Recent content by glot

Qld has actually got fairly fossicker friendly laws compared to some countries like NZ or Canada. The trouble is, the Fossicking Act was written way back to solve a problem out the gemfields and central goldfields. People needed a prospector's license even if they were just a family on holidays...

From Prospecting for Gold by Ion Idriess.

Unfortunately, it is not the property owners you should be targeting. It is Australian Law. We are destroying our own life style. There needs to be a severe overhaul of laws relating to liability. As a PCBU, each day I get out of bed, I ask will this be the day I go to jail. It's easier to just...

The Dee river at Mount Morgan isn't full of mercury and other chemicals. It has a low pH due to the sulfuric acid from the pyrites in the tailings. It also has low levels of arsenic. Do not swim in it as it can cause skin irritations. The water is used for irrigation down stream. It is one of...

My advice. Stay a million miles away. He will stuff you around big time and lie through his teeth.

I purchased an MD20. Takes some getting the feel for but fairly easy to use. I put mine in one of those plastic bait buckets you wear on your waist. Works well and gives it protection. I did need to calibrate mine from new. Before that, I could only use it with the copper ring backed right off...

Does anyone know if Crampos prospecting store is still operational? I recently bought an item from them online. They have accepted payment. I have not received the item. They do not answer emails. They do not answer the phone. It has me concerned.

Has anyone used a Falcon clean up pan? If so, what are your thoughts?

Ok. Few of you are reading the Qld fossicking Regulation so I will explain. The Act is the legal document passed in Parliament. The regulation is the working version. If there was a code of practice, this would be the in the field working guide. With any of these, it is necessary to read the lot...

Another question. With larger nuggets, say, plus 1 gram, will it detect them a couple of inches (50 mm for you younger folk) away?

Every tool has it's own specialised uses. Panning sieving and detecting are the only legal means of fossicking in Queensland. Around here there are a lot of very rocky creeks that are dry most of the time. I dig down in amongst the boulders trying to find a false bottom. I pan the material dug...

Good to hear. Your comment about not buying one for use as a pin pointer? Is it possible to expand on that? I am guessing for bigger stuff initially detected by a full size detector, a pin pointer is easier to use? I do a lot of panning with material sourced from buried crevices. Thinking the...

From all the reviews, comments, videos I have waded through, it seems like the Falcon works very well for very small at small distance. They look like someone is hand making them as a sideline. Calibration tends to drift a lot apparently and the cable causes a lot of noise. Also, cable is sealed...

All great advice. I just tend to do a lot of research first but I lack the ability to do the most useful. Demo a few styles, even in a seeded bucket. I spend hours upon hours searching/ researching for new sites to pan. The 5 P's. Poor preparation = piss poor performance. I have taken on board...

Okay then. What sort of solid nugget, in grams, could I generally expect a detector to pick up at easy digging depth of say 8 inches. I have never used one and am not in a situation where I can try various ones. I don't want to spend a fortune and find out I have no use for it. I am a panner...