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QLD Fossicking Laws!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="elrodeo" data-source="post: 65842" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>It all comes down to the interpretation of the pencil neck your talking to and their interpretation of the rules.</p><p>There are lot's of full time fossickers/prospectors who have had no issue re use of highbanker and have got the ok from the mines dept hence it is a very grey area and honestly better to noe poke and prod them too much otherwise they will be inclined to make this into black and white and ban all forms of sluices. (In reality a highbanker is just another version of a sluice)</p><p>I'm a mod on the Qld Prospectors site as is another member here and there are quite a few members actively involved in the forums here and as far as I know of nobody I know of has ever been told that using their highbanker or sluice is illegal. </p><p></p><p>At the end of the day it will always come down to the interpretation of the rules by an inspector,ranger etc and this grey issue isn't just Qld as it's just as muddy in other states.</p><p>Anyway that's my 2 cents worth and I wont stop highbanking until someone in authority tells me and proves to me that it's banned as all digging is done by hand and sluice or highbanker is processing the material.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elrodeo, post: 65842, member: 190"] It all comes down to the interpretation of the pencil neck your talking to and their interpretation of the rules. There are lot's of full time fossickers/prospectors who have had no issue re use of highbanker and have got the ok from the mines dept hence it is a very grey area and honestly better to noe poke and prod them too much otherwise they will be inclined to make this into black and white and ban all forms of sluices. (In reality a highbanker is just another version of a sluice) I'm a mod on the Qld Prospectors site as is another member here and there are quite a few members actively involved in the forums here and as far as I know of nobody I know of has ever been told that using their highbanker or sluice is illegal. At the end of the day it will always come down to the interpretation of the rules by an inspector,ranger etc and this grey issue isn't just Qld as it's just as muddy in other states. Anyway that's my 2 cents worth and I wont stop highbanking until someone in authority tells me and proves to me that it's banned as all digging is done by hand and sluice or highbanker is processing the material. [/QUOTE]
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