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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Using a detector to find the wash layer
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<blockquote data-quote="G0lddigg@" data-source="post: 149940" data-attributes="member: 357"><p>I used a whites GMT to better increase my efficiency for creeks that i already knew had good flood gold in them, basically would walk up the creek when it was dry and mark out using the black sand meter where the highest black sand was, in the particular creek in Creswick it meant a consistent .5 gram an hour compared to .1. </p><p></p><p>I found the black sand meter to be very useful but did it find the source? no that was hard work and alot of test panning, but as a highbanking efficiency tool i found it to be invaluable on flood/flour gold and the $600 i paid for the GMT was covered between October and December. </p><p></p><p>Eyes, knowing the ground and testing will never be beaten by technology especially in areas which were mined heavily. I know of areas around here that on average every 10 buckets would produce a solif bucket of black sand for very little to no gold. this is due to early dredging and being heavily reworked by Chinese for 30 years there after. so i would not rely on black sand but the more methods you have up your sleeve and the more testing you do the more ;likely you are to get the results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="G0lddigg@, post: 149940, member: 357"] I used a whites GMT to better increase my efficiency for creeks that i already knew had good flood gold in them, basically would walk up the creek when it was dry and mark out using the black sand meter where the highest black sand was, in the particular creek in Creswick it meant a consistent .5 gram an hour compared to .1. I found the black sand meter to be very useful but did it find the source? no that was hard work and alot of test panning, but as a highbanking efficiency tool i found it to be invaluable on flood/flour gold and the $600 i paid for the GMT was covered between October and December. Eyes, knowing the ground and testing will never be beaten by technology especially in areas which were mined heavily. I know of areas around here that on average every 10 buckets would produce a solif bucket of black sand for very little to no gold. this is due to early dredging and being heavily reworked by Chinese for 30 years there after. so i would not rely on black sand but the more methods you have up your sleeve and the more testing you do the more ;likely you are to get the results. [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Using a detector to find the wash layer
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