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Old river bed? Yarra Victoria
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<blockquote data-quote="SonofOak" data-source="post: 627311" data-attributes="member: 21954"><p>I took my new (and first) detector out today to a local hill near the Yarra just to have a bit of a play and familiarisation session.</p><p></p><p>It's a spot I've walked with my kids before and it has this stunning view of the river - but it's not the main trail of the area so it's nice and quiet for the most part. The area is quite interesting as it's on a hillside yet there are 'mounds' for use of a better word and little shallow gully sections that could potentially be small water courses that spill into the Yarra when it pours (It's really quite steep). Everything is covered in a soft mossy ground covering. I don't 'think' it's an old digging area, but I'm no expert either. Nevertheless, I managed to ping a few targets (all trash) but upon digging I noticed the area littered with quartz stone, and for the most part all rounded......which leads me to the question - Am I seeing stones that were once the bed of the Yarra?? I'm probably a good 50-70m above water level so my mind was kind of boggling...could there be any other explanation?</p><p></p><p>*Also, I'm not 100% sure if detecting is allowed in the area - how can I find out, or if it's only shallow scratchings and you're backfilling afterwards, is that ok??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SonofOak, post: 627311, member: 21954"] I took my new (and first) detector out today to a local hill near the Yarra just to have a bit of a play and familiarisation session. It's a spot I've walked with my kids before and it has this stunning view of the river - but it's not the main trail of the area so it's nice and quiet for the most part. The area is quite interesting as it's on a hillside yet there are 'mounds' for use of a better word and little shallow gully sections that could potentially be small water courses that spill into the Yarra when it pours (It's really quite steep). Everything is covered in a soft mossy ground covering. I don't 'think' it's an old digging area, but I'm no expert either. Nevertheless, I managed to ping a few targets (all trash) but upon digging I noticed the area littered with quartz stone, and for the most part all rounded......which leads me to the question - Am I seeing stones that were once the bed of the Yarra?? I'm probably a good 50-70m above water level so my mind was kind of boggling...could there be any other explanation? *Also, I'm not 100% sure if detecting is allowed in the area - how can I find out, or if it's only shallow scratchings and you're backfilling afterwards, is that ok?? [/QUOTE]
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