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Plumbers and roadcrew did well around Dunolly over the years too...
Yeah, yeah, it was nowhere down south at all ! :/kemjak57 said:I think that was in Weipa.DrDuck said:I don't remember if it was on this forum or another one, but some years ago there was a story of some grader drivers who struck it rich in Queensland during a routine job.
Phoenix76 said:It's a very interesting topic. I believe that you can fossick, if that's the right description, along the sides of the road and cuttings. But you are NOT allowed to dig or otherwise interfere with the road edges.
The other interesting thing is, when they do roads, especially unsealed ones out in the bush, they get their base from wherever it is available. By that I mean, they get it from their depots, but the depots can get it from anywhere. You often find lots of quartz in road building, and just like Mandissa, never know what you will find. Also a good chance of picking up some good gemstone samples as well.
Cheers
Bill
Mandissa said:Hmmm , I keep driving past quarts in sides of roads in local area , new road works that scrape the batters , ect ect , been prob exposed for years so I always thought if there was gold in it , it would be picked at ect. ,,,, , yet I took a random small sample and crushed it for fun !!!! 2 small specs , So. , is there gold exposed and we just ignore it and think the old timers got it all ! , Just makes me wonder each time I drive past exposed Quartz in sides of road in old gold areas , After the bushfires we had a lot of land slips and they exposed quarts , Could they have undiscovered gold
Hunting the yellow said:a lot of gold was found when they we're building the roads around the golden triangle sadly most of it is now under that sticky black stuff hahaha but yes its a good idea to check road cuttings and railway cuttings but watch for trains. ohh but just don't check airports hahaha.
tailormarc said:sorry guys, this piece i had turned out to be pyrite. I will go back and sample a few more bits as the guy who tested said there is all the ingregients there for gold
Phoenix76 said:It's a very interesting topic. I believe that you can fossick, if that's the right description, along the sides of the road and cuttings. But you are NOT allowed to dig or otherwise interfere with the road edges.
The other interesting thing is, when they do roads, especially unsealed ones out in the bush, they get their base from wherever it is available. By that I mean, they get it from their depots, but the depots can get it from anywhere. You often find lots of quartz in road building, and just like Mandissa, never know what you will find. Also a good chance of picking up some good gemstone samples as well.
Cheers
Bill
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