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Big thanks for the advice Joe!! Been an arduous few weeks hunting around all kinds of old workings looking for good white clay heaps finding all sorts of lead and so on but my partner and I finally found some of the mullok we were really after and after a couple of days of really focusing on the...

Cheers Joe! Yeah the white mullocks are definitely easier with the monster that's for sure, I think I need to give them more attention although they do seem a bit hard to find near me, being restricted to Avoca area actually haha they're definitely around! But they seem to be the odd few amongst...

And thanks for the insight there grubstake, much appreciated! I just noticed your post as well! Good bit of confirmation :) I think we'll stick to the ground the old timers have already dug up for us for now as well as the margins. At least until we learn the machine, I think that'll teach us...

:lol: Funny you say that, the last target I found had me sweating, it was a nice smooth flat alluvial.... lead shot! Covered in yellowy powdery clay just on dark to really get me going... I swore it was gold until I gouged it with my thumb nail! By the power of monster I turn thee to lead O:)...

G'day folks! Just chiming in as another new member of the monster family. Had the machine a little over a week now and my partner and I have had a lot of fun and frustration figuring it out. Taking note of all the amazing info on this thread, we've managed a good 20 or so lead shot or chips...

Couldn't be happier with the little highbanker, thanks GT! After a bit of playing around i got it set up and running in the shed last night over a tub and it pulled some very fine fine gold out of some random gravel i had sitting around for god knows how long. :perfect: for anyone looking to buy...

Awesome spot of reading there jemba! Thanks for sharing, wish i had of asked the questions before building, thinking it up has been half the fun tho. Scored a heap of free ply yesterday so theres a mk2 in the pipeline and that info is invaluable, thanks again. Seemed to miss a lot of black sand...

Thanks goody :) feel pretty chuffed haha its a good feeling to build something that actually works! gets a lot of interest out bush too. Some days i do more yakking than i do cradling haha

Haven't been posting a lot of late, however! I've been educating the thought of building a cradle for a while and a few weeks ago, it got the better of me. "How hard can it be??" My exact words to the mrs. The box is about 250mm square and made from cedar with hardwood framing, the apron is...

Hey folks :) ultra noob question, but the little red stones in gimps pan, what are they?? I seem to pan a lot of them around creswick, albeit not that big but I'm not sure whether they're garnet, quartz or zircon?? Or am i way off? Haha cheers guys and congrats on the results, Gimp!! Happy days...

Cheers guys! All the best to you too Natoli :) Will keep yas posted. Nothing to write home about today although i did find what i think is a tiny little bit of zircon, or maybe sapphire? odd to see blue in the pan. Tiny, but interesting!

Here's a couple from recent antics, will share a couple more of the general stuff about us soon. seems you can only upload a couple at a time? Just for future reference, not much more to show yet! The pickers my best one yet and it came from the right hand side of the little gutter. Gold seems...

Thanks clint, my ol hometown mate! Grew up in beauie at least for the most part. Will see you round for sure! Thanks for the welcome Jaros!

Hey guys, just to chime in as a bit of a noob, lately I've been learning the hard way about which clays are good and bad, working a dry creek bed behind protruding rock bars and so on and i couldn't agree more on the red clay. Especially where i go around creswick. That's the good stuff! And...

Sounds spot on mate, just browsing yesterday gave me good ideas that paid off today i think! I'll find what it was and credit whoever it was when i do! Had to get amongst it after that tho, good to know theres so many like minded people!

Thanks RM! Very lucky to be smack bang in the middle of it in such a pretty place mate I'm hugely grateful for it and i feel a bit daft having had it all so close but been so oblivious hahaha. Ill get onto it man I'll be out and about a bit so ill share things as i go. Thanks for the welcome!

Hey folks! My names Jim, i live close to lexton with my partner, Taylor and 2 dogs but I've been around central vic most of my life. Been a great lover of the bush since before I can remember, fishing, four wheel driving and exploring. However I've only ever been curious about gold, tried...