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Metal Detecting for Gold
What To Look For On The Goldfields (New To Prospecting)
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 20872" data-attributes="member: 981"><p><strong>2. Patch</strong></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374898852_reef_on_hill.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374898550_patch.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374898776_nugget.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Photo 1. We see a reef line along the top of the low range. The reefs were a primary gold source, in this case a saddle reef. (these are common). I knew the gold was shedding down the slope towards a set of diggings behind where I took the photo.</p><p></p><p>Photo 2. By walking across the slope (left to right in the photo) I was looking for where the gold had run down. Remember, the old timers did not have detectors and had to loam from the diggings up to the saddle. We now loam electronically. I was especially interested in what I call 'kickers', that is flat spots on the slope with some vegetation - where the gold could get held up. Close to the top of the saddle there were several likely areas where I could reasonably expect (HOPE) gold had been trapped. In this case, the gold still had elements of the matrix attached (quartz specie) and was sharpish and angular. This tells me it has not travelled far (geological time). In this area I found four pieces close together and shallow - the ground was quiet and I was running an 11" DD on a 2200 - deep, both channels, fixed.</p><p></p><p>Photo 3. The gold - matrix, rough and they all looked the same. Just hovering on 1 gram. What do I do next? - start gridding from this point and then get a bigger coil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 20872, member: 981"] [B]2. Patch[/B] [IMG]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374898852_reef_on_hill.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374898550_patch.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374898776_nugget.jpg[/IMG] Photo 1. We see a reef line along the top of the low range. The reefs were a primary gold source, in this case a saddle reef. (these are common). I knew the gold was shedding down the slope towards a set of diggings behind where I took the photo. Photo 2. By walking across the slope (left to right in the photo) I was looking for where the gold had run down. Remember, the old timers did not have detectors and had to loam from the diggings up to the saddle. We now loam electronically. I was especially interested in what I call 'kickers', that is flat spots on the slope with some vegetation - where the gold could get held up. Close to the top of the saddle there were several likely areas where I could reasonably expect (HOPE) gold had been trapped. In this case, the gold still had elements of the matrix attached (quartz specie) and was sharpish and angular. This tells me it has not travelled far (geological time). In this area I found four pieces close together and shallow - the ground was quiet and I was running an 11" DD on a 2200 - deep, both channels, fixed. Photo 3. The gold - matrix, rough and they all looked the same. Just hovering on 1 gram. What do I do next? - start gridding from this point and then get a bigger coil. [/QUOTE]
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