found but no multi grammers ..... my observation was that this was more to do with people getting used to their new GPZ units (or newer GPZ users) rather than a lack of potential gold.
I would have reverted to my GPX on the second day but all gold that had been found was smooth and worn ... had what I found been spiky or a bit rough I would have detected the hillsides (at least that's what I would have done in Vic) assuming that's where it was shedding from but the landscape was just too foreign to me to attack it with confidence so the SDC won out.
At the end of the day Kim & Linc has made sure that everyone had found some yellow.
Food etc. .... BYO food and drink but think they had a few basics if you needed/wanted them (tea/coffee/water). Day 2 must have been in 'snake country' (or more so than day 1) and they made sure everyone had gaitors ... they provided them for anyone that hadn't brought a pair along.
Overall ... great operators, no one can guarantee gold but they sure go out of their way to make sure you find some.
Cheers Tom
Results from both days ....
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