ballarat

Hello! I'm Sal. Ballarat local of the last 12 years or so. Working at Sov Hill as a Mine Guide for a while sparked an interest in gold and history in Ballarat and recently I found a fondness for gemstones and other trinkets. No geology or history quals, very green in prospecting and...

Hey fellow swingers :P Went for a swing today "near Ballarat" that's a pretty popular place for detectorists. I didn't get any gold, just the usual cache of slugs, bottle tops and rusty iron but I struck up a chat with a local that's been to this spot many times. He said he always comes away...