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A very general question I know but for those of you that have had experiences in one or both states going from developement to production on an alluvial and hard rock gold claim which state is less of a cluster to get the necessary approvals sorted out ? Paperwork has never been my strong point.

Hello. Specifically the most flogged areas that contain plenty of very tiny undetectable surface or near surface gold.

Is there anyone in Australia that makes or sells a large manual jaw crusher like this one ? These seem to be popular in Africa and take a decent lump. I am looking to precrush before feeding into a small hammer mill that takes gravel size material.

Just thought I would post this. Not in bad condition for something dated 14 BC note also many arrow heads scattered about the human remains. The idea of finding such treasures is amazing but tempered by the fact that often in some ones grave like here. Here the remains belong to a man woman and...

In the Ballad of Buster Scruggs which is a collection of 6 short off beat western films that is still showing on netflix. The one named " All Gold Canyon " is essentially about a man loaming for gold up the side of a valley. Entertaining and worth a look.

Have some pyrites that is of interest that I found in South Australia mainly in chunky cubic form (see picture below) from under ground. This may not contain any gold. Also have anouther sample from north qld that I know has some gold value. Just wondering if any one does small assays of pyrites...

There is a photo from the Echunga gold feilds. The description says this man is gold mining and was taken during the depression. Is it possible though he is actually looking for diamonds ? A few were unearthed in Echunga. The second photo is a recent one of people in liberia " sifting for...

Just wondering if you can buy old allotments in abadoned towns ? Are they still freehold ? Are they even valid now ? I have no idea.

Found this some time ago detecting in SA. Any ideas what it is ? its not that thick but its heavy and has a brass like yellow sheen to it.

Before the invention of the dry blower people used to sometimes "winnnow" for gold in a similar way they still do in many parts of the world for grain. My question is why a dry blower is more efficient ? Could winnowing be refined to match the dry blower ? ( I am thinking of dropping from a...

I am thinking about getting some tickets for R2 Rigid and Moxy haul/water trucks to hopefully gain fifo work in the mines and would like peoples opinions re are they worth doing ? I already have an MC licence and currently doing general frieght and know how to drive loaders and excavators but do...

Sorry its probably old news but keep an eye out for the comet. If you miss it you will get anouther chance to see it in 50000 years. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.9news.com.au/article/acce30e2-a931-4d2e-bec5-29f2cff52c99

I know to suck water and other liquids up a pipe you need a stronger pump the higher it is and then past a certain point some where around 10 meters its impossible to do, but what about loose dry material being vacuumed up a tube ? Is this limited in the same way by height or is length of the...

Any ideas for an alternative to a cat ? Heres my daughter patting a couple of mia cats yesterday. I have heard people talking about domesticating quolls in Australia.

About 15 years ago in the gulf of carpentaria a fair way south of Normanton but north of Cloncurry I found an area that was uncovered by a grader whilst doing roads. The country was all sandy with no stone but this particular spot of about 4 meters x 4 meters had thin plates of hard very heavy...

Looks like a burnt bit of wood in hard stone. Is this how coal is formed ? How would have it got there and how old would it be ? I dont know much about fossils thpught someone here might know.

Straring to turn my letrap sluice into a high banker. I really like the letraps shape and size but I find them a bit too flexable with out being braced. With this aluminium frame it becomes completely rigid but still very light weight. Will post some more pics when finished.

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Do you like my piece of gold ? Beautiful isnt it. I could stare at it for hours. Maybe even sell it on ebay. now if only I could make it a little bigger :playful:

Nothing special but it comes in handy when you have alot wood to cut. Was going to set up a vice bolted on a ute but found an even better way. Just cut the wood rounds in a way that holds the chainsaw and bar but lets the blade rotate around freely. Working on the kiss principle.