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The little coastal town where I live has recently celebrated its 150th birthday and interest in the town's origins and history is still high despite there being nothing at all remaining from those early days to view or display. But recently during an excavation a large sprocket wheel was...

Whilst researching for a future fossicking foray I was toggling between satellite and terrain view on google maps and this interesting circular topographic feature caught my eye ....... tektites were common in the alluvial gravels at that location and this looks awfully like an impact crater to...

Is the Golden Spear Mine still operating and selling paydirt..... ? I'm aware that the mine has been sold, and was happy to find that the webpages are still online and this afternoon i commenced and completed the online purchase of some paydirt but have had no confirmation of the purchase on...

Who has bought concentrates? were you pleased with what you got? casper

Hi all, found this in my screenings coupla days ago - is it worth keeping. It's got 5 or 6 flat surfaces and opalescent reflections on one face...... casper

for sale OZTENT RV1 ... five years old and only three times used at Wonnangatta Valley base camps in 2014, 2012, and 2011. Comes with the following accessories:- Peaked Side Panels, OzTent Fly, $1400 value and all in VGC I'm asking $700 and will throw in a custom made roof tray (by Tradesman...

I got gold fever and girl fever at about the same time .... The skills for one pretty much came naturally and for the other one they didn't, I'm still learning - you guess :D casper Walhalla 1976

I've made my own practice gold for panning practice and sluice testing. I stole a few links off one of the wife's wrist chains (why not I did buy it didn't I :P )and chopped up one link into various sized chunks and flattened 2 of those chunks. Sharp eyes will notice that the flattened ones are...

Was at a new spot in a creek in the upper Yarra Goldfield and was 1/2 a metre down and into the clay creek bottom and found these black gems - at first i thought I'd found the remains of an old greek prospectors lunch or an aboriginal midden but no!.... intact ones were now coming up with every...

It's Mayday tomorrow and winter is approaching. The weather forecast is that the Victorian High Country could get a dusting of snow over the next few days so temps are staring to plummet. Back here in Melbourne this morning I dipped my hand to the bottom of my 65L panning tub to retrieve a...

'Hands up' those who have Gold Rush ancestors or family and what can you tell us about them? I'll kick it off ...... my great grandfather and his brother (my Great Grand Uncle) were theatre entertainers and they arrived in Melbourne in the early 1860's and went their separate ways. I have...

Wow! one day after the long weekend and 138 members and potential members now having withdrawal symptoms and logging on for a fix.......... casper

today I learned that not all black sand is magnetic - despite what you see on YouTube casper

look at this amazing discovery http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/eucalypts-reveal-their-veins-of-gold-20131022-2vzm6.html casper

Opinions vary on whether the use of a yabby pump for sucking gravel out of crevices is legal in Victoria. It is a hand tool but some would say it still falls under the definition using "mechanical means" to move gold bearing material which is illegal. Does anyone have the definitive answer? Casper

Click the link for the report of the Victorian investigation into additional prospecting areas in national parks http://www.veac.vic.gov.au/investigation/investigation-into-additional-prospecting-areas-in-parks Of interest to readers will be the recommendations on allowed equipment - the thin...

My passion is colonial history and my skill is research and a few short years ago i put my 'then' newbie neighbour onto his first bit of Waanyarra 'detector' gold, a 1oz nugget on his first outing and only 20 minutes in :o . I'm attracted more to traditional prospecting (loaming, panning and...