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I like the story says has done the stripping dance covered by bull ants in the golden triangle also spotted very large scorpion, one thing I've noticed though when you get a good hit on the detector, there are often big bull ants around, then the big question do I dig or run? Ther probably...

G'day wenz, I like you hit beginners luck in the golden triangle, a good spot to camp is hard hill in wedderburn, there's a couple of guys who extract eucalyptus oil up there. Powered sites available shower toilets only gold coin donation, also the information place will give you a map at where...

Happy birthday well done nugget, may favourite response from someone very clever, was in the words of Montgomery Burns "excellent Smithers" good to get a free laugh cheers

Hi jim welcome to the forum from another fellow tasmanian living in the west coast town called queenstown. This forum is fantastic and helped me find my first nugget in wedderburn last July was an awesome thrill, especially for me a fellow pommy, from the Isle of Wight. Cygnet is a lovely spot...

This is the reverse view and weight thanks for the input, I am also curious on the piece and its history.

Was up in the Linda goldfields in tassie and came across this heart which looks old and poured by old timer, not sure what its made of, gave it a run with Steel brush but it won't scratch any ideas.....

I'm sure I'll keep going in queenstown there must be something in that Linda valley, thanks fellow taswegian....

Hey nugget found it on a minelab 2200 that my friend kindly gave me he'd found a lot up in the cue region. He was so happy for me. Ripper, thanks for all the congrats guys, really appreciate. Was awesome after a couple of champagne had a tear or two as reality set in.

Hey diggerdude didn't meet Jessie but lady Di is still there fun character, we met Wendy and bob who are regular visitors they were the ones who weighed nugget for us, said it was the biggest they'd seen, also another prospector called bob said you've gotta be f...... Joking me when I told him...

:cool: Champagne was flowing.

Hit the jackpot the other day out the back of the wedderburn caravan found a nugget with the weight of 57.7grams now are at a bit of a loss who to sell it to. Detector company seem to offer gold price less 20% however the only one of that weight I could find was approx six thousand any advice on...

Hit the jackpot the other day out the back of the wedderburn caravan found a nugget with the weight of 57.7grams now are at a bit of a loss who to sell it to. Detector company seem to offer gold price less 20% however the only one of that weight I could find was approx six thousand any advice on...

Thanks for that digger people in the park have had finds at whela but there the only hits I've heard about.

Today stood at the exact spot the welcome stranger the biggest nugget ever found in the world it looked absolutely no different to any of the bush around the area. This must be a game of luck and patience. Good luck to everyone having a swing. The bush north of wedderburn has been burnt off...

We have finally arrived at wedderburn and today the sun is shining after a huge downpour yesterday, we went to see the spanner man near Boort his does amazing sculptures made only of spanners some are seven metres high marlins, shearers with fleece worth a look by appt only. Today we dig have...

Thanks again digger that's heaps of good knowledge you've given me. I'll let you know how we go fingers crossed and good luck in your own future finds. Smithers

Cheers diggerdude I will give that a go next time I go to zeehan never been panning but have a couple of pans to try with I've been told you look for spots where the creek turns or falls? then dig as deep as you can and swirl around etc... Do you know anywhere to put the detector over the ground...

Cheers diggerdude was that prospecting with a detector or panning if so or what any advice found radiosonde bell on map but haven't found Farrell's river let yet will research further I was told by a guy who worked in the henty gold mine that the creeks over the other side of the Macquarie river...

G'day Nugget that would be great if you could put my picture on wall that's what my lady was trying and instead I got a huge photo of my mug ins many thanks and great to be aboard.