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Metal Detecting for Gold
Possible to find un-discoverd gold bearing areas?
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<blockquote data-quote="Magilla" data-source="post: 93585" data-attributes="member: 3393"><p>Reading this thread reminded me of a conversation I had with an old mate about 35 years ago. He was in his seventies at the time and had done it pretty hard during the depression in his younger days.</p><p></p><p>We were on the old Braidwood Road southwest of Nowra at a lookout that overlooked Tianjara Falls. There was no sign of any habitation for as far as you could see and I made the comment that some of those gullies may never have seen a white man as the country was so rugged. He had a chuckle to himself then told me that back in the 30's if you were to stand where we were you would have seen hundreds of camp fires from all the prospectors that were camped on every creek in the area.</p><p></p><p>What really struck home with me was he also said they never found much through the area but that didn't stop them putting up with the hardships of living in such a remote area. </p><p></p><p>He said that it was the same all the way down the South Coast of NSW so I would assume it was the same within travelling distance of most Australian towns.</p><p></p><p>At the time he was living with his wife and child in a bark hut on the outskirts of Nowra, the footprints of his and other huts are still there.</p><p></p><p>Lucky we have the ability to prospect further afield and have access to detectors that will find gold that they couldn't because if they would have had what we have there would not be much gold left now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magilla, post: 93585, member: 3393"] Reading this thread reminded me of a conversation I had with an old mate about 35 years ago. He was in his seventies at the time and had done it pretty hard during the depression in his younger days. We were on the old Braidwood Road southwest of Nowra at a lookout that overlooked Tianjara Falls. There was no sign of any habitation for as far as you could see and I made the comment that some of those gullies may never have seen a white man as the country was so rugged. He had a chuckle to himself then told me that back in the 30's if you were to stand where we were you would have seen hundreds of camp fires from all the prospectors that were camped on every creek in the area. What really struck home with me was he also said they never found much through the area but that didn't stop them putting up with the hardships of living in such a remote area. He said that it was the same all the way down the South Coast of NSW so I would assume it was the same within travelling distance of most Australian towns. At the time he was living with his wife and child in a bark hut on the outskirts of Nowra, the footprints of his and other huts are still there. Lucky we have the ability to prospect further afield and have access to detectors that will find gold that they couldn't because if they would have had what we have there would not be much gold left now. [/QUOTE]
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