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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Prospecting in Central Queensland
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<blockquote data-quote="DrTrauma" data-source="post: 163346" data-attributes="member: 5371"><p>Gudday all. </p><p>As a newby I thought it would be a good idea to post my prospecting efforts here for you to comment on, provide advice, constructive criticism, guidance or general blah. </p><p></p><p>I went out today with my Garrett DD in my custom backpac to a locale known for its alluvial and reef gold and scoured some dry creek beds. I am still familiarising myself with my newly acquired equiptment. The detector bleeped heaps of times, even when I discriminated out the iron, aluminium and silver. Dug a few times without anything showing up. Even the handheld pointer was frustrating me. I tested it out on a gold ring (not a wedding band - no - me single) and it squealed loud and constant. So it works fine. Then I found a red button in the middle with "p/p - target" written on it and pressed it when passing the coil over the ring. It really squealed. Not sure why but I guess it's important.</p><p></p><p>So, found loads of serpentinite, mud rock, granite, but no gold. </p><p></p><p>Tomorrow marshalling at a 4WD comp so no prospecting until Sunday.</p><p></p><p>Hope you did better than me. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrTrauma, post: 163346, member: 5371"] Gudday all. As a newby I thought it would be a good idea to post my prospecting efforts here for you to comment on, provide advice, constructive criticism, guidance or general blah. I went out today with my Garrett DD in my custom backpac to a locale known for its alluvial and reef gold and scoured some dry creek beds. I am still familiarising myself with my newly acquired equiptment. The detector bleeped heaps of times, even when I discriminated out the iron, aluminium and silver. Dug a few times without anything showing up. Even the handheld pointer was frustrating me. I tested it out on a gold ring (not a wedding band - no - me single) and it squealed loud and constant. So it works fine. Then I found a red button in the middle with "p/p - target" written on it and pressed it when passing the coil over the ring. It really squealed. Not sure why but I guess it's important. So, found loads of serpentinite, mud rock, granite, but no gold. Tomorrow marshalling at a 4WD comp so no prospecting until Sunday. Hope you did better than me. :) [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Prospecting in Central Queensland
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