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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
how far from the diggings can you still find yellow?
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<blockquote data-quote="user 1769" data-source="post: 175053" data-attributes="member: 1769"><p>Depends on the geology. I know a few spots where I can wash colours of gold from creeks well away from the main goldfields. They creeks are cutting through slate and sandstone, sometimes granite, which is not heavily mineralised, but there can still be locally good patches here and there.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't bother spending too much time looking for it if the geology was all wrong. For example for us down here, dolerite is rarely mineralised, permocarboniferous sediments are also barren, and some areas of precambrian quartzite are also useless. They're all general rules, and as you say there is no substitute for heading out with a pan and a shovel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 1769, post: 175053, member: 1769"] Depends on the geology. I know a few spots where I can wash colours of gold from creeks well away from the main goldfields. They creeks are cutting through slate and sandstone, sometimes granite, which is not heavily mineralised, but there can still be locally good patches here and there. I wouldn't bother spending too much time looking for it if the geology was all wrong. For example for us down here, dolerite is rarely mineralised, permocarboniferous sediments are also barren, and some areas of precambrian quartzite are also useless. They're all general rules, and as you say there is no substitute for heading out with a pan and a shovel. [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detecting for Gold
how far from the diggings can you still find yellow?
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