I lived i Burnie on the Northwest coast of Tassie in the mid 90s and worked with a bloke who did that.
It was the 1st time that I was exposed to prospecting.
Cheers Steve
Tom Massie from the US show "Gold Fever" visited Tasmania years ago at the invitation of V8 Supercar driver/Nascar Marcus Ambrose.
Ambros has the fever.
Full episode here;
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/nCRk6OMwcD0[/video]