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How much water flow to refill gold spots?
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<blockquote data-quote="AussieChris" data-source="post: 444244" data-attributes="member: 4915"><p>Flood gold does shift around a fair bit though Gimp, just need to give it time and cross your fingers for a big one. I work the Turon mostly and in the last 20 years, it has had a handful of what would be called "1 in a 100" floods and then several more major flood situations. The big ones certainly shift things around, I would love to see Mitchells Creek get a big one through it, plenty of good crevices there get gold redeposited, its just been so long since a biggun went through there. I'll be standing in line after the next flood. :goldpan:</p><p></p><p>Edit</p><p></p><p>Of course Dr Duck it will never be like what the old timers experienced, I read on Trove reports of 5oz hauls in a pan/shovel. I get excited to bring home over a gram <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Anything more is like Christmas. No doubt we have to work hard for a sample of the stuff these days but if it was easy you would have to fight the 30,000 others for a spot on the river like in 1853. Certainly be eye-opening to see what it was like back then even for a day, knowing my luck I'd come back with cholera, smallpox and syphilis from my day out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AussieChris, post: 444244, member: 4915"] Flood gold does shift around a fair bit though Gimp, just need to give it time and cross your fingers for a big one. I work the Turon mostly and in the last 20 years, it has had a handful of what would be called "1 in a 100" floods and then several more major flood situations. The big ones certainly shift things around, I would love to see Mitchells Creek get a big one through it, plenty of good crevices there get gold redeposited, its just been so long since a biggun went through there. I'll be standing in line after the next flood. :goldpan: Edit Of course Dr Duck it will never be like what the old timers experienced, I read on Trove reports of 5oz hauls in a pan/shovel. I get excited to bring home over a gram :) Anything more is like Christmas. No doubt we have to work hard for a sample of the stuff these days but if it was easy you would have to fight the 30,000 others for a spot on the river like in 1853. Certainly be eye-opening to see what it was like back then even for a day, knowing my luck I'd come back with cholera, smallpox and syphilis from my day out. [/QUOTE]
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