⭐ Alluvial Show n Tell

[G0lddigg@]

Hey Redmanti
google "Chlorite clay" and "ferromagnesian minerals" for some not so light reading

Sometimes the green clay can be decomposed slate or in some cases like here in Ballarat it can be a concentration of arsenic from previous ore processing. Gold bearing ore quite often goes hand in hand with arsenic and once washed back into the creeks this stuff tends to stick to the bottom and stain the pipe clay. gloves are always a good idea when dealing with this stuff.

 

[G0lddigg@]

Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

 

[Gold689]

Wow Nice Gold Joe where's the drooling sign please Gold fever way up the scale, many thanks for the pic Joe

What got me itching , was the gold rush show last night B it's bad when the fever hits know the feeling mate

YEAH,, Know exactly how it feels Hopefully you'll get to it before the flash flood take it away

 

[joe]

What would be your biggest picker there Joe?

0.34g K98

 

[joe]

Very nice and chunky looking Joe.

Thanks Goerge I was told that the Ikea cupboard you were putting together had in build sluice I needed a Dozer on Sunday lol

 

[joe]

What's green clay? If you don't mind me asking?

So you used a small scale puddler then put it through the Highbanker?

That would also work at Wee Jasper.

Did you have to transport the clay far to the creek for the HB?

I think Golddigg explained it well, although I'm not too sure about arsenic that would made me really sick by now. No gloves , forgot and no puddler as I wasn't ready for clay. Just my hands in a jet inside the HBs hopper. No transport hose was long enough.

 

[joe]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/357/1386552454_crevis.jpg

Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

Nice photo there mate, I can never get my camera to do what I need

 

[joe]

Very nice colour Joe, hope the other bucket has the same.

I wish Heatho, but that's not going to happen, reason why I have moved first place

 

[Teemore]

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Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

Hi GD
Nice work, assume with your Highbanker? Always nice to know there's still a bit around.
Does this style of ground look familiar, washed away bank seems to be exposing earlier wash/sluicing debris now covered with a foot or so of dirt (bank was washed away and seems to have been helped along a bit).
Cheers Tom

 

[G0lddigg@]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/357/1386552454_crevis.jpg

Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

Nice photo there mate, I can never get my camera to do what I need

mate I got the new Samsung s4 a while back, this is straight from the phone its a 16 megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom I couldn't be happier. the iphone looks like a toy in comparison

 

[G0lddigg@]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/357/1386552454_crevis.jpg
Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

Hi GD
Nice work, assume with your Highbanker? Always nice to know there's still a bit around.
Does this style of ground look familiar, washed away bank seems to be exposing earlier wash/sluicing debris now covered with a foot or so of dirt (bank was washed away and seems to have been helped along a bit).
Cheers Tom

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1375/1386585439_mpg3.jpeg

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1375/1386585939_mpg1.jpeg

hey Teemore
spot on the old highbanker mostly accept when there's been a bit of rain Ive run the mud through my little backpack sluice after breaking it down by hand.

That ground looks very familiar, much like Creswick Regional Park or magpie lead, when i see this kind of bank exposed i'm looking for any signs of mineralization like a nice thick layer of bronze or red have you pulled any gold from that area ? bet there's super fines in the top layer of that clay

 

[Goldpick]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/357/1386552454_crevis.jpg

Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

Nice photo there mate, I can never get my camera to do what I need

mate I got the new Samsung s4 a while back, this is straight from the phone its a 16 megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom I couldn't be happier. the iphone looks like a toy in comparison

Great phone, have one as well, ensure the screen is well protected, they break real easy (mine's in being replaced as we speak). Really missing the S4, as all my usual photos are taken with it.

