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Metal Detecting for Gold
Hunting for "REEF" Gold....an approach for beginners.
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<blockquote data-quote="WalnLiz" data-source="post: 652414" data-attributes="member: 147"><p>The big problem with the larger "Named" reefs is they were generally very rich and had a huge amount of effort put into them. A line of reefs following a fault line very often can go for a kilometre or more. I use this info to get an idea of where they are shedding but keep well away from them when detecting. Instead I prefer to put myself in the shoes of those who "originally" loamed up to them and concentrate far lower than the shafts themselves, looking for their scraps and where they found the prickly gold in the first place. Shafts are not worth the effort...it's stringer reefs we like to expose.</p><p></p><p>I try and concentrate in the first 40m or so from the creek from which the old timers started their loaming. Quite often you can see the tell tail signs where the loaming began in the form of shallow uniform depressions which you can see were never a digging but a test hole. It does take time, and it helps if you can find some indicators to show where your efforts should be concentrated. Keep at it SL and it will eventually click. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnLiz, post: 652414, member: 147"] The big problem with the larger "Named" reefs is they were generally very rich and had a huge amount of effort put into them. A line of reefs following a fault line very often can go for a kilometre or more. I use this info to get an idea of where they are shedding but keep well away from them when detecting. Instead I prefer to put myself in the shoes of those who "originally" loamed up to them and concentrate far lower than the shafts themselves, looking for their scraps and where they found the prickly gold in the first place. Shafts are not worth the effort...it's stringer reefs we like to expose. I try and concentrate in the first 40m or so from the creek from which the old timers started their loaming. Quite often you can see the tell tail signs where the loaming began in the form of shallow uniform depressions which you can see were never a digging but a test hole. It does take time, and it helps if you can find some indicators to show where your efforts should be concentrated. Keep at it SL and it will eventually click. ;) [/QUOTE]
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