A Few Victorian Tiddlers

[jrbeatty]

Unfortunately, nothing much to brag about this winter . The weather, in sharp contrast to last year, was wet and miserable and all the properties targeted were under crop.

Anyway, enough excuses. Managed to scrounge an ounce reworking last years shallow leads which were now free of long grass, allowing the coil to run at least 4" closer to the ground.

The three rough bits were detected by Reg Wilson and I on an excursion to a patch of forest way out on the western edge of Victoria's gold bearing zone. The larger 5 gm piece (found first by Reg) got us excited but only had two more small companions. All found with the very latest QED which Howard graciously supplied for testing.

 

The unworked shallow lead discovered last year and I reworked this year. Reg and I recovered many ozs off it last year, including 19 and 53 gram pieces.

It begins at the small ironstone hill in the background and extends for well over a kilometre with the gold thinly scattered along its length.

 

 

Looking down the lead the other way. It runs directly down the centre of the image and (hopefully) beyond the distant tree line onto the next property currently under crop.

 

 

Detail of the rough 5 grammer:

 

 

 

 

[mn90403]

It is really good to see and hear from you guys again.  Nice looking gold.

Darn crops!  They keep you from your fun.

Mitchel

[beatup]

good going guys

[jrbeatty]

On ‎8‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 6:00 PM, kiwijw said:

Nice going guys. ? That last pic is almost like a map of Aussie.

Thanks Kiwi.

17 hours ago, mn90403 said:

It is really good to see and hear from you guys again.  Nice looking gold.

Darn crops!  They keep you from your fun

MN, I've decided to shift my prospecting time to March in order to pre-empt the darn things

Good to hear from you too!

11 hours ago, beatup said:

good going guys

Thanks Beatup, a bit disappointing but we did our best considering the circumstances.

Just as I was packing up to go home, the owner of the above sheep property told me he had just leased more acreage way further south, this time complete with old alluvial gold workings.

Something else to look forward to next year  

Here's a clearer shot of the tiddlers - I gave the bright clover shaped piece to the farmer. He loved it!

 

[fredmason]

Very nice tiddlers!  

My first trip to OZ I was certain all the gold was an ounce or more...When Ian and I went out that first evening he found a piece about 1/4 of a gram....

I think I insulted him with my exclamation "is that it?"....That opened my eyes to reality...

Fred

[jrbeatty]

11 hours ago, fredmason said:

My first trip to OZ I was certain all the gold was an ounce or more...

There's a bush ballad about that Fred, one of my favourites   

 

[fredmason]

the link says that is not available in my country....what is the name and singer, please?

fred

[jrbeatty]

Darn! Sorry Fred.

The ballad is called "With My Swag All On My Shoulder" and that rendition is by Warren Fahey, but it is a popular traditional song and many versions are available online, here at least- - -

PS: If you install a free VPN provider (such as Tunnelbear) you will automatically bypass all those silly international online restrictions

[Gerry in Idaho]

Wow, Now that is a pile of gold.  Fantastic finds and thanks for sharing.  I love seeing the varieties of character in each nugget.  Hats off to you two.

[jrbeatty]

Love that 22g specimen of yours Jerry  

Well done!