Recent content by Bez

Great, thanks for the replies! I will try and checkout the thread for the east-west trip, would be keen on scouting some places if i can :cool: Will try to make it to Kalgoorlie, i'm about and hour south of Perth so will be 7+ hours, will be good to see how the car will perform anyway. I will...

Hi all! I am driving back to Victoria on monday after spending 8 months in Perth and i am looking to do some gold detecting along the way.. though i don't know where to start looking really. I have read that Norseman WA, and well, all that area are historic gold mining towns but i was hoping to...

His name was William Lamborn, not Lambom. Though it's very hard to see in the picture of the article above. Some things i found Himself Mr. William Lamborn, the first manufacturing jeweller to start business in Victoria. He took into partnership Mr. Wagner, and became Lamborn and Wagner...

This guy is always very interesting and communicates well to keep you engaged the whole time. It's interesting, sciencey type stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do1lm9IevYE

Nah, didn't make much of a difference to be honest. Still can't tell.

Did you know if the sun all of the sudden went out we wouldn't know for over 8 minutes because that's how long it takes for the light to travel from the sun to earth.

Could be a British 2 pence issued after 1992 Width: 25.9 mm Thickness: 2.03 mm They made from copper plated steel, which could also account for the severe corrosion and rusty look. "The first copper-plated steel 2p coins were struck in 1992. The reason for this change was the increase in the...

Porterhouse, cooked blue. Seasoned with salt, butter and grushed garlic cloves... and a stubbie to wash it down.

Awesome, will do! quick reply, thanks :)

Hey, i went out prospecting for gold on the outskirts of the Brisbane ranges national park in vic down a creek bed, and found an 10pc and another old coin/washer, i can't tell if it's a coin or not because it's covered in crap. Any tips on how to maybe try and clean it up a little? I'm new to...

Yeah it's all very interesting, and seems very much untouched ground for modern day prospectors. Maybe with our advances in technology we might have better luck than the old timers. Think i'll definitely get out there next week or so for a look.

Yeah mate, It's a national park on the south coast of Victoria left of port Philip bay.

I've been reading a quite few articles from the 1880- 1890's where some gold was found in the Otways and it always seems to come back to the same area of origin. It's said that there has been some gold found, albeit not much and not payable. Most of fine gold and small nuggets from what I've...

Here's the same add printed in the Colac Herald, much easier to read though...

Just curious as no one ever really mentions it. but does anyone ever detect on the Otways? more specifically near Lorne to Anglesea area? There is a small article here from 1887 in the Camperdown Chronicle we a man is looking to take a party into the Otways to prospect for payable gold. He has...