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  1. Tommtb7

    *SOLD*highbanker kit for sale

    *SOLD* hi all, im selling my full aluminium highbanker due to lack of use, I built it last year and have found a lot of good gold with it from pickers down to micron gold. highbanker specs are *1200x300mm sluice with slick plate and hinged riffle tray riffles are half expanded mesh(1/2") and...
  2. Tommtb7

    Anyone have some advice?

    I was driving past a property this morning on an old aluvial mine, the bloke that owns the property was building what looked like a wine cellar as he was doing some brick work in a big hole, the dirt he has dug out is in piles around it. My question is, if I had his permission would I be able to...
  3. Tommtb7

    It's gonna be a long night

    I've just started running some cons through the mackirk clean up sluice and not even 2 tablespoons in and it's choc full of black sand, this could take a while :o
  4. Tommtb7

    Progress with my drop riffles

    Well after a slow start I pulled the heat gun apart and noticed the dial for the thermostat wasnt working so once that was fixed I started getting somewhere, here's a pic of where I'm at so far. :D
  5. Tommtb7

    a short vid of my highbanker

    heres a short vid of my highbanker in action on the weekend, me and fellow forum member agman hit the creeks for a bit of digging. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M3P5BH5rd4
  6. Tommtb7

    help with forming plastic?

    hi all, ive been gathering parts to build a drop riffle extension for my highbanker, I was going for a flared length with wide ribbed rubber matting but I decided to get a sheet of 4mm acrylic pbs plastic with the goal of heating it with a heat gun and moulding it into drop riffles, problem is...
  7. Tommtb7

    PMAV General News, Member Information & Updates

    Off to my first pmav meeting in drouin tonight, a bit excited to say the least :D
  8. Tommtb7

    Need Help on the geology side of things.

    Hi all, I've been doing a bit of reading on gold in relation to geology lately, I was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions? From what I've read the majority of gold was found in the upper Devonian layer (roughly 416 million years ago) how do you determine where each layer starts and...
  9. Tommtb7

    Anyone going for a dig this weekend?

    Just thought I would see if anyone was goin for a scratch around this weekend? If so where are ya headin, what's your favourite method, and how do you think you will go? I'm heading up into the hills near foster, vic with my highbanker and high hopes
  10. Tommtb7

    Hello from south gippsland

    Hey everyone, I was told about this forum by another member and I've got to say its packed full of handy information! Anyway, my names tom im 23 and I live in Welshpool and have been digging for a couple of years now, I moved down here in 2011 and started reading about the rich history of the...
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