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Metal Detecting for Gold
Beginners Detecting Mistake..."Walking away from gold too soon."
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 656593" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Folds in central Victoria are a bit wider (eg 200 m apart in Bendigo). More a case of not restricting oneself to some imaginery narrow indicator - look for the other things (e.g. lots of quartz float along a particular fold. lots of old pits etc). And of course topography plays a part - the old-timers might have got most of the gold in soil right over reefs, it is often a bit downhill that the nuggets will have travelled as the rain and gravity move them. The old-timers knew how to follow reefs but without detectors missed nuggets on adjacent hillsides without an easy way to locate them. Likewise the reefs might have got too narrow to mine along strike but might still have shed individual nuggets. Wal has discussed the practical aspects, which are mainly related to common sense and observation once you understand gold distribution.. "Theory" may get you into the right general area, on the right structure but after that it is old-fashioned prospecting aided by modern electronics and a lot of systematic swinging.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 656593, member: 4386"] Folds in central Victoria are a bit wider (eg 200 m apart in Bendigo). More a case of not restricting oneself to some imaginery narrow indicator - look for the other things (e.g. lots of quartz float along a particular fold. lots of old pits etc). And of course topography plays a part - the old-timers might have got most of the gold in soil right over reefs, it is often a bit downhill that the nuggets will have travelled as the rain and gravity move them. The old-timers knew how to follow reefs but without detectors missed nuggets on adjacent hillsides without an easy way to locate them. Likewise the reefs might have got too narrow to mine along strike but might still have shed individual nuggets. Wal has discussed the practical aspects, which are mainly related to common sense and observation once you understand gold distribution.. "Theory" may get you into the right general area, on the right structure but after that it is old-fashioned prospecting aided by modern electronics and a lot of systematic swinging. [/QUOTE]
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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Beginners Detecting Mistake..."Walking away from gold too soon."
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