Size of.... old timer reports

[XIV]

I was scrolling through trove the other day.
Got to thinking.
1 penny weight.. what is that in grams. 1.5gm?
Also what was the size of a tub.
It reported 2-3 penny weights to the tub.
Are they the size of a 44gallon drum or what
Any ideas on this?

 

[cracka]

Hey XIV, heres a link to wiki penny weight. I didnt actually realise a penny weight was the weight of an english penny and grains were wheat grains weight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyweight
Heres some info
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=17206

From that info-
The fellas used a standard to determine how rich a 'lead' or a new goldfield's potential could be so they started to use the amount of gold recovered from the amount of wash dirt dug.
-
"A bucket of wash-dirt.
A tub held 4 to 6 buckets of wash-dirt.
A load held 30 buckets of wash-dirt.

I can't post a link yet but if you search for gold SBS you can see a print that goldfields artist S.T.Gill painted of a gold digger using a tub to 'wash' his wash-dirt."

Hope this helps out.

Cracka.

 

[kawman]

https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=c...ssl#q=how+many+grams+to+a+pennyweight+of+gold

 

[XIV]

https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=c...ssl#q=how+many+grams+to+a+pennyweight+of+gold

So I was close at 1.5gm

 

[XIV]

Hey XIV, heres a link to wiki penny weight. I didnt actually realise a penny weight was the weight of an english penny and grains were wheat grains weight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyweight
Heres some info
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=17206

From that info-
The fellas used a standard to determine how rich a 'lead' or a new goldfield's potential could be so they started to use the amount of gold recovered from the amount of wash dirt dug.
-
"A bucket of wash-dirt.
A tub held 4 to 6 buckets of wash-dirt.
A load held 30 buckets of wash-dirt.

I can't post a link yet but if you search for gold SBS you can see a print that goldfields artist S.T.Gill painted of a gold digger using a tub to 'wash' his wash-dirt."

Hope this helps out.

Cracka.

Thanks bud.
3 trips out there just panning a few hours each time has pulled out 3.52gm
So 2-3 penny weights to the tub at 6 buckets.
I've done about 8-10 buckets all up.

 

[casper]

https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=c...ssl#q=how+many+grams+to+a+pennyweight+of+gold

So I was close at 1.5gm

...... bloody close, a light finger on the scale could make it correct not that anyone has ever done that of course

 

[casper]

Hey XIV, heres a link to wiki penny weight. I didnt actually realise a penny weight was the weight of an english penny and grains were wheat grains weight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyweight
Heres some info
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=17206

From that info-
The fellas used a standard to determine how rich a 'lead' or a new goldfield's potential could be so they started to use the amount of gold recovered from the amount of wash dirt dug.
-
"A bucket of wash-dirt.
A tub held 4 to 6 buckets of wash-dirt.
A load held 30 buckets of wash-dirt.

I can't post a link yet but if you search for gold SBS you can see a print that goldfields artist S.T.Gill painted of a gold digger using a tub to 'wash' his wash-dirt."

Hope this helps out.

Cracka.

Brilliant topic....! I often read of xxxx dwts or ozs to the dish I now wonder how many dishes to a bucket?

casper

 

[Jon]

5 taps to answer this :lol: but I'll add, what people today call nuggets the oldies called colours or fine gold :lol: and I personally agree. A .01 called a nugget :lol: :lol: seriously, that is hilarious. Its like a pebble being called a rock, or a rock called a boulder. Stupid sooky poops world we now live in, every one is now a winner. "You came fifth?" Nope, here,s your participant medal , your a winner too! Load of dribble, .1 etc is a speck. "Whoo hoo I got 10 nuggets" What did they come in at? ".9!" :lol: No knock, golds gold and all good, job well done, seriously. But don't call a grain of sand a stone let alone a rock. The old timers would have been in fits :lol: :lol: (took 20 mins to tap this out) :lol:

 

[casper]

5 taps to answer this :lol: but I'll add, what people today call nuggets the oldies called colours or fine gold :lol: and I personally agree. A .01 called a nugget :lol: :lol: seriously, that is hilarious. Its like a pebble being called a rock, or a rock called a boulder. Stupid sooky poops world we now live in, every one is now a winner. "You came fifth?" Nope, here,s your participant medal , your a winner too! Load of dribble, .1 etc is a speck. "Whoo hoo I got 10 nuggets" What did they come in at? ".9!" :lol: No knock, golds gold and all good, job well done, seriously. But don't call a grain of sand a stone let alone a rock. The old timers would have been in fits :lol: :lol: (took 20 mins to tap this out) :lol:

Yup! - you an' me are on the same page - if you have a look back a few years at my old posts and you'll find a similar comment. The ol' timers basically referred to colour and nuggets (even pickers are colour!) and back then nuggets required one hand (potato size) or two hands to pick them up or if extremely lucky 2 or more able bodied men

"Colour" was described variously as shotty, flake, wheat or mustard (last two referred size compared the seed referenced too) or flour...

casper