madtuna

Yep, as a seller, if you get an inquiry and if they’ve just registered, the dead give away is when they ask “what’s your email”

Yep…imagine my horror when my land cruiser got a flat so I went to fit the spare from my Corolla and it wouldn’t fit!

Never buying a Toyota again! I just know they changed the size and stud pattern just to pi$$ me off.😃

Ouija board?😃

Thanks for the pics.
Cut my teeth at Hill End and the surrounding areas. My great great grandfather was the first doctor in Hill End back in the gold rush during the time of the Holterman nugget in a previous post. I always wonder if he got a chance to ogle it.

There is a hill in Hill End named Fischer’s Hill after him.

Yep Dave, I bought it second hand. It was 6 weeks old when I got it. The plastic is fine and most of that will scrub off. But yep, poking it under a lot of bushes plus pushing dirt and rocks across the top will scratch a coil in quick time.

My nugget finders, minelab, x-coils all look the same in short order. I don’t care what it looks like, I just care that is works and works it does!

The reason for the sale was it was a bucket list trip…done and dusted and the guy had a ball!

Photoshop before photoshop was invented. From what I understand it was cut up to get it out of the mine or something similar so the photo was actually dodged up

Was a pleasure to meet you both. Sorry the gold wasn’t a bit more forthcoming. Big mining tying up a lot of the productive spots now including new pits on a couple of my good patches grrrr!

Was good to meet you both this morning. Good luck out there and hopefully I’ll catch you out there!

I found a whole section from someone’s gob a bunch of years ago. You can see the very fine join where the two pieces lock together like a jigsaw puzzle.

This was from an old 1850’s gold field though not sure if they date to back then. The workmanship is brilliant.

On the underside you can still see parts of the teeth they locked over to hold them in place.

2nd last picture, is that the granites on Webo station Dave?

On 8/18/2022 at 8:14 AM, Jennifer said:

This is exactly why I don't even watch this rubbish and haven't for years..... Back in 2013 I was approached by the Gold Rush people about doing a (drama) filled female prospectors version and I couldn't say "Get stuffed" quick enough. Up until a month ago I use to own one of the only remaining hydraulic claims in British Columbia and the scenery was drop dead beautiful so I'd get hit all the time with this BS. (There are similar debunking videos for the boys up north but this was the first Aussie one I've seen).

We had a team from that show working on our station (left a complete mess btw) a producer wanted me to come screaming in, in my Perentie with my rifle and act like an irate pastoralist.

By all means give me a hoy if you do get down this way….you’ve been invited back a couple of times to the same place so you can’t be too much of a unit😀

On 3/17/2022 at 9:45 PM, Mick said:

Definitely work when working....

 

 

 

 

 

Today 26/4/22

5 hours ago, jasong said:

That would be the largest raw nugget ever found in Arizona to my knowledge if it's true and can be proven/verified. Bud Guthrie's Lost Basin 70+ ouncer had a lot of quartz in it, so I'm not sure that counts? Can anyone think of one larger? Lots of 20-30 ouncers but that is where history kinda stops to my knowledge. 

I'm curious just for the historic record, if there is some kind of definite proof and/or verification it was definitely found in AZ other than word of mouth? 

 

If you flip it over it has made in Arizona printed on the bottom.

Always get a buzz when I find a tektite. 
You’d be surprised how many walk right passed them mistaking them for roo poo. How you tell the difference is you put them in your mouth and if you dribble green stuff, it’s not a tektite.

Squeal piggy

1 hour ago, Jim_Alaska said:

Just wondering. He keeps talking about how many buckets they processed. Is it possible he actually had that many actual buckets? After all, back in those days buckets were metal, not plastic, that would have been a huge undertaking to get them all to a remote site. Not to even mention the huge cost of that many buckets.

I’d imagine they are counting buckets as they are pouring them into a bulk transport, ie Ute or truck bed. Not physically owning 200+ buckets

If or when WA does open, many parts will most likely be declared bio security risk areas and be locked off still. This will rule out large areas of the gold fields.

As much as I’d love to see it open and see my kids and grand kids, it’s not worth the risk at this stage. Laverton Hospital has  one ventilator.

7 hours ago, strick said:

A couple fake palm trees, beach recliner and drink of choice is all you need there and your good to go. Whats that little pool about? 

strick

The little pools mine and the pups…the big one for the grownups

That poor lady with the floaties down at Esperance beach this afternoon should have been detecting with one of those. The 3rd shark attack at that beach (that they know of)

That’s why the only swimming I do is in my pool!

15 hours ago, opalboy said:

It’s real possible their costs went up!

look around.

Yep….I bought a bag of apples last week and bugger me if they weren’t 80cents dearer than the bag I bought 2 weeks prior.

I checked and they weren’t upgraded apples, same colour, same shape, same taste and about the same amount and weight. Damn arrogant greedy apple farmers!

Small scale push and detect is very viable in WA and is relatively cheap. 
Pegging a lease is cheap as chips, under $1000 for 200 hectare. Put in a POW which I’d imagine is the same as your POO.
 

Usually takes well under 12 months, but as stated, while it’s pending it’s advertised on Tengraph and open to every man and his dog. That is not really a problem as it’s also open to you and you’re going to push it anyway to get hopefully what’s out of reach of ma and pa hobbiest.

I am continually amazed at people buying PL’s on FB and gumtree for ridiculous prices ie: $15000+ and most of these go up for sale only a few weeks after being granted.

5 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

Not to be a dick but what does all this have to do with the topic the poster put in place as to mining in California?

It may have strayed a bit off topic but a few aussies have commented in this thread, I was replying to one that was Aussie related but could just as well relate to mining in the US.

This forum is utilised by a whole host of different nationalities but if you wish us to reply to only aust related posts just say so.

9 hours ago, geof_junk said:

"may put others in danger. These should be fenced or barricade  off anyway."  has been change to .....

 "and areas that may put others in danger should be fenced or barricade  off anyway." 

meaning only dangerous areas that may injury prospectors, public, pastoral lease managers and staff as well as their stock but not Camels.😀  

As per your picture, the problem being is most like that date back to the early 1900’s or even earlier. Long since abandoned, so who is responsible for paying for and maintaining the fencing? Modern mining is more proactive and governed by OH&S.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if stupid people just used their brains and stayed away from such places, but we know that won’t happen.

A real problem in Vic is there are groups on FB and forums who actively search out and explore old shafts. The amount of stupids who read these posts and think that’s a great way to pass a Saturday, and it won’t be long before a tragedy or two happens and the powers that be won’t just fence off a shaft or two, they’ll lock the public out of whole swathes of good accessible prospecting ground.