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  1. casper

    Carrying your kit

    drill a hole in the lip of the pan (if there is not one there already) hang it off your pack ....
  2. casper

    Mapping Program?

    I use AVENZA MAPS and email my placemakers to myself and open them in Google Earth - too easy :|
  3. casper

    Photos from the bush

    Rhyolite pipes, Gawler Ranges, South Australia
  4. casper

    Photos from the bush

    Victorian High Country
  5. casper

    Woods Point Victoria information and questions

    Rasberry Creek is an option and is readily accessible from the Woods Point Road - but be aware that fossicking is not permitted in the Delatite River, the Goulburn River and it's upper branches, Gaffneys Creek or Godfrey Creek that are also crossed by the Woods point Road . Good luck.
  6. casper

    Trilobite makes a huge difference!!

    I just paid mine ......... $11.99 subscription for VIC simple geology base map plus $11.99 for VIC gold overlay
  7. casper

    The Buckland Valley Gold Fields History

    Possibly it is the Welcome Reef Working Method: Shaft Type: Worked Vein Gold Ore: 1491t Gold: 32313gms Lat:-36.85283 Long: 146.86339
  8. casper

    The Buckland Valley Gold Fields History

    the explanation .... maybe Dr Penfolds celebrated Port Wine
  9. casper

    Mystery object.

    Wow! that's deep (thinking) ;)
  10. casper

    Australian History

    Cascade Brewery Hobart
  11. casper

    Victoria information and questions

    I have that edition - I bought it new when a teenager, 'tis well thumbed and a bit tatty now :) I think it was the last edition that was published by the Victorian Dept of Mines, it is now revised and published by Paoletti's Maps and Videos and still available
  12. casper

    Mystery object.

    I agree ......
  13. casper

    Looking for good spots around Maldon in Victoria

    yes, agree! - however Maldon would be easy to research online, and then there are gold diggings maps that the detector hire and sales places sell. The maps give you the diggings and gully names to research online thru TROVE newspaper research or GEOVIC. luck happens when preparation (research...
  14. casper

    Panning

    tap and back wash - never swirl
  15. casper

    Earthquakes and gold

    nup - north of Rawson
  16. casper

    Stamper Batteries

    Sovereign Hill Ballarat has a working battery, other than that there are 6 remaining State Batteries in Victoria but I don't know if any are still working - they are Creswick, Maldon, Wedderburn, Rutherglen, Bright and Mt Egerton.
  17. casper

    27mhz CB radio with Sideband 40 channel wanted please

    Check out this link.... https://www.gccomm.com.au/collections/27mhz-radios-and-antennas/products/tx2720-4-watt-27mhz-am-cb-radio I have no connection other than being a satisfied customer.
  18. casper

    27mhz CB radio with Sideband 40 channel wanted please

    I had a Johnson Viking too!, running into K40 boot mounted whip - a great combo. Sold it to a Wimmera wheat farmer 8.(
  19. casper

    Panning techniques and a few other questions?

    I am a fan of "drop riffle" sluices (I have a couple of MacKirks) and the black pan being discussed works similarly, and that's why I have one of them too! Part of my panning method is frequent sharp tapping whilst fluidizing and agitating to assist stratification of the washdirt. The tapping...
  20. casper

    Panning techniques and a few other questions?

    ....with respect if you meant that "The water has no bearing on the SG of gold" then I think you have contradicted your opening comment by your description of how wet gravity concentration works peace
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