1969 Miners Den are wrong, I have proof from the QLD dept of mining itself and have posted legislation straight from the act itself. Trust me it's a fact, and that's why we have started the petition we have going.
Here it is;
Len
Simple answer to your question, only hand tools as listed below from the Fossicking Act 1994.
hand tool means
(a) a pick, shovel, hammer, sieve, shaker, or electronic
detector; or
(b) a tool declared by regulation to be a hand tool.
This would mean that equipment or mechanical devices powered/operated by electrical, solar, battery, internal combustion, pneumatic, winched etc are a prohibited machine.
This also includes pumps for high bankers and sluice boxes.
The only exception to this is in the hand tool definition, a metal detector(electronic detector) is permitted.
lol Sluices which use the natural flow or are feed with water by hand means (no mechanical pump etc) are acceptable.
lol Hand held crevice sucker is acceptable so long as there is no mechanical device powering it, eg electrical, solar, battery, internal combustion, pneumatic etc
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGIS ingA94.pdf Fossicking Act 1994
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGIS ingR09.pdf Fossicking Regulations 2009
38 Use of machinery etc. prohibited
A person fossicking under a licence must not use machinery
or equipment (other than a hand tool) to fossick.
Maximum penalty400 penalty units.
This was from Rossco
Rossco
Ross Howkins
Field and Land Access Officer
Brisbane District Office
Mining and Petroleum Operations
Department of Natural Resources and Mines
Queensland Minerals and Energy Centre
Level 16, 61 Mary Street,
Brisbane Queensland 4000
PO Box 15216, City East Queensland 4002
Phone: 07 3199 7750 Fax: 07 3405 5347 Mob: 04 0960 8312
Email:
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Website:
www.mines.industry.qld.gov.au
Customer Service Centre 13 25 23