 

[G0lddigg@]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/357/1386552454_crevis.jpg

Been working further up this area and the gold is getting a bit bigger each crevis biggest piece here is .25 total tally is 4.6grams for three crevises

Nice photo there mate, I can never get my camera to do what I need

mate I got the new Samsung s4 a while back, this is straight from the phone its a 16 megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom I couldn't be happier. the iphone looks like a toy in comparison

Great phone, have one as well, ensure the screen is well protected, they break real easy (mine's in being replaced as we speak). Really missing the S4, as all my usual photos are taken with it.

the telstra shop tried to warn me about that, its supposed to be gorilla glass and very hard to break ??? but they continued to say for onl;y an extra $17 per month you can be covered for up to one screen replacement per year, pfft Ive changed my own iphone sceens for years and I can get a new screen from ebay with the tools for $16 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Black-LC...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item1e7e06dccc. how much did you pay for replacement mate?

 

[gold38]

Well done GOLDdigg,
You're right about it being the most prospected area in the district, if not the state even so it's a pleasant area and usually produces something ........ and provides lots of opportunity for a chat with the hoards that camp there every weekend.
I get out there reasonably often, son & DIL live nearby, knowing it's been so bashed about that not even the gold knows where it should be.
Working on some research of the area for a non gold outing, might catch up to see your highbanker in action sometime, or somewhere else if you don't use it there, classifying and sluicing is fine for relaxation but my results become embarrassing when the wife sees some of the other results.
Cheers Tom

I'd have to agree, seems like every time you find the gold line a flood comes through and moved it again let me know if your heading down this way sometime and we can have a dig

Hey GD, am visiting Melbourne next week and would like to try Creswick with my kids...
Appreciate your tips on spots that will produce color, hopefully few small pickers to make them screaming...
Many Thanks...

 

[G0lddigg@]

Well done GOLDdigg,
You're right about it being the most prospected area in the district, if not the state even so it's a pleasant area and usually produces something ........ and provides lots of opportunity for a chat with the hoards that camp there every weekend.
I get out there reasonably often, son & DIL live nearby, knowing it's been so bashed about that not even the gold knows where it should be.
Working on some research of the area for a non gold outing, might catch up to see your highbanker in action sometime, or somewhere else if you don't use it there, classifying and sluicing is fine for relaxation but my results become embarrassing when the wife sees some of the other results.
Cheers Tom

I'd have to agree, seems like every time you find the gold line a flood comes through and moved it again let me know if your heading down this way sometime and we can have a dig

Hey GD, am visiting Melbourne next week and would like to try Creswick with my kids...
Appreciate your tips on spots that will produce color, hopefully few small pickers to make them screaming...
Many Thanks...

hey Gold38

happy to help fellow prospecting Australia members, get over to the intro page (https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=18)and introduce yourself, once you've contributed to the forum a bit you will be able to PM.

 

[Outlander51]

Another hot weekend and another lot of gold out of mother nature's riffles. Still plenty of dirt to dig up, the going is slow as the dirt is packed with boulders but for about 6 hours work shovelling into the Walbanker I got 1.8 grams including a little nugget which weighed 0.42 grams. That's the heaviest piece of gold I've ever found. Total for the entire hole is now 2.8 grams. Like some members said earlier in this thread just keep digging and so I did. I'm right down on bedrock and it's a perfect bowl that runs for about 3 meters perpendicular to the flow of the river. Can't wait to get out there again.

 

[G0lddigg@]

awesome mate good on ya nothing better than rescuing those pickers

 

[Colin&Lee]

Awesome Myles, that's some great looking gold mate.

C&L

 

[HeadsUp]

good to see the Nugget Rescue Squad doing their thing Myles

once you have got out everything the shovel can pick up , what are you using to get that last layer thats on the bedrock ?

thats often the sexiest bit of the job and the part that 95 % of people neglect to do

broom , dustpan and brush or crevicing pump for me ( or all of the above )

 

[WalnLiz]

Some good looking gold starting to show up there Myles. The bedrock will be peppered with some great looking gold. Good luck on the next trip mate.

Cheers Wal.