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Pretty sure they sell them at anaconda, couldnt hurt to try. Be a good experiment to do over a tub, put say 20 flakes of gold into some dirt and see where it ends up when you collapse the bucket??

Better to lure it out then block the hole than try and remove it by force. Banana is a good lure, the browner the better. Possums will fight over and steal nests when territory overlaps so itd be a good idea to evict it from your roof sooner than later before it gets too settled. Also a good...

Best guess would be a hitch or maybe as AF said a release for something. Maybe from gear attached to a vehicle?

Which bank were you on Goldfreak? I know the spot in question well and yes it has been prospected many times by many people over many many years. By the bridge is a popular swimming hole so if you were more than 40m away from it and on the farm side of the river (not the national park side)...

The sort that is autonomous, powered by co2 from the air, can pinpoint gold to 1mm accuracy, has an electromagnet tuned to only gold, inbuilt shovel to backfill, gps guided to run a search grid then return and deposit all finds. Also doubles as a foot and back massager in the evenings :P :lol: :lol:

Yep plenty of crocs in the far north, this is their natural habitat after all. Most likely that pic is a mating pair, males dont take to rivals in their stretch of river too well.

Nice country though, remember spending many great family picnics at the pines feeding the woodfired bbqs :D

Cheers Simmo for letting everyone know about it and to Dustin for putting it together! Bring on the Prospecting Australia Party, then at least (and im sure im not alone here) when voting Id feel like im voting for something I believe in and not just a generic bunch of suits somewhere in...

Cheers Simmo, hopefully something good will come of it.. Just curiously, who setup that survey? TGW.

Sorry to hear that bud but glad youre on the mend now! Might be time to pull out that "*****" shirt of yours ]:D you know the one I mean :lol: :lol:

Good stuff mate, something you can polish now!

It depends a bit on how tall you are too, I started with a long one then added a short nozzle to it. Im average height about 5'9" so that was an okay height for me. After a few creeks that had holes too deep or water too deep in some cases I decided to make a longer attachment for it which...

Is it magnetic? If not possibly lead or manganese depending on the hardness.

Gday Dools, good to see another new prospector to the far north! Welcome to the forum for all things prospecting, you should have no trouble finding info on here and if you cant find it just ask and we'll try and help. PS Keep an eye out for the next meeting up here, we try and have it every...

Too right OP, One of the top 5 alluvial fields in Nth Qld overlaps a portion of what was once a ww2 mortar and sea mine testing range. Thankfully its heavy jungle so not a major threat to accidents. On the ranges other side is a former jungle warfare training grounds complete with airstrip. The...

Not sure ben, maybe topaz, zircon, garnet or citrine... best way to narrow things would be a hardness test. Try scratching one piece with quartz which is 7 on the mohs scale, if it leaves a lasting mark then its softer than quartz if not its harder. If it leaves no mark then its about equal...

Welcome to the forum, theres plenty of info on here about cairns and surrounding areas and a few of us that can probably help you with specific stuff. Take care on the maytown - Laura track, its a bit rough out there. Take at least one other vehicle with you, its a long ways to get help if...

Sounds like another one to add to the bookcase!

Love an early morning history lesson B5Mech ! Have spent the last couple of hours trying to find a timeline for you. The sketch itself seems to date from between 1841 and 1875. Its hard to be more specific as the colonial buildings of circular quay have mostly dissappeared. The presence of...

Cheers mate, I get a new one every so often. Especially when shes stuck for gift ideas, last one was the stubby Brend hunting knife. Be nice to have some older blades for the collection though, blades with some history to them :D