Andyy Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Woohoo!!! You're starting to build up some steam, now. Andyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 I like most people who detect have a pocket full of bbs. I haven't been able to get on a location where more than one nugget has been missed. Early on when I got here the idea and practice of targeting such small gold was not my object. I wanted to find the bigger, deeper targets. I still do but that is an 'easy idea' and a difficult thing to accomplish. That is the Holy Grail of the Golden Triangle. It might get you here but those pieces are reserved for extreme luck or superior research. I've had to go for a few bread and butter stops. Headed for the big city tonight. Ballarat here I come. I don't think I'm going to make time for the Sovereign Hill. I might trade it for one of my unproductive days! https://www.sovereignhill.com.au/sovereign-hill/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AussieDigs Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Thats how some snake familys travel Simon. Snake within a snake within a snake! Mitch, do be aware though, ‘Joe Blakes’ are still getting about. And if you see any of our lizards, dont stand still. They’l use you like a tree! https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/goanna-attacks-queensland-man-then-turns-on-paramedic-who-came-to-help-20190214-p50xor.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent King Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, phrunt said: Here you go Mitchel, go find yourself a meteor while you're at it ? https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/victorians-south-australians-share-footage-of-suspected-meteor/news-story/74ddeb23faadb5287de1d7f3c89abda0 Just landed last night. Not much point looking for it when they belong to the state, Aussies struggle to get the required permits, no hope in hell of a yank being allowed to take one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 18 hours ago, fredmason said: EXCELLENT!!!! keep them coming, MItchel. how many days left? fred Fred, I have 7 prospecting days left. Today I played tourist after a bit of detecting in the morning. I went to Sovereign Hill. I'm certainly glad I didn't miss it. Reg had said to go before I got here and mentioned it again in the first couple of days. I thought to myself, 'I'm a gold hunter, I can't take time to be doing something like that.' Changing my mind was one of the best things I've done on this trip or any other and I've been to Asia, Europe, North America and now Australia. I wasn't prepared for how well it was done. I was sending pictures back home and they were saying 'Are they filming a movie there?' I felt like I was on a movie set but better. All of the actors were acting as if they were back in the 1850s and 60s. It was a we do this and we do that and they interacted with each other according to their character. Of course they were all dressed in period costumes. One of my 15 minute tours was 'The Diggings' tour which explained all the fees the miners had to pay when they got here. It also gave a bit of slice of life if you were panning with or without a license and the law which was more like our bounty hunters. The law got money for busting you and no one could object. At the time this was still a British colony. I took a women of the gold town tour that explained the life of a married woman vs a non-married which included divorced and widowed. Many of the women had to dress as men and so they did and they ended up having stores and mines. Another tour I took was about the treatment of the Chinese. We all know the Chinese miners were not equal in the Mother Lode. The same was true here. They had to stay apart from the Europeans and have their own protection. Thieves and pickpockets were everywhere in the Ballarat camp. There would be 6 living in a single tent if you had not found gold and those that had something still stayed in a tent. The Chinese Traditional Medicine in the camp was better than the European medicine or doctors because they had training. They had some of their traditional meds and also used acupuncture. There are a couple of mine tours there and I went on one. It was the most 'generic' thing I saw today. The buildings are maintained as those of the day. A stage coach with 4 big draft horses goes around several times during the day. The stamp was working. There was a panning stream set up. They had a gold pour! This was a good time for me to see the attraction. It means more now that I've been out there for two weeks. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Ok, now for the remainder of the trip. Where do I hunt tomorrow? I'm in Ballarat for the night and I will make reservations soon for someplace near Maryborough because I have an appointment there on Friday. I want to see Blackwood the first thing in the morning but I don't know about the detectable gold around there. After my tour today I drove up to Creswick to try and find a random spot but it was without diggings. All I got was a few more scratches on the car. Will they polish out? I'm staying at a very nice place tonight. The last couple of nights in Maryborough were the most uncomfortable of the trip. The room was tiny. Oh, I also figured out something today about detecting. I couldn't quite hear and/or understand some of the speakers. You know they have an accent. And then I realized why I can't understand the nuggets here!!!! Heaven help me if I go to New Zealand one year. I won't know what a nugget sounds like there either! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 I've since looked on the map and I was on the east side of Creswick Regional Park and the diggings are more to the western part of that park ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 What a truly great adventure you're having! All the best, and thanks for the updates, the pictures, and the write-ups about what you're experiencing, Lanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Time to get out the door. It is still dark. I just wish I had a bit more color. Location, location, location! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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