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<blockquote data-quote="UnderEmployedGeo" data-source="post: 631892" data-attributes="member: 20002"><p>It's understandable to think of asking a forum like this for tips... in nearly ANY OTHER PASTIME it's considered fine to asks for tips. It is definitely a quirk of gold prospecting the level of caginess, but there's plenty of history there and, after all, gold is literally money, so no wonder people don't just want to give away the fruits of their labour.</p><p></p><p>I'd also give people a pass on the grounds of frustration - many of us don't have the time to systematically test an area because we have work/family commitments, and so, just like going fishing, it's nice to be put on a spot by a friendly fellow fisherman. </p><p></p><p>I mean, crikey, I am literally an exploration geologist who works in gold exploration and I STILL haven't found a single piece of gold in all my prospecting (which is not a huge amount, granted). I literally have planned exploration drill holes which have delineated hundreds of thousands of ounces of gold, and yet I cannot for the life of me walk over a piece of gold with a detector! Oh the shame!</p><p></p><p>But, in the end, as Goldenau puts it, a lot of effort goes into the research, the work in the bush, the persistence it takes to find a patch with gold in it. It's unreasonable to expect anyone to give all that away for free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnderEmployedGeo, post: 631892, member: 20002"] It's understandable to think of asking a forum like this for tips... in nearly ANY OTHER PASTIME it's considered fine to asks for tips. It is definitely a quirk of gold prospecting the level of caginess, but there's plenty of history there and, after all, gold is literally money, so no wonder people don't just want to give away the fruits of their labour. I'd also give people a pass on the grounds of frustration - many of us don't have the time to systematically test an area because we have work/family commitments, and so, just like going fishing, it's nice to be put on a spot by a friendly fellow fisherman. I mean, crikey, I am literally an exploration geologist who works in gold exploration and I STILL haven't found a single piece of gold in all my prospecting (which is not a huge amount, granted). I literally have planned exploration drill holes which have delineated hundreds of thousands of ounces of gold, and yet I cannot for the life of me walk over a piece of gold with a detector! Oh the shame! But, in the end, as Goldenau puts it, a lot of effort goes into the research, the work in the bush, the persistence it takes to find a patch with gold in it. It's unreasonable to expect anyone to give all that away for free. [/QUOTE]
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