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A few months ago I dug on a nice solid signal that was coming from the bottom of a mullock heap near where it meets with the Undisturbed ground. The 1st 5 or so inches of dirt was a gravelly clay mix. Then the dirt changed to a plain gray clay. I remember thinking, ah, just hit the virgin soil...

Say you find a nugget low down on a slope heading into a gully. Looking up the slope there is a reef at the top that at some time shed a good quantity of gold. When I'm trying to track how the nugget got to be in this particular spot, l tend to imagine how water would have to travel down the...

Hi, wondering if there is a protocol on the raking of leaf litter when detecting. Am keen to get the coil as close to the ground as possible, that mallee scrub can really build it up. Obviously prepared to repatriate the area after searching, but don't want to cause trouble for, or within the...

G'day all, new to the forum and keen to get back into gold fossicking after a lengthy absence. 1980 was the last time I swung a detector, a Bounty Hunter from memory. Fair to say equipment has changed a fair bit, as have the prices paid for it. Looking forward to the challenge of learning the...