Detecting gold at Kilkivan

[bob10]

Just drove back from Gayndah, listening to the ABC radio. They had members of the Brisbane metal detector club [ I think] talking about what they did. Kilkivan got a mention , they reckon the club has trips there to find small amounts of gold. Anyone had that experience? [ don't want to know your secret spot. :angel: ] Is the country worth a look? Bob

[lewy]

there is a start for you,This means we now share 50%:angel:
Kilkivan - Areas around Kilkivan (http://golddetecting.4umer.net/t2689-areas-around-kilkivan?highlight=Kilkivan)

[Chucaro]

We was looking with interest in investing in a good gold detector but have to do more research in how to access the good places for fossicking.
We used to have fossicking license in Tasmania, Victoria, NSW and Queensland with the purpose to have access to awesome camping areas (and free) but never have looked for precious stones.

[incisor]

Plenty of spots up that way to find all sorts of gems

One of my clients is right into it and has several detectors

Paid for his car and camper hd tells me

[bob10]

there is a start for you,This means we now share 50%:angel:
Kilkivan - Areas around Kilkivan (http://golddetecting.4umer.net/t2689-areas-around-kilkivan?highlight=Kilkivan)


Fantastic, Lewy. I should say, fossicking and such was on the bucket list, when I stopped work, & started living. I bought some books, studied up, looked at you tube videos on the subject , researched to the nth degree, then put it on the back burner. Life got in the way. Then, I bought a book from Exploroz, Gold fossicking in Qld, by Barry Neville. This had good information on the rules & laws involved, as well as a potted history of Queenslands' gold, & about gold itself, as a precious metal. The idea was not to strike it rich [ as if] , but to combine our love of camping, with the added attraction of maybe a bit of colour , or not. :p Just an interest.


Then the daughter started teaching in Gayndah. Which meant we have a base in the area to work out of. [ haven't told her yet] . On page 47 of Nevilles book, it has a map , showing the Prophet gold mine, down Rossmore road. This is more a tourist set up, not quite what I was after, but perhaps a start, to talk to some of the locals there. Your link is just what I was after. Thanks. Now I have to fast track the mods to the D2, [ battery set up, drawers, etc] There are just not enough hours in the day, Bob :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Dont you know that the finding of gold at Gympie saved QLD?????:o

[bob10]

Dont you know that the finding of gold at Gympie saved QLD?????:o


Very much so. From the book, by Barry Neville;


" Qld's very first reported gold discovery was at Calliope in 1853, but the first significant gold rush took place much later in 1858 following the discovery of gold at Canoona, near the Fitzroy river,. More gold rushes were to come, with discoveries at Clermont [1861], Calliope [ 1862], Warwick [ 1863], Bouldercombe [ 1865] Rosewood [ 1866], & Cloncurry, Cape River, Nanango, Kilkivan [ 1867] . Unfortunately, these finds did little to help the treasury of the fledgling colony of Queensland, which was in the grip of a deep economic depression, despite having offered a reward for a payable gold discovery. However, the turning point came with the discovery of rich alluvial gold deposits at Gympie by James Nash in late 1867. The riches from the Gympie goldfields were to be Qld's saviour, rescuing it from bankruptcy.


QLD"s significant gold rushes;


Canoona- 1858


Clermont - 1862


Gympie- 1867


Cape River- 1867


Ravenswood- 1868


Gilbert River- 1869


Charters Towers- 1872


Palmer River- 1873


Hodgkinson- 1876



Mount Morgan- 1882


Croyden- 1885


My dream was to go to the Palmer River fields, but the murder of a man there recently, put me off that. Gold fever still exists, apparently. Bob

[schuy1]

Yes Bob, gold fever still exists. I have seen a normal sane man turn so weird and off the planet at the mention and sight of gold! Talking to and seeing people that chase it I can understand them doing bad ****, because it does really alter them! :oPersonally it does nothing for me, I feel no urge to look for and dig for it at all. Strange, as I live in an area and towns that were built on gold mining and rushes :D But then our family history has always been either shop keepers in gold towns or on the land.
Could say we let others dig for us hahah :D I might see you around up this way some time then :)
Cheers Scott

[bob10]

Yes Bob, gold fever still exists. I have seen a normal sane man turn so weird and off the planet at the mention and sight of gold! Talking to and seeing people that chase it I can understand them doing bad ****, because it does really alter them! :oPersonally it does nothing for me, I feel no urge to look for and dig for it at all. Strange, as I live in an area and towns that were built on gold mining and rushes :D But then our family history has always been either shop keepers in gold towns or on the land.
Could say we let others dig for us hahah :D I might see you around up this way some time then :)
Cheers Scott


Sure thing, I am not really after the gold [ no.. really....] but I love the history of the country. I can't see the sense in being a nomad, stuck in caravan parks, no offence , nomads, I would rather learn the history of an area, then visit, & search the history out. My brother was up that way , years ago working with the railway. The people who really made a killing on the gold fields were the shopkeepers. They were the smart ones ;) Bob

[bob10]

:D I might see you around up this way some time then :)
Cheers Scott


Well, my interest renewed , I found my old book 'how & where to find gemstones, Australia & New Zealand' , dusted it off, & found the where chapter. LO & behold, Eidsvold got a mention, as the centre of an area of interest for gemstones. Mt Perry, seems to be the centre of mining activity, with old gold & copper mines. More mining areas occur around Rosslyn, with molybdenite, gold, silver, copper, galena, sphalerite, tourmaline, , garnets & jasper all found in the area. Waste heaps of copper, gold & silver mines can be seen for 16 km's along the Gin Gin rd, Jasper around Wetheron, old gold mines around Degilbo, garnets on Mt Havilah, garnets in the mine dumps at Mt Hastings. And much more. The book says there are many dirt tracks in the area, one leading to Miriam Vale. You beauty, mud crab sandwiches in the pub!. I think we could spend some time in the area, just taking it all in. Bob