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Your images show an unused road enclosure. Where these fall within a larger rural property they are used by the landholder, mostly via a...

Hi Guys, just a question, can you detect for gold on the edge of a road? Also I have noticed on maps that there are areas shown as roads...

Haven't posted my finds for a bit but just got back from my first trip since moving to WA. Not too bad for 4 days swinging. :)

Some more bits from some likely looking hot rocks/ore. Like to know where it's coming from.

Another couple of bits for the 5000. 5.85 gm all up. 15” NF Evo.

True Grubby, but those bloody old timers didn't leave much at all. The shot ratio was horrendous, but you have to dig it. It amazes me...

I like the look of those heaps - gently sloping ground, shallow diggings, no evidence of recent raking/scraping/excavating. I'm...

I would like to express my thanks to the organisers and members of this site for the helpful, informative, no BS answers to my...

It was common practice for the miners to fire off a musket every evening. They kept their muskets loaded at all times and apparently...

Depending on the type of ants. In this case they were grease ants they would not touch the sugar / glucose mix at all. i used a sieve to...

☝️The musket balls i found were on that western slope near town . Apprenty they let one off shot every evening at around Sundown i`m not...

☝️caught out on edit / spell check time right on 2hours. Such is Life.

the good old cheap brand white vinegar works well for rust like that i use it constantly for cleaning badly or rusted railway spikes...

Getting back to cleaning the lock. I swear by Grubstakes method. Immerse in molasses and check after a couple of weeks. If not clean...