First bit of Gold Detecting

[My Touring Adventures]

Hi Every one
So I joined mid last year, but don`t have a lot of time to dedicate to finding gold.
Had a little bit sluicing on the Shoalhaven river, with minimal results ( a few specs )
Been to Wattle flats, Sofala, Hill End to try still no good
So early January I was down in Victoria Bendigo & Beechworth Better
Got my first little picker with my SDC2300 going 0.09 of a gram ( it`s a Start )
+ about the same with the sluice 10” gold rat in Beechworth


Hopping to get back soon to give it another go
David

 

[kiwifred]

Awesome....... best of luck with it David

 

[Diggly]

Where on the shoalhaven did you go? It's almost impossible to not get gold panning/sluicing at Oallen Ford. But its really fine gold and you have to deal with black sand as well so careful panning off the last bit. I've also detected there but very frustrating with how much junk is there.

 

[My Touring Adventures]

Where on the shoalhaven did you go? It's almost impossible to not get gold panning/sluicing at Oallen Ford. But its really fine gold and you have to deal with black sand as well so careful panning off the last bit. I've also detected there but very frustrating with how much junk is there.

Hi Diggly:
I was at the Oallen Ford.
I have been there twice now, first time was just below the rappers on the south side of the bridge, working a few cracks between the rocks.
& the slightly better score was on just on the north side of the bridge work a cut out of sand & pebbles just above the bedrock, I got a about 50 specks of fine gold

 

[My Touring Adventures]

Where on the shoalhaven did you go? It's almost impossible to not get gold panning/sluicing at Oallen Ford. But its really fine gold and you have to deal with black sand as well so careful panning off the last bit. I've also detected there but very frustrating with how much junk is there.

I have sliced around the red area ( to the right of your yellow area in the middle, same as you fined the clay & follow it .
The purple is where I have seen people digging & taking it away to process

Good luck on the trip to Victoria

I have been to Victoria twice for minimum of 7 day each time. Spent a few days at Beachworth Sluicing
& Bendigo detecting got my first picker 0.09g not much else