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Hi
Anyone heading up Western Creek way start of June this year?
Cheers
Margaret
Anyone heading up Western Creek way start of June this year?
Cheers
Margaret
phil said:gday kim where the hell is western creek sounds brilliant cheers
Jacko said:We enjoyed a couple of weeks there last year and apart from other gold, found 21 really nice bits of leaf gold, biggest is 1.6g, a few nice folded pieces among them. Good luck.
KIM-MARGARET said:Rusty not sure if your post is a joke.
From what I know about leaf gold it breaks out of the host rock due to weather its flat as so generally sits on top of the ground I have seen a piece from Western Creek 7 inches in length and folded over.
I have a nice piece with the host rock indentations on it.
Most important of all the host rock is usually on top of a slop or hill and is exposed to the weather, all of mine were picked up on the side of the slop on top of the ground, for some reason Western Creek is the place for this type of gold, most people walk over it, as the detector signal is not the same as a nugget, once you kick the top of the soil with your boot it moves so most walk away believing its trash.
Wow 21 pieces is pretty good, Jacko I cant wait to get back.
Margaret
Ronk said:does anyone know why the gold is leaf gold is it just forming now as in new gold or is it just being exposed ?
cheers
KIM-MARGARET said:https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1311/1426899740_fullsizerender_5.jpg
Ok so I've tried posting photo of leaf gold from Western Creek this shows indentation from host rock which was very old looking worn greyish white quartz exposed at the top of a hill all cracked and broken.
Rusty I would imagine your 4500 would sound the same as the 5000 when it picks up trash, we know the old saying dig everything at Western creek it is a must as leaf gold is only as thick as tin so the signal is very much the same as trash, Your SDC will love the leaf gold I swapped over to a VLF as this stuff sits on top.and most times no digging you will have a good time getting the stuff.
When you get there, you will get a mud map head up the side fence from the house where they feed the cattle you will know from the mud map, the rest is up to you.
CheersMargaret
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