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    Walcha area detecting

    Hi All Recently i was detecting in a area west of Walca in NSW where gold was discovered and mined by the Chinese. The gully is named Chinamans Gully I was wondering if the gold source is from that formation. Edit:Giving info on areas will have it torn to pieces. Try and keep it to...
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    Bogie area bowen

    Hi all Currently working on a property at Bogie, west of Bowen in north qld. MT Carlton gold project is just 10 klm up the road. Property owner had extensive drilling test done some years back. We went for a swing and had one target but ran out of daylight. Will head back another day. Dug down...
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    Talgai at Pratten

    Hi Panter, Im currently at Pittsworth so its only a 20 minute drive. I know the area really well as I help set up some of the infrastructure quite a few years back. We washed about 20 tons of material using the old truck thats still there. From memory we managed to get about 4 oz with a few...
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    Talgai at Pratten

    Hi All, Im heading to Pratten and would like to get my hands on a map of the areas mine shafts up at Big Hill. I spent quite a bit of time up there in the 80,s with a guy setting up a wash plant and crushing plant but never got to see it up and running. Now have a 4500 and plan to spend a bit...
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    Lead bar found

    Trying gravity test. Bar mesures .135mm x .55mm x .37mm = .0002747 That would be 275 qubic millimeters im guessing Lead weighs 11.342 grams per qubic centimeter Thats as far as my eq goes lol
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    Lead bar found

    Thanks all for your help. Will try something else. I did drill a hole in it when i found it. Just looks like lead inside. Will keep you all in touch. Cheers
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    Lead bar found

    Had it in the hydrochloric acid for over an hour now. Not doing much
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    Lead bar found

    Hi Quite a few years back I found a lead bar in the ground on a concreting job I was preparing. I was told that the room was where they stored the gold in the early days. I have kept the bar that looks like lead as a door stop. Just wondering how I can melt it gown and see if it contains any...
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    Kalgoorlie WA Western Australia information and questions

    Yer I see that. It will amount to about $160 per day. Im guessing thats about $20 per hour. Thats fair enough I guess. I would want the same. Might check it out, depends what it is. i have to fit in with my job. Thanks for your reply
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    Kalgoorlie WA Western Australia information and questions

    Sorry about the detection subject, darn spell check, lol
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    Kalgoorlie WA Western Australia information and questions

    Hi All, Would anyone here in Kal be willing to take me out for a lesson or two. I have my own 4500 minelab and a 4x4. Willing to pay.
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    Dug to bedrock

    I used a yabbie pump to get the colour out of the crevices when most of the rocks have been removed
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    Majestic reserve

    Anyone had any results at majestic reserve out of Kalgoorlie at all
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    What To Look For On The Goldfields (New To Prospecting)

    Im currently operating a loader in the Cunderdin area on a farm, pulling rocks out of the paddocks with a loader. Some are granite, quartz and ironstone. Whats the chance of any gold in this area?
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    Traveling Builder & Machinery Operator

    Currently working on a farm in the Cunderdin area, picking up rock out of the paddocks with a front end loader. Interesting quartz and ir0nstone rock. Wondering if there is a chance of gold in this area
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    Traveling Builder & Machinery Operator

    Yer there seems to be plenty there. Hoping to find somewhere cheap to park up, preferably with power
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    cellar find

    Some years back I was engaged to concrete an historic cellar floor room on an old stone building on the Darling Downs. Task was to dig out about .200mm of soil and mud from an old cellar under the building. One day while having smoko the owner asked if I found any gold yet as it was stored in...
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    Traveling Builder & Machinery Operator

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    Traveling Builder & Machinery Operator

    Hi Macca, Thanks. It would be good if we didnt have to work but I would get bored, spend all day on facebook and drink too much beer. Cheers
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    Traveling Builder & Machinery Operator

    Hi All We are from Qld and finally in WA assisting with the seeding. Hoping to do a spot of detecting after planting is finished around may. Off to purchase a 4500 soon. We live permanently in our Scania bus. Aim is to pick up part time work in Kal or further east operating machinery in the...
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