New Area. Is It A Waste Of Time?
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No worries can do close up ones if you pick an area however you will have to work out what is NP areas and so on
In a min mate had to reboot the system 
All show up as underground mate
a few further south so as open cut
a few further south so as open cut
the thing is or the way i see it is , just because there is no gold mine in an area does not mean there is no gold there , just means there was not enough gold to start diggin big deep holes . the old timers needed a fair bit to make it worth while or they moved to where it was being found . course i could be wrong i was once before .
johno
johno
Some things to consider.
30 - 60 % of gold found in the gold rush was NOT reported to the gold inspector , either because they were not trusted , or because the finder didnt speak English , or because the finder didnt have a mobile phone to ring him up with , so the gold maps only show the gold that was _reported_
Also , farming started before the gold rush and many farmers would block access to prospectors , so there was huge areas of land that have never been checked for gold or other metals / gemstones.
Lastly , you could have 100 people walk over a spot and find nothing , but one person whose name is on that gold will luck it and find it on their first try.
If you have property , heck yeah , look for gold.
Take samples from hilltops because they could have been a valley 30 million years ago where gold settled.
Take samples from the valleys too , from the surface , and dig a hole and take samples at multiple levels , especially if you see old rounded water worn rocks , label the buckets where they came from and pan them until you know.
There will be gold somewhere under your feet , question is , will it be down 3 inches , 3 feet , 300 feet or 3 km
30 - 60 % of gold found in the gold rush was NOT reported to the gold inspector , either because they were not trusted , or because the finder didnt speak English , or because the finder didnt have a mobile phone to ring him up with , so the gold maps only show the gold that was _reported_
Also , farming started before the gold rush and many farmers would block access to prospectors , so there was huge areas of land that have never been checked for gold or other metals / gemstones.
Lastly , you could have 100 people walk over a spot and find nothing , but one person whose name is on that gold will luck it and find it on their first try.
If you have property , heck yeah , look for gold.
Take samples from hilltops because they could have been a valley 30 million years ago where gold settled.
Take samples from the valleys too , from the surface , and dig a hole and take samples at multiple levels , especially if you see old rounded water worn rocks , label the buckets where they came from and pan them until you know.
There will be gold somewhere under your feet , question is , will it be down 3 inches , 3 feet , 300 feet or 3 km
Upside said:
Yep definitely an area to try. Hope you know what platinum looks like as its more abundant then gold around there, its believed there is plenty in the area undiscoved
Ill send you some maps when i have a chance to sort em out.
Gaz
GaryO said:Upside said:
Yep definitely an area to try. Hope you know what platinum looks like as its more abundant then gold around there, its believed there is plenty in the area undiscoved
Ill send you some maps when i have a chance to sort em out.
Gaz
I'm heading down near there today. I'll take the 4500 and fill a few buckets of creek bed to pan when we get back home.
Appreciate some maps you have :Y:
Cheers.
We have friends living in Gilgandra we often visit and have done for about 8 years. An old timer out there we met at the auctions told me a few years back that he knew a place to fossick for gold,but cant remember the name of the place.
If I recall correctly,he mentioned the place was west of town about 30 kms ..
Sorry its a bit vague..I recall he mentioned that it was deep reefs and not mined commercial because of not being profitable..
If I recall correctly,he mentioned the place was west of town about 30 kms ..
Sorry its a bit vague..I recall he mentioned that it was deep reefs and not mined commercial because of not being profitable..
Upside said:
The only platinum nugget that I've seen looked pretty much the same as lead, but it's a lot harder.
Google Images has plenty of examples:
https://tinyurl.com/y84h9tgx
They are kml/kmz files & can be imported to a lot of mapping apps to use on them also but work on Google maps or Google Earth for desktop use.
I usually make up smaller kmz files for reference in areas of interest then import them rather than the full state file.
Also available here:
https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth
I usually make up smaller kmz files for reference in areas of interest then import them rather than the full state file.
Also available here:
https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth
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