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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
mum and 5 year old son Just Starting Out from Perth WA
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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 670522" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>Hi Gemma - welcome to PA.</p><p></p><p>As Moneybox says above, Perth isn't well-placed for ease of access to goldfields. Moreover unlike most other states, WA doesn't have rivers or creeks where an enthusiastic child can quickly learn to dig and pan for specks and flakes.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, here's some possibly helpful local links for you:</p><p></p><p>This is the basic rules and regs stuff -</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Minerals/Prospectors-fossickers-1525.aspx[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I believe this local club runs an annual goldfields camping expedition, which might be a good tag-a-long trip for you and Charlie -</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.wcmdc.com.au/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>If rocks and gemstones are also of interest to the lad, here's a couple of relevant links -</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.walapidaryclub.org.au/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.perthgemmineralshow.com/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 670522, member: 4012"] Hi Gemma - welcome to PA. As Moneybox says above, Perth isn't well-placed for ease of access to goldfields. Moreover unlike most other states, WA doesn't have rivers or creeks where an enthusiastic child can quickly learn to dig and pan for specks and flakes. Anyway, here's some possibly helpful local links for you: This is the basic rules and regs stuff - [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Minerals/Prospectors-fossickers-1525.aspx[/URL] I believe this local club runs an annual goldfields camping expedition, which might be a good tag-a-long trip for you and Charlie - [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.wcmdc.com.au/[/URL] If rocks and gemstones are also of interest to the lad, here's a couple of relevant links - [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.walapidaryclub.org.au/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.perthgemmineralshow.com/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
mum and 5 year old son Just Starting Out from Perth WA
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