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Metal Detecting for Gold
Has anyone done any gold detecting in the Otways, Victoria?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bez" data-source="post: 40987" data-attributes="member: 1027"><p>I've been reading a quite few articles from the 1880- 1890's where some gold was found in the Otways and it always seems to come back to the same area of origin. It's said that there has been some gold found, albeit not much and not payable. Most of fine gold and small nuggets from what I've read seem to have come from east of the Gellibrand river in the Latrobe ranges, it was followed up buy a government geologist at the time, though he suggests there's not much hope</p><p></p><p>This is his report : <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/88435976?searchTerm=gold%20gellibrand%20reef&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||fromdd|||frommm|||fromyyyy|||todd|||tomm|||toyyyy|||l-title=292|||l-title=284|||l-title=558|||l-title=229|||l-title=232|||l-title=185|||l-title=241|||l-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*|||sortby" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/88435976?searchTerm=gold gellibrand reef&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||fromdd|||frommm|||fromyyyy|||todd|||tomm|||toyyyy|||l-title=292|||l-title=284|||l-title=558|||l-title=229|||l-title=232|||l-title=185|||l-title=241|||l-word=*ignore*|*ignore*|||sortby</a></p><p></p><p>There was a bit of fuss about it at the time, because there was lots of drifted deposits of fine gold found over large areas, but seems no one ever found the primary source. </p><p></p><p>Still i live only and hour away now, might be worth swinging a detector east of the gellibrand river for a day, you just never know what you'll find!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez, post: 40987, member: 1027"] I've been reading a quite few articles from the 1880- 1890's where some gold was found in the Otways and it always seems to come back to the same area of origin. It's said that there has been some gold found, albeit not much and not payable. Most of fine gold and small nuggets from what I've read seem to have come from east of the Gellibrand river in the Latrobe ranges, it was followed up buy a government geologist at the time, though he suggests there's not much hope This is his report : [url]http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/88435976?searchTerm=gold%20gellibrand%20reef&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||fromdd|||frommm|||fromyyyy|||todd|||tomm|||toyyyy|||l-title=292|||l-title=284|||l-title=558|||l-title=229|||l-title=232|||l-title=185|||l-title=241|||l-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*|||sortby[/url] There was a bit of fuss about it at the time, because there was lots of drifted deposits of fine gold found over large areas, but seems no one ever found the primary source. Still i live only and hour away now, might be worth swinging a detector east of the gellibrand river for a day, you just never know what you'll find! [/QUOTE]
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