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Gday guys! since the warmer months have kicked in between work and the rfs i haven't had time to scratch my self let alone scratch the skid plate or wet a pan, so i was wondering, how do you guys deal with the fever when you dont have the time? its driving me nuts atm :mad: 8.(

Just had a random fella ring me up (gotten my number from an old business card for my music lol) asking if i had any pre decimal coins id be willing to part with, apparently i had met a mate of his a while back whilst i was wearing my prospecting shirt. Anyways, long story short he goes home...

Hey guys, i have been granted permission to check out a property between tumut and adelong, and as far as mining/prospecting goes the ground is technically virgin, but last year the owner had a minor landslide and during damage inspection and inevitable clean up using a bull dozer a couple of...

i know a lot of people saw my post on this, but for those who didn't https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3154 anywho they are doing a fundraising event to say whomthank you to the RFS volunteers who risked their lives in the recent bushfires! if anyone's in the area you...

you guys hear about this? http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/catherine-hill-bay-publican-shouts-beers-for-offduty-fire-volunteers-as-thank-you-for-saving-his-pub/story-fni0cx12-1226744117603 a publican up in the blue mountains offered off duty fireys free food and beer for saving his...

Just wanted to give a heads up to anyone who hasn't already heard, tomorrow is gonna be pretty nasty, high heat and strong winds across much of nsw. High to extreme fire danger levels across the state here is a list of the fire danger areas across nsw...

Went to Young for a couple of days to test out me ugly lil diy banker and my god what a horrid trip,old Murphy REALLY did a number on me lol. First thing to go wrong was a visit from the ranger who kindly informed me that camping was forbidden on the reserve, but as the sun was on the horizon...

I seen on i previous post that someone was having issues finding cheap vials to put their gold in, now Im not sure what the freight is on these but they equate to about 80 cents a pop. BEFORE freight. http://www.scitoyscatalog.com/category/ELEMENTS.html also they have little vials of...

Is that not the UGLIEST little highbanker you ever did see?

This dude is a genius! Wired up a head phone splitter with an led to his detector so every time he goes over a target the light comes on so you can see the reading...

Has anyone here every panned burrangong creek in young before? Its my mates birthday on Monday and he was talkin about us goin down to harden and hitting mcmahons reef, which from what he has told me isn't very rich, now i have read that young is pretty good, and its not that much further...

Wanting to say a massive thank you to loamer for his awesome posts recently on what to look for in the gold fields, i THOUGHT i had read everything there was to know on the subject and was amazed at just how many times i would have walked right past a potential location cause i was in too much...

Hey guys, Im heading back out to the alluvial mine in coolamon tomorrow (weather permitting) with the intention to pan a couple of the mullock heaps and was wondering if anyone may know the best point of attack, ie do i start at the top of the heap considering that would have been the deepest...

Discovered a new spot about an hour away from here whilst studying an old metallogenic map. Apparently its an alluvial site similar to the dry area Chinees diggings near dubbo, and the best part is even the locals are unaware of its existence :lol: going out there today for a bit of a test...

Got permission today to prospect an old mine in the grong grong area... Little did i know at the time the mine was underground lol. Anyways i decided to have a sweep around the surface, and besides a whole mess of junk (the mine has been used as a dump for the last hundred years or so) i kept...

Many people (including myself a few months back) thought fools gold was worthless, but thanks to a bit of research and trial and error i was able to strip out 11grams of gold from what i had originally thought was 100% pyrite, as well as a fair quantity of platinum (haven't figured out how to...

Hey all never been much good at introductions... Where to start? Well i guess what got me into prospecting was that show on discovery channel baring sea gold, after a couple of episodes i thought you know wat? That looks like an easy way to make a bit of extra coin... Christ was i wrong eh :8...