Tennant Creek Fossicking Area Rejuvinated

[Balmain Bob]

Gday
I found this article on the ABC News site that may be of interest to anyone near Tennant Creek

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-...nnant-creek-gold-prospect-rejuvenated/7362038

It could be a gimmick to get tourists to the town but worth a look if near by

 

[Heatho]

Wish they'd do the same at a few places in NSW.

 

[davent]

Its no gimmick, they took some loaders and graders, and leveled 6 hectres of land, just took the top off. One local guy has been removeing rubbish, he reckons hes got about 25% of the steel that has come off the tracks, buckets and blades. There have been some nice finds since the working, it is going to be an annual thing too, clear 4 to hectres a year , purly for fossickers.

 

[Guest]

Good to know, but remember if you get caught by the Federal Police Gold Squad fossicking/detecting in a declared goldfield outside the designated area they will confiscate everything down to the shirt on your back. At least that was the case when I was there in '92.

 

[davent]

Not sure how many federal police gold squad members are at the tennant creek station.....

 

[Guest]

Maybe not Gold Squad, but all NT and ACT coppers have the same powers as Feds.

 

[davent]

In that case so do I.
Anyway, the designated fossicking area, s are huge. I spent 2 days recently at a proposed fossicking area, and saw about 3% of it.

 

[Jacko]

We also read that on ABC rural. Good thing. We've enjoyed our few trips to TC, maybe we will find a bit more in the future.

 

[davent]

only downside is, as well as grading, they ripped it, which actually makes it pretty difficult going.