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Creswick and Wedderburn - Golden Triangle Newbie
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 641607" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Do you have Steve Barnham's prospecting guide to Creswick? It is a MUST have guide for the goldfield. Same goes for any other goldfield, both Steve and John Tully have produced must have guides for many.</p><p>If you don't have one, ring Days in Ballarat or Coiltek in Maryborough to see if they do. It would probably be worth spending the time driving there to buy one.</p><p>If you are unable to get up to a used 5000 (with small coil) or 2300, I would definitely stick to the higher ground on the slopes of the hills. Try to work bare shallow clayey ground even the bare tracks can produce gold. </p><p>Avoid rubbishy areas like around humbug hill that will only eat into your detecting time spending time digging too many bits of rubbish. If you have no trouble finding small bits of rubbish you've probably had enough practice at finding targets already so don't need to waste more time.</p><p>The gold at Creswick is largely shed from higher level alluvial deposits that have been eroded and the gold is shedding down the sides of the hill. The slopes are probably better than the hilltops or gullies.</p><p>Would be happy to meet up and help out, the only trouble is that I do not have a gold monster so I could not help you with settings or advice on how to use it use generally but you seem to have sorted that out yourself if you are finding small bits of rubbish in the goldfields.</p><p>Get the Barnham book give it a go and keep us informed.</p><p>Good luck and keep trying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 641607, member: 4728"] Do you have Steve Barnham's prospecting guide to Creswick? It is a MUST have guide for the goldfield. Same goes for any other goldfield, both Steve and John Tully have produced must have guides for many. If you don't have one, ring Days in Ballarat or Coiltek in Maryborough to see if they do. It would probably be worth spending the time driving there to buy one. If you are unable to get up to a used 5000 (with small coil) or 2300, I would definitely stick to the higher ground on the slopes of the hills. Try to work bare shallow clayey ground even the bare tracks can produce gold. Avoid rubbishy areas like around humbug hill that will only eat into your detecting time spending time digging too many bits of rubbish. If you have no trouble finding small bits of rubbish you've probably had enough practice at finding targets already so don't need to waste more time. The gold at Creswick is largely shed from higher level alluvial deposits that have been eroded and the gold is shedding down the sides of the hill. The slopes are probably better than the hilltops or gullies. Would be happy to meet up and help out, the only trouble is that I do not have a gold monster so I could not help you with settings or advice on how to use it use generally but you seem to have sorted that out yourself if you are finding small bits of rubbish in the goldfields. Get the Barnham book give it a go and keep us informed. Good luck and keep trying. [/QUOTE]
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