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  1. Daniel

    I can smell the gold!

    With the weather around my parts these days I can literally smell the gold fumes coming down from up there hills! Once I get enough $$ for I'm gonna start the hunt again! Should be about bass season then as well!! Sooo Keen. Hoping to meet a lot of new people this warm season!! P.s I'm scared...
  2. Daniel

    The reason I haven't been out.

    Despite the cold weather there is other reasons why I have not been on the hunt. I was saving for this bad boy!! It is sooo pretty! It's a Maton SRS70C. New model that came out in January I believe, comes with the AP5 Pro and sounds great. It is a bit different from the normal Maton sound...
  3. Daniel

    I've been so inactive!

    Hello everyone, I've been so inactive lately. Just doing stuff and what not. It's is going to take me weeks to catch up on all this new content. Tomorrow shall consist of me reading this and hopefully purchasing my new guitar. I'll keep everyone updated. Few weekends ago went out to Gulgong to...
  4. Daniel

    Nundle Stones.

    Been in hiding lately but here are some stones I found over the last few months at Nundle. Not sure what the middle one is.. Probably just some Quartz tho it does look a lot different then all the Quartz I seen. One of the flat side is kinda clear not cloudy. But all I have to take pictures...
  5. Daniel

    Post Your Favourite Music

    Hello Everybody, As an avid music lover I feel like we need a place to share our music taste and discover wonderful songs! So I thought I'd start a thread where we can all share. I'm sure we don't need guidelines but would be cool if people didn't flood multiple songs in one day as to create a...
  6. Daniel

    GPS for Iphones

    So with this addition of Geo-caching it got me wondering is there any Apps you can download to turn your Iphone into a well working gps? Including adding coordinates and bookmarking coordinates and stuff not just roads and popular building locations. Maybe you can do this already and I'm just...
  7. Daniel

    Shipwrecked Gold

    Crazy! Gold in a Shipwreck. I've been looking in the wrong places! http://news.yahoo.com/gold-ss-central-america-shipwreck-carolina-142546287.html Cheers
  8. Daniel

    Cold Weather Gear

    Hey there mates! Pretty much all my life never really felt the cold... Until now. This means I now need to stock up on warm weather gear like clothes, blankets, etc for when I do a bit of prospecting/camping south! Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction of maybe some...
  9. Daniel

    Riffle System.

    Hey guys, Has anyone tried using these over the top of some gold catching door mats in a sluice or high-banker. http://www.bunnings.com.au/kenware-40-x-60cm-honeycombe-rubber-synthetic-mat_p4494299 http://www.bunnings.com.au/matpro-600-x-900mm-safety-cushion-mat_p4490173 Keen to give it a go...
  10. Daniel

    What kind of stone is this?

    I found this at Nundle. One side is rough and foggy but rounded. Then the other side is like it's been broken. Sorry about the pictures. I don't know how to take ones of objects like these this small any suggestions? Any info would be good :) Cheers.
  11. Daniel

    My First Gold Story

    Hey Lads and Ladies, Here is the story of the day I had when I found my first gold... Nothing exciting but I felt like telling it anyway! (sorry about the grammar) The other day I found my first bit of gold. Only one little flake that I managed to pick up with the tip of my finger and then...
  12. Daniel

    Small Specks and Changing Gravel

    Hey dudes and dudettes, Just a few questions here! Questions: 1) When digging behind some bedrock that was sticking up above the ground I hit a different layer of gravel. The dirt went from small gravel stones/dirt with that brown kinda colour. To larger roundish stones that have been river...
  13. Daniel

    Expensive Classifier

    This is a bad ass classifier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3k3-U0vNyI
  14. Daniel

    Crevice Pump

    So when it comes to innovation i'm about as good as panadol with a migraine (i give it a shot but it never works). Pretty much what i'm after is an hand pump to suck dirt out of small crevices. Maybe something i can attach the the end of the yabbie pump i have or maybe something i can make...
  15. Daniel

    Manning Valley NSW

    Hey guys, So i'm from the Manning Valley and i know this area is pretty bad for gold. I was just wondering if people could suggest areas relativity close (4-6 hrs) that i can travel and most likely camp to do some gold hunting!! I plan to hit up Copeland and Nundle very soon! And targeting...
  16. Daniel

    Hello!

    Hey everyone, Just a young lad from the mid north coast. I know pretty much nothing about hunting for gold but hoping to learn a lot! Been stalking around here for about a week. Finally decided to join due to an angus mackirk grub steak sluice arriving in the mail today. Hope to chat with...
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