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Hi Sarah, Great to meet you. Judging by what you’ve told us above, you’re going to be the one teaching us where, how and what to do. Your stats are pretty impressive. Please let us know how you go in Lightning Ridge. Hopefully it’s awesome! Cheers - Mr Tee

Afternoon Jaros, I was wondering if you had missed my question on your comment above? I’m a little stumped as to which zone you were referring to. Also “open to the public view day or night”…….? If you could, would you please give me a heads up about this. Thank you - Mr Tee

Great update Luke. Looks like you’ve had your share of hard times too. At least you have your priorities in the right place. Getaway home on wheels first, work and everything else……….well - kinda falls into place after that lol. At least you’ve got the drive and are still doing it! Good on you...

I disagree davsgold, I get a good read every month from the old GGT mag. Been flipping those pages since the early 90’s. Get a lot of great info and ideas, plus I find the history they provide super interesting. I still read that mag from end to end as soon as I get it. As mbasko has said...

Evening Jaros, Not sure what you’re referring to. Which zone? Do you mean just fossicking or detecting too? Public view? I’m a bit confused.

Hi grubstake, Just read that article. Super super cool. Used to drive under those arches every day going to work and back. Never knew about those appartments! They’re fantastic. As for the gold, I have no doubt there’s plenty in that river. All the creeks and other waterways that run into the...

Gidday again Kiwi, In Brissy, private properties apparently go right to the creek/rivers edge. Don’t quote me on that but I was told years ago when I got excited about this gold all over the place thingy. There are places; like public parks, public walkways and tracks you can do etc, (but not...

Hi Kiwi, It’s funny, about 29 years ago, when I was living up in Ipswich I went up to Blackbutt on a day trip, site-seeing. I walked up this old dried up creek and found a boulder sticking out of the bank. I stood on it and it came away leaving a neat hollow, the bottom of which was full of...

HiLux, thanks for the heads-up on the caps, very useful info. Cheers - Mr Tee

Hi Kiwi- where are you based and what are you targeting in your fossicking hunt?

Hi Luke, It’s been a year now. Just wondering how you’re getting on? Have you found your pot of gold yet? Also, did you manage to score a detector? Let us know how you’re doing if you can. Cheers - Mr Tee

I really enjoyed this whole forum Moneybox. It’s been a revelation for me, especially about the newer technologies on the market nowadays. I believe I’ll be focusing on my GPX5000 and forgetting about everything else Including others opinions on the differing machines out there. I bought the...

Hi again N60, found this on a website: Poolbrook" is private property on Frazers Creek that allows sapphire fossicking. It is open from 9am to 5pm on weekends, NSW school holidays and public holidays. The costs are $14 for adults & $6 for high school aged children - under 12 is free. You need...

Hi N60, If you want great sapphires head over to the Inverell area. I did a lot of fossicking in that area and got a lot of great stones. The best was a 38 carat blue sapphire. This was found at Poolbrook, just out of Inverell. Beautiful stone. I still have 122 carats of sapphire left from those...

That’s some great research you’ve done there HM. Makes for very interesting reading. Also gets me a little more excited about that area. I had no idea there’d been so much gold found in the Pratten region. I’ll have to do my own research and see what I can dig up. Once again, thank you for...

Thank you HM. Very much appreciated.

Welcome to PA Dr Mal, You certainty live in one of the better places for your new hobby, gold prospecting. Looks like you have a couple of good machines for the job too. We really look forward to hearing how you progress over the coming months. I would love to come down your way at some stage...

Hi Speedo, great to see you here on PA. I’m up in SEQ and find myself hours and hours from any gold or fossicking areas. However, I practice a lot in the parks and streets around town. It’s really amazing what you can find. I fill very large coffee jars full of my findings and give them away to...

Welcome aboard Anton. I’d love to go out with you at some stage. I’m actually upgrading my 80 series so I can be self sufficient wherever I get to go to. I’m on the GC so not too far away from you. Please let me know what and where you’re planning to go and do plus when; and I’ll see how I can...

I’d love a copy to get a background feel for the area. That’d be a real treasure. Thank you.