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Metal Detecting for Gold
Hunting for "REEF" Gold....an approach for beginners.
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<blockquote data-quote="hAyyoUinAU" data-source="post: 652661" data-attributes="member: 10637"><p>Exactly. The gold is there, it will always be there. Its just about how hard and smart you look for it. </p><p>People who give up are usually looking in the wrong places or short of patience. I have one place that I have put in over 120 hours of work.</p><p>Sometimes it pays off, most of the time it doesn't. But reef gold can be a pain to read, especially when a lot of the indicators (eg. reef gold nuggets) have been removed in the past by detectorists. It leaves a lot of unanswered questions.</p><p></p><p>I can go to a couple of places where I have found good gold in the past, a couple of ounces, and spend hours there now and find nothing. A new comer to that spot might detect it for a few hours, and deem that there is no gold there, or was only small. But the truth is there was good gold there, and those indicators, I removed, might keep some searching harder.</p><p>It also opens up what similar surrounding areas with similar geology to look for. Finding gold in it's natural resting place is more important than people think.</p><p>But don't get too excited on your find, the old timers moved a lot of stuff, and people have been know to drop a nugget or two from their pockets. So sometimes gold is found where it shouldn't be found. Hunting gold is so much like detective work.</p><p>And that is what I love about looking for gold. </p><p></p><p>PS.I just wish my state wasn't so restrictive but thats another topic on itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hAyyoUinAU, post: 652661, member: 10637"] Exactly. The gold is there, it will always be there. Its just about how hard and smart you look for it. People who give up are usually looking in the wrong places or short of patience. I have one place that I have put in over 120 hours of work. Sometimes it pays off, most of the time it doesn't. But reef gold can be a pain to read, especially when a lot of the indicators (eg. reef gold nuggets) have been removed in the past by detectorists. It leaves a lot of unanswered questions. I can go to a couple of places where I have found good gold in the past, a couple of ounces, and spend hours there now and find nothing. A new comer to that spot might detect it for a few hours, and deem that there is no gold there, or was only small. But the truth is there was good gold there, and those indicators, I removed, might keep some searching harder. It also opens up what similar surrounding areas with similar geology to look for. Finding gold in it's natural resting place is more important than people think. But don't get too excited on your find, the old timers moved a lot of stuff, and people have been know to drop a nugget or two from their pockets. So sometimes gold is found where it shouldn't be found. Hunting gold is so much like detective work. And that is what I love about looking for gold. PS.I just wish my state wasn't so restrictive but thats another topic on itself. [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detecting for Gold
Hunting for "REEF" Gold....an approach for beginners.
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