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Hi All,

I got my first ever piece of gold with my 10 yo son a couple of months ago and I must say we were very excited to say the least. So after lots of reading(on this forum - some amazing info)and lots of dreaming, we headed up to Maryborough again for our second attempt. Armed with a gpx 5000 and a map, off we went. Our first piece came within an hour and a half and right next to the car. Two days later we got our second piece. All up 1 gram. Lots of pellets, bullets, and small bits of iron along the way was at times frustrating to say the least, but I can be impatient at the best of times. This however was far outweighed by the look on my sons face when he saw that wonderful colour through the dirt in our scoop. I asked my son what was the best part of the trip as he got to do a lot of other things and he said finding gold which surprised me as at times he got bored. Do you want to come Back? "Yes please Dad." So am I hooked? Absolutely! cant wait for our next adventure, so until then lots more research and dreaming.
 
Spent a few wet days up at Hill End over the weekend.
Went with a friend who has a GPX 5000 and who let me use his SDC 2300.
Arrvