Ophir gold, near Orange NSW information and questions

[ET Digger]

Heading out to Ophir for a little bit of panning tomorrow, 22nd, has anyone been out that way?
Any stories to pass on?

Only going out for the day with pan and shovel, will anyone else be about??

 

[ET Digger]

Cheers guys

 

[Ditherer and Son]

How'd you go mate?

 

[Nugget]

I guess no one on the forum has ever prospected at Ophir :/

 

[Ditherer and Son]

I have, although I do it on the Lower Lewis Ponds Creek on private property. You'll find my videos in the Youtube section of this site. Just look for Ditherer and Son.

For what it's worth, there is still gold to be found there!

 

[ET Digger]

No good, ended up going to Sofala...
Didn't find a thing!

Made Shoalhaven flour gold look big

 

[stevo]

Was just wondering if anyone here on the forums detects at Ophir at all. I don't see to much talk about this place considering its heritage, me and a mate are going to hit it tomorrow with our 5000's.

 

[Guest]

Good luck mate,

Having an explore around the place is the best way to learn about the area..... If you have an idea of where to go will be your best way.
Happy prospecting......

 

[Heatho]

I've had a couple of goes there and only found bullets, plus a big lead sinker right in the middle of the bush. I'm sure there is Gold there, as usual I may have hit the wrong spot.

The Fathers Day nugget was found there in the 1980's and was around 200oz.

Good luck Stevo, hope you can get some.

 

[Lbg dreamer]

I went and had a quick swing their yesterday
For only one .
But I was only their for 3 hrs
It's there but bloody hard to find lol

Ps the small bit was from another location
As I was training a bloke
On his gold bug dp lol

 

[Heatho]

Nice nugs Lbg, how was the gold bug on the hot ground?

 

[Lbg dreamer]

I'm not a fan of gold bugs
Except the gold bug 1 and 2
But that's what the bloke had
So I had to train him on it !
The ground isn't too hot were we were
With it

 

[joe]

I went and had a quick swing their yesterday
For only one .
But I was only their for 3 hrs
It's there but bloody hard to find lol
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/lbgdreamer/736F2492-A929-4A55-B248-5AB9E9A9C4BA.jpg
Ps the small bit was from another location
As I was training a bloke
On his gold bug dp lol

Cool, good to see bits and pieces still coming out of Ophir. I came out empty handed last trip

 

[Beep]

I hit hill end today for one small bit. Tough going there too

 

[stevo]

I was detecting with a mate we both had 5000's and have to say we lucked out on Monday didn't find anything other than bullet casings and some other rubbish. While we were detecting down along the creek I heard someone else down the creek from us screeching away with their detector but couldn't see them, about 20 minutes later I hear this bloody loud YAHOO!! and I said to my mate on the uhf who was further up the creek from me who ever that is down there they must have found there first nugget or found a big one. Anyway we meet up with the fella later on after we packed up and he didn't do to bad at all for a days pay...a nice 16 gram nugget and a 7 grammer as well. and the YAHOO was when he found the 16 grammer. Heading back out there next week for another go..its my turn god dam it.

 

[Guest]

Ya musta run into tomtom. Heard he got a couple of nice ones out there.

 

[Heatho]

Classic hearing a big "Yahoo" in the Goldfields.

 

[stevo]

Ya musta run into tomtom. Heard he got a couple of nice ones out there.

Bingo

 

[Lbg dreamer]

He often takes his finds to a different location
To yahoo
Lol
Puts everyone off his scent lo

 

[Guest]

:lol: that'll work