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Metal Detecting for Gold
What To Look For On The Goldfields (New To Prospecting)
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 27766" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Methodical Prospecting - New Ground (2)</p><p></p><p>I have scratched around to get a goldfields era perspective of 'new ground'. H.V Rogers 1894 - 'Gold Digger's Guide' pretty well sums up the rules of prospecting that have not changed.</p><p></p><p>In 1984 Mr Rogers wrote: "First choose your ground: the best hills and gullies for prospecting are those near scattered debris of quartz, ironstone, slate and other sorts of stones. The gullies on the surface might only be covered on the surface, with different sorts of soils, showing no top evidence of the gold which might be beneath in the wash dirt resting on the bottom, although such soil might be termed alluvial. Sometimes the gold is on the hills, frequently on the brows of same, and at other times the leads or patches of alluvial gold may have been swept into the deeper channels of the gullies. <strong>The whereabouts of the gold is generally found by energetic and judicious sinking</strong>." </p><p></p><p>In 2013 Loamer says delete 'sinking' and insert 'detecting'. The same rules apply then as now. Remember, these bloke had been at it for nearly 50 years or so and knew a thing or two about reading the ground. The old timers have my utmost respect. No hot pies, cold beer and a shower after a day of digging for them - only rotten old mutton, sly grog and dirty water!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 27766, member: 981"] Methodical Prospecting - New Ground (2) I have scratched around to get a goldfields era perspective of 'new ground'. H.V Rogers 1894 - 'Gold Digger's Guide' pretty well sums up the rules of prospecting that have not changed. In 1984 Mr Rogers wrote: "First choose your ground: the best hills and gullies for prospecting are those near scattered debris of quartz, ironstone, slate and other sorts of stones. The gullies on the surface might only be covered on the surface, with different sorts of soils, showing no top evidence of the gold which might be beneath in the wash dirt resting on the bottom, although such soil might be termed alluvial. Sometimes the gold is on the hills, frequently on the brows of same, and at other times the leads or patches of alluvial gold may have been swept into the deeper channels of the gullies. [b]The whereabouts of the gold is generally found by energetic and judicious sinking[/b]." In 2013 Loamer says delete 'sinking' and insert 'detecting'. The same rules apply then as now. Remember, these bloke had been at it for nearly 50 years or so and knew a thing or two about reading the ground. The old timers have my utmost respect. No hot pies, cold beer and a shower after a day of digging for them - only rotten old mutton, sly grog and dirty water! [/QUOTE]
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