I managed to get away last week thanks to an invite from "dozer" and have a quick dig around Beechworth.
He told me about a nice spot he found and wanted to give it a workout with the h/banker.
How can you say no when a mate asks for some help....
Finished work early and took the 2 hour trip to Dozers place, jumped in his car and then drove 6 hours to Albury
It was raining all that week in Sydney but a few hours South was a different place
Up at 6AM the next morning and a quick 30min drive to "the spot" we set up the H/Banker and got to work
Dozer was in his element just feeding the machine with dirt.
Took the time to test pan every hour or so just to make sure something was showing up and then this showed up
Boy did that get us moving. Apparently thats considered a great size for the area.
We were fortunate enough to run into a nice local bloke called Allen who wasent short of great information about the area and the type of gold around. He pointed us towards some new areas for some slightly coarser gold and spent some time showing us some panning skills. A top bloke to bump into. He challenged us to a Highbanker Ho-down at a spot of his choice next time we're in town.[I'm up for that].
The Dozer at work
Doing what i do best....sitting down on the job.
When they told me that the place has "fine" gold they forgot to mention how fine it is. This place is perfect if you want to test out your panning and patience. Both of which i dont have...
Managed to do a first cleanout tonight [boy that stuff is tuff to pan]
Overall a few specs and a few grams. Not bad for a days digging.
He told me about a nice spot he found and wanted to give it a workout with the h/banker.
How can you say no when a mate asks for some help....
Finished work early and took the 2 hour trip to Dozers place, jumped in his car and then drove 6 hours to Albury
It was raining all that week in Sydney but a few hours South was a different place
Up at 6AM the next morning and a quick 30min drive to "the spot" we set up the H/Banker and got to work
Dozer was in his element just feeding the machine with dirt.
Took the time to test pan every hour or so just to make sure something was showing up and then this showed up
Boy did that get us moving. Apparently thats considered a great size for the area.
We were fortunate enough to run into a nice local bloke called Allen who wasent short of great information about the area and the type of gold around. He pointed us towards some new areas for some slightly coarser gold and spent some time showing us some panning skills. A top bloke to bump into. He challenged us to a Highbanker Ho-down at a spot of his choice next time we're in town.[I'm up for that].
The Dozer at work
Doing what i do best....sitting down on the job.
When they told me that the place has "fine" gold they forgot to mention how fine it is. This place is perfect if you want to test out your panning and patience. Both of which i dont have...
Managed to do a first cleanout tonight [boy that stuff is tuff to pan]
Overall a few specs and a few grams. Not bad for a days digging.