Thread: Any prospectors among us?

Originally Posted by landyfromanuthaland

the only yellow fever that takes me over is an over indulgence in beer.

I've got a bit of land out by the old gold mines near Hargraves, so thinking one day I'll get a decent gold detector and give it a go.

Cheers
Simon

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

I've got a bit of land out by the old gold mines near Hargraves, so thinking one day I'll get a decent gold detector and give it a go.

Cheers
Simon

Top of the range minelab is the only way to go..

Then 2 or 3 years to learn how to use it....

Visit which gov department looks after mining in the ACT and visit their library and look at their old reports. Some will be of individual mines and may contain maps. Sometimes there are geological maps available which will show the location of mines, new and old. If you are interested in using your detector for items other than gold then a search around the mines and building ruins may.... may .. find other items such as coins, buttons etc.

I must admit I have never tried searching for nuggets on a beach before. Might have to go to Nobby's this weekend.

Originally Posted by roverfj1200

Top of the range minelab is the only way to go..

Then 2 or 3 years to learn how to use it....

And only close to $5k

Then fit a bigger coil..$$$$
larger batery pack...$$$$

At least the new models can tell the difference between a nail and a nugget..

Originally Posted by dobbo

I must admit I have never tried searching for nuggets on a beach before. Might have to go to Nobby's this weekend.

probably lots if thats where dogs are walked!!!


john

One of my parents neighbours has been doing it for years, waht NM's said, has been hiting the beaches etc for years, plus everything inland that is accessable, he told me once that most sites had been flogged to within an inch of their lives, by prospoectors with detectors, as was said earlier there are very few pristine sites left these days.

There is an old pub site that i know of where a bushranger dropped a bag of gold coin he had stolen into a long drop for safe keeping . He never came back that would be a find, but it to has been picked over for years. Thats if anyone can work out where the long drop was.
You want to know where, near sandy camp via carinda.


john