Went out with a mate to a spot that we’ve been to many times. We walked quite a bit, found plenty of lead shot but only a few pieces of yellow between us. I was waiting at the ute as my mate returned from his walk. He was tired and frustrated as he hadn’t had a signal for quite a while. He said to me -“Just give me one more signal before we go. I don’t care what it is, I just want to hear something before we leave.” About a minute later he got a response from the 6k. We both agreed that it sounded like a piece of shot but we dug it anyway. We both scratched our heads when a small bit of gold popped out. It was 2 1/2m from the door of the ute. A few minutes later he got a screamer of a signal about a meter from the first but we both agreed it was junk and just walked away. We thought it may be a good idea to move a few branches and have a closer look as the gravels and clay had good colour just under the top soil. I had a swing of the detector and we couldn’t believe our luck when a couple of small bits popped out. They were situated about four steps from the ute. We were both exhausted and were ready to pack up and go. Joe decided that he had better dig the bit of trash as we decided that the area should be covered in a bit more detail on our next trip. That screamer also turned out to be yellow and the best piece of the day. We couldn’t believe what we had just done. We always park in this spot (as does anyone else that comes down this track) and we have walked over this gold on every trip. I suppose the area was always neglected as the branches, twigs and leaf litter make it almost impossible to work. Luckily we had the small 10x5 coils on the machines which allowed us to access spots that we normally couldn’t. The gold had no size to it but it did top off the day.
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cheers
Les
