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Gold Prospecting
Prospecting Rules & Regulations
Using a dredge in Australia for recreational prospecting is illegal - information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Marked" data-source="post: 47271" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>spot on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mate - detecting is out of my price range and such a device as you suggest is likely to be as well..if 10hp floatation "suction-sluices" were permitted, there would be little gold remaining in the areas I am able to access, given what some locals have told me about the activity through the 80's in their areas. This could push another facet of the hobby out of reach of even more people and further alienate "prospectors" from the general populace; putting at risk the existence of the hobby altogether.</p><p></p><p>Such volume processing for very little physical labour IMO goes beyond healthy recreational "hobby". Current laws/rules/regs (or their interpretation) require at least some form of physical exertion, which has the tendency to repel at least some of those bad element looking for a quick easy dollar that give the rest of us recreational prospectors a bad name when they go that little too far. You may be correct about 1:1 environmental impact, but consider the fact that actual numbers engaged in an activity count for something; I am sure you would see <em>many</em> more users of "suction-sluices" floating down creeks and rivers than you currently see high-bankers setup with people shoveling if that were a permitted activity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marked, post: 47271, member: 1246"] spot on. Mate - detecting is out of my price range and such a device as you suggest is likely to be as well..if 10hp floatation "suction-sluices" were permitted, there would be little gold remaining in the areas I am able to access, given what some locals have told me about the activity through the 80's in their areas. This could push another facet of the hobby out of reach of even more people and further alienate "prospectors" from the general populace; putting at risk the existence of the hobby altogether. Such volume processing for very little physical labour IMO goes beyond healthy recreational "hobby". Current laws/rules/regs (or their interpretation) require at least some form of physical exertion, which has the tendency to repel at least some of those bad element looking for a quick easy dollar that give the rest of us recreational prospectors a bad name when they go that little too far. You may be correct about 1:1 environmental impact, but consider the fact that actual numbers engaged in an activity count for something; I am sure you would see [i]many[/i] more users of "suction-sluices" floating down creeks and rivers than you currently see high-bankers setup with people shoveling if that were a permitted activity. [/QUOTE]
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Using a dredge in Australia for recreational prospecting is illegal - information and questions
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