⭐ Alluvial Show n Tell

[HeadsUp]

yes you also do the drop off after the crevice , right down to the bedrock and then suck out the cracks in the bottom too

check out this thread by Syndyne , look at the photos of a cleaned crevice . you know you left nothing behind when they look spotless like that

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=925

If you manage to move that big rock you might be accessing gold that has been building up with every flood for the last 140 years

 

[Outlander51]

I agree with you all.... I'm just going to keep on digging!

So this is a photo of the entire area before it was properly worked. Above the drop off you can see the untouched crevice as it was before I gutted it with my pick and shovel (previous picture). There's a boulder resting above it which I have yet to move and which you can also see in the previous picture. So my next plan of action is to dig all of the area from the far left of the picture all the way back to the edge of the drop off and all the way down to bedrock. I found good gold right against the edge of the drop off (where my pick is) and I'm wondering what you guys think in regards to how much the gold will deplete as I move left and whether it is worth the effort?? And also from the previous picture whether I should continue to dig further into the embankment behind the crevice??

 

[G0lddigg@]

why not dig it all as long as colour is showing up work it out

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Ok what I would do is big a trench two shovels wid agains the drop off all the way down. I would the take a cut one shovel wide and halh shovel deep across the back of the trench. I would process this dirt. Then go back one shovel width again so i have a ledge.. if the gold was still strong i would go another shovel width.. if i hit bedrock i would then dig another layer.. basiclly strip mine that spot in managable chunks.. keep tge "shelves seperate do you can find the gold layer or layers..

Only what i would do and i am sure others will have a better method

Good luck and i hope this keeps producing for you
Cheers,Tone

 

[HeadsUp]

Keep digging . Chase the colour , its a treat to get crevices like that so lap it up like the last ice cream on a summers day

before someone else finds it.

Digging and processing in sections is a good idea if possible as ten ounce tone mentioned above as it teaches you the where how and when of the factors that deposit gold there

When you improve your understanding , it speeds up the recovery rate when in the field

If it was me I would dig the lot , right down to bedrock and then sweep the base with a broom or hand brush , then suck any cracks with a yabby pump / crevicing pump

Doesn't matter if it takes 60 buckets . It's hard work mate but if you don't rescue that gold it's going to sit down in those cracks shivering in the cold and crying its little eyes out until somebody else comes along to do it 8.(

 

[HeadsUp]

One extra bit I forgot to mention , yes I would do test digging further up the embankment

The reason is that the flow would be slower there during floods and gold may have dropped out there in recent times ( recent means the previous few hundred years ) especially if trees and tree roots were impersonating riffles that day

Another factor is that 2000 years ago the river bed could have been 20 - 40 feet higher , so older bigger gold may be on or in the banks higher up

I am curious after looking at your photos if you are going to find bigger gold in the deepest part right in the centre of the river and finer gold closer to the sides ? . . .

The result will probably be a function of the crevice shape and depth in relation to the velocity and depth of water that has flowed through it

 

[Bushranger]

Results from two solid days at Nundle over the weekend!

Pretty happy with this considering.

 

[G0lddigg@]

some nice bits there bush ranger

 

[Bushranger]

some nice bits there bush ranger

Thanks! I'm only new to prospecting so finding anything is good enough for me! I just enjoy getting outside and exploring this amazing country of ours.

 

[G0lddigg@]

spot on thsts whst its all about

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Nice show there Bushy.. Anyone would be happy with that find.

Cheers, Tone

 

[mdv]

I recently dug out a small rock pool that was covered by a large rock. Moved the large rock (the rock underneath short shovel in 2nd image) and dug down about 60cm to bedrock, classifying to 1/2 inch and running through a MacKirk Grubstake. Came away with just on 2gm which is more than I usually get. Now need to expand the search area upstream/downstream and put through a larger quantity of dirt with my newly acquired Walbanker.

Largest picker is 0.33gm - I want to find its siblings!

 

[navieko]

That looks like one heck of a spot you got there mdv, beautiful looking stream and some real nice bits there!

 

[HeadsUp]

awesome spot . i could spend a month there without a problem and just move every rock and clean down to the bedrock as i went

is the first photo looking downstream or upstream ?

interesting to compare that river with somewhere like Shoalhaven or Turon , yours has large "fixed" rocks and accessible bedrock whereas the other two can have 2 metres - 6 metres of rock and gravel obscuring access to the bedrock.

i like yours better

do you have a detector to look upstream in case you can find the reef that the gold came from ?

keep in mind that the reef can sometimes be in the bottom of a river ,not just high up in the hills around it.

 

[G0lddigg@]

what a cracker of a spot mdv amazing what you can find when yiur preoared to do a kittke heavy lifting

 

[jimmydolittle]

This is all I found this summer.

 

[G0lddigg@]

Got out to creswick this morning for a few hours, Ive been following float gold up this gully for about 2 kms now, I nearly gave up on itdue to so much material being washed in from the flood but today Ifound a nice little crevis in the wall of a crevis right near the bend it was full of mud and these pickers. Came in at just on 0.84 g all up very happy with that for 2 hours digging, cant wait to continue up steam, I saw two quarts veins crumbled and intersecting the slate running across the creek.

 

[user 1769]

They look fairly worn, I'd say they've travelled some. Maybe there's a bit of ground upstream still.

 

[G0lddigg@]

There's plenty of ground to cover still, I'd say another km at least. I'm not convinced they are worn yet, gold around Creswick often comes out of Ironstone and looks nice and rounded when you chip it out of the iron. It is pretty much impossible to know as there are so many leads and deposits in the area time will tell i guess, maybe i should do a little hardrock mining on the quarts to sample

 

[Outlander51]

MDV. That's the type of place I'd like to wake up after dying. I'm sure there would be plenty of hidden crevices in there. Look forward to seeing your next expeditions haul to this heavenly place...