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Seven Mile Diggings Qld. - story about taking care
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 646327" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Just a comment (and I know I am regularly guilty of this). Could people put State info like VIC, Qld etc somewhere in their comment if they can remember to do so? It increases interest and builds knowledge of prospecting areas. In this case it is obviously Queensland (but I would not have known if it was, say , NSW without checking), It obviously isn't the Yarraman in Victoria, which is urban. But often it is not obvious.</p><p>Mod edit: 100% agree. Have edited the title of this thread.</p><p></p><p>I have had the same issue with quicksand- initial exasperation followed by mild panic ("this isn't funny!"). It is usually upflow because that is required to keep the grains separate, but usually the source is hidden. I often encounter it driving beaches, where a stream is discharging into the sea through the beach sand below surface. There is one notorious place like this around Arthur River in NW Tasmania that has completely claimed some 4x4s.</p><p></p><p>Had a similar problem in South Carolina going through the thin ice crust of an open cut. I kinew that there would be no depth of water if I went through the ice, just tens of cm - but I did not allow for more than a metre of fluid sediment below the ice. Particualarly difficult when both legs went through - and then my hands as the ice broke around them trying to get out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 646327, member: 4386"] Just a comment (and I know I am regularly guilty of this). Could people put State info like VIC, Qld etc somewhere in their comment if they can remember to do so? It increases interest and builds knowledge of prospecting areas. In this case it is obviously Queensland (but I would not have known if it was, say , NSW without checking), It obviously isn't the Yarraman in Victoria, which is urban. But often it is not obvious. Mod edit: 100% agree. Have edited the title of this thread. I have had the same issue with quicksand- initial exasperation followed by mild panic ("this isn't funny!"). It is usually upflow because that is required to keep the grains separate, but usually the source is hidden. I often encounter it driving beaches, where a stream is discharging into the sea through the beach sand below surface. There is one notorious place like this around Arthur River in NW Tasmania that has completely claimed some 4x4s. Had a similar problem in South Carolina going through the thin ice crust of an open cut. I kinew that there would be no depth of water if I went through the ice, just tens of cm - but I did not allow for more than a metre of fluid sediment below the ice. Particualarly difficult when both legs went through - and then my hands as the ice broke around them trying to get out. [/QUOTE]
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