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Dave's Office reacted to sand surfer's post in the thread What do you do with all the fishing sinkers you find? with
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same here flatlander ,give them to a few mates that fish and get some flathead in return sometimes -
That black stuff will be some form of ironstone, which is often found in close association with gold, hence my use of the term...
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Yeah I think I'm there at the moment. I went out yesterday for a couple of hours and disturbed a bit of dirt on our mining lease. Mrs...
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Dave's Office reacted to grubstake's post in the thread Missing Prospectors & other Persons (WA) Western Australia with Like.
Plumridge Lakes is middle of nowhere country in the Great Victoria Desert, east of Laverton. A big belt of rain passed over that way in...
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Dave's Office reacted to Moneybox's post in the thread Missing Prospectors & other Persons (WA) Western Australia with Like.
This is new. I just received a message on my phone.
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Dave's Office reacted to grubstake's post in the thread Petrified wood - some with quartz with Like.
Yes, they're the local experts - photos always leave room for doubt compared to first-hand, knowledgeable eyes.
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Dave's Office reacted to Hawkear's post in the thread Large (?) amount of mercury found in Reedy Creek Victoria with Like.
Interesting to mention Goulburn as there is a mercury mine in the upper reaches of the river in a tributary Quicksilver Creek near...
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Dave's Office reacted to grubstake's post in the thread What do you do with all the fishing sinkers you find? with Like.
That's impressive! I never let it build up like that. By the time I'd accumulated a couple of handfuls, I'd just give them away to the...
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Dave's Office reacted to retirement stone's post in the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell with Like.
Yeah I had to get my sons to help decipher it! One day a soverign will turn up cause people are conditioned to not dig rubbish signals...
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Sometimes they are that lazy they leave their pick! The hole was full of lead shot or maybe the lead shot was hiding something bigger...
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Dave's Office reacted to retirement stone's post in the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell with Like.
Thank you mate. It never come easy. Effort equals reward. What I have learnt over the years is people are lazy. I have found plenty of...
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For a couple of days on old ground, I think you did rather well - that's nice gold! A promising start to the year, I reckon. 👍
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Dave's Office reacted to retirement stone's post in the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell with Like.
A quick 2 day trip to NSW Central West, going over old ground. Its still in the ground just a lot of dirt, lead and rust between it! (I...
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Dave's Office reacted to retirement stone's post in the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell with Like.
That is magical to find something so promising and untouched. Good luck, the cooler weather will be with us soon enough!
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As you are probably aware, Castlemaine was a very rich goldfield, so assuming this highly mineralised chunk of quartz came from there...