VicGoldHunter
Nic
Ive been detecting for around 2 years and something Im still not entirely familiar with is gold bearing ground that is not just near or, on old diggings the only gold Ive ever found has always been on or very near old diggings.
My question is say in WA Ive seen lots of people just detecting virgin ground that is flat and the soil looks quite hard compact. From my understanding the soil has to be a type of clay and littered with quartz for it to hold nuggets and be shallow enough to detect? Does this have to be a certain type of ground for it to hold gold? Seems like the areas Ive come across this seem to be mostly north west in the triangle. Waanyarra, Bendigo, Inglewood, Kingower and so on that red looking ground peppered with ironstone quartz.
My question is say in WA Ive seen lots of people just detecting virgin ground that is flat and the soil looks quite hard compact. From my understanding the soil has to be a type of clay and littered with quartz for it to hold nuggets and be shallow enough to detect? Does this have to be a certain type of ground for it to hold gold? Seems like the areas Ive come across this seem to be mostly north west in the triangle. Waanyarra, Bendigo, Inglewood, Kingower and so on that red looking ground peppered with ironstone quartz.