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What To Look For On The Goldfields (New To Prospecting)
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 20990" data-attributes="member: 981"><p><strong>4. Surfacing</strong></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374927616_surfacing.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I had a question asked earlier today as to 'what is surfacing'? On some gold maps certain areas are marked as 'surfacing'. I have scratched around my picture gallery and this is the best I can do. I took the photo of the sign, but in the background, you can see surfacing. That red ground is all that is left from the old timers - its actually bedrock. So, what is surfacing? Today, when we find a patch, we detect the area by a process of gridding and raking and search in a pattern. The old timers did not have the same luxury and had to dig an area out by hand. Generally they were onto an area that was nuggety, that is gold close to or on the surface. They then dug the whole area out to bedrock and took the gravels they had found to be washed. Surfacing is a very good sign that good gold was found. Where do we look? Around the edges where the surfacing stops, any stands of trees that may be in the surfaced area - why these remain - who knows - shade, duffer spot, edge of claim etc. Also the actual bedrock area with a smaller coil. A note though - surfacing may be hard to find and some of the areas are quite small. Also, some bulldozed/pushed areas have a surfaced look about them as well. Once you know what you are looking at you will be mazed - these were dug by hand. If you are ever at Moliagul Victoria where this area is, there are acres of surfacing to search. There is a thrill pinging gold around this historic area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 20990, member: 981"] [B]4. Surfacing[/B] [IMG]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1374927616_surfacing.jpg[/IMG] I had a question asked earlier today as to 'what is surfacing'? On some gold maps certain areas are marked as 'surfacing'. I have scratched around my picture gallery and this is the best I can do. I took the photo of the sign, but in the background, you can see surfacing. That red ground is all that is left from the old timers - its actually bedrock. So, what is surfacing? Today, when we find a patch, we detect the area by a process of gridding and raking and search in a pattern. The old timers did not have the same luxury and had to dig an area out by hand. Generally they were onto an area that was nuggety, that is gold close to or on the surface. They then dug the whole area out to bedrock and took the gravels they had found to be washed. Surfacing is a very good sign that good gold was found. Where do we look? Around the edges where the surfacing stops, any stands of trees that may be in the surfaced area - why these remain - who knows - shade, duffer spot, edge of claim etc. Also the actual bedrock area with a smaller coil. A note though - surfacing may be hard to find and some of the areas are quite small. Also, some bulldozed/pushed areas have a surfaced look about them as well. Once you know what you are looking at you will be mazed - these were dug by hand. If you are ever at Moliagul Victoria where this area is, there are acres of surfacing to search. There is a thrill pinging gold around this historic area. [/QUOTE]
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