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  1. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    Hi Mate, Have you had anyluck with the Pan's? Should catch up, im only 15 mins from you. Your in a beautiful neck of the woods mate.!
  2. Carmo

    Rheola Victoria

    Bugger mate sorry to hear you couldnt find the spot. Its a shame, i couldnt believe the amount of diggins on the side of the road it was hectic back in the day by the looks of that.
  3. Carmo

    Rheola Victoria

    Thanks mate, awesome map!! So crown is ok to fossick but private not unless permission is ok etc.
  4. Carmo

    Rheola Victoria

    Thankyou, I know all about expensive hobbies... Im a mad keen fisherman have 2 boats, i love 4wding and camping so have a camper trailer (have a wife not so much a hobby but still an expensive time) might aswel just do it all mate you only live once. The more I can show my kids of this great...
  5. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    Im guessing its ground for the more experienced detectors. Have you had much luck in your searching over the years? Im 6ft 5 so i can imagine my back will get quite sore too so see how we go.
  6. Carmo

    Rheola Victoria

    Steady on Loamer haha, now your getting carried away with experienced talk and making no sense to me PI detector/VLF :/ I'm slowly and i mean very slowly learning the tools but have not yet had time to study the different types of detectors and their uses. Its something that interest me a lot...
  7. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    So when am i coming over to go panning with you Loamer hahaha, Thanks for the info mate. I think i might get the family in the car with the camper and take a week just investigating the types of country the areas are. Being very unfamiliar with the country you talk about i cant picture what you...
  8. Carmo

    Rheola Victoria

    MJB we had just finished watching season 2 of gold rush before our trip back through this town haha..! had me hooked. Loamer, thank you for that information, yes there's not much point driving from SA to Vic for a no go zone. Just the town stuck in my head so I thought I would ask the people...
  9. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    Look forward to it, Thanks
  10. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    MJB if you ever want to do a trip with other people let me know :-) And thanks mate, looking forward to getting the kids involved. :-) Tom that would be amazing mate. Ill shoot you through an email shortly. Cant wait, the kids will be stoked with this. Thanks so much for your kindness and...
  11. Carmo

    Rheola Victoria

    Hi Guys, I've only just joined and looking for a bit of a point in the right direction. We drove from Gawler SA to Vic to pick up our Puppy and passed through a town called Rheola in Victoria. Was an interesting little place full of what looked like gold diggings in some sort of national park...
  12. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    Thanks mate, Very helpful and interesting reads on those links. I would be keen to come over to Vic to spend a day watching a few guys at work with pans/sluices. this interests me more then a detector at this stage. probably a lot less gold but the process has me intrigued. Is there a section...
  13. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    Thanks for the effort you put into the post there mate. Its greatly appreciated. I definitely understand the hard work involved in panning and actually finding gold. Its just something that interests me and has done for some time now. Would love to get the kids into it. They love the outdoors...
  14. Carmo

    Hi Guys & Girls

    Hi Folks, My name is Shane AKA Carmo, 28 years of age, recently married with two young boys 6 & 7 and a beautiful wife Teagan. We have become rather hooked on Gold hunting. Mainly through TV series Gold Rush season 1,2,3 & 4 and Bering Sea gold. We decided we would start doing some gold...
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