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Gold Prospecting
Gold localities & information
Icy Creek, Victoria and surrounds
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<blockquote data-quote="casper" data-source="post: 667569" data-attributes="member: 562"><p>Hi Coffee, It's truly bloody hard going in your area, but your efforts will be rewarded if you are diligent.</p><p>Attached is a pic of a pan from a recent trip into your area, and for just 2 hours work. You will need to dig deep (up to a metre and maybe more). Don't bother with the top loose gravel and sands, it's overburden, so discard it and keep digging deeper and find the bottom (watercourses generally run on bedrock) and if on the way down you encounter blue-grey clay (decomposed rock) or "hard pack" (older compacted gravels) then you're in with a chance, and this is when you seriously start sluicing or panning. Gold being 19 times heavier than water will ultimately concentrate on the bottom. If you don't already have one, get a yabbie pump, also known as a bait pump, which will be more efficient than a shovel at cleaning the bottom of your hole. Good luck, and remember, you can make your own luck because "luck happens when preparation meets opportunity"</p><p>Cheers, Casper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="casper, post: 667569, member: 562"] Hi Coffee, It's truly bloody hard going in your area, but your efforts will be rewarded if you are diligent. Attached is a pic of a pan from a recent trip into your area, and for just 2 hours work. You will need to dig deep (up to a metre and maybe more). Don't bother with the top loose gravel and sands, it's overburden, so discard it and keep digging deeper and find the bottom (watercourses generally run on bedrock) and if on the way down you encounter blue-grey clay (decomposed rock) or "hard pack" (older compacted gravels) then you're in with a chance, and this is when you seriously start sluicing or panning. Gold being 19 times heavier than water will ultimately concentrate on the bottom. If you don't already have one, get a yabbie pump, also known as a bait pump, which will be more efficient than a shovel at cleaning the bottom of your hole. Good luck, and remember, you can make your own luck because "luck happens when preparation meets opportunity" Cheers, Casper [/QUOTE]
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