tinpan
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Hi all been working 2 jobs lately so i have not had to post.Well last wekend i lent a GpX 4500 minelab and headed out to place in the Local Whipstick Forrest. In recent months theres been some good gold finds in the old diggings at the North end.The place has Mallee Scrub regrowth and its quite had work to get into these old digging and theres also March Flies bite like hell.
Well i been to the spot before and had little luck but the gpx makes a big difference.With heep of extra depth and a borrowed coil from a friend i did quite well.The under-growth is so thick that in 1852 when gold first found at this spot , it took the gold-miners 12 years to cut their way threw the forrest.
Most of the gold diggings are clear of vegitation but hard to locate.
4 trips to the site has been a good start. first i have 2 nuggets to about 4 ozs but full of ironstone and quartz and i also have my first Colonial British Gold Trooper buckle and a nice Welsh type 2 piece button.
I copped a few March fly bites too, dam sting like a wasp.Blood suckers Heres a pics of finds and will post site pics later in the week. .
tinpan
Well i been to the spot before and had little luck but the gpx makes a big difference.With heep of extra depth and a borrowed coil from a friend i did quite well.The under-growth is so thick that in 1852 when gold first found at this spot , it took the gold-miners 12 years to cut their way threw the forrest.
Most of the gold diggings are clear of vegitation but hard to locate.
4 trips to the site has been a good start. first i have 2 nuggets to about 4 ozs but full of ironstone and quartz and i also have my first Colonial British Gold Trooper buckle and a nice Welsh type 2 piece button.
I copped a few March fly bites too, dam sting like a wasp.Blood suckers Heres a pics of finds and will post site pics later in the week. .
tinpan
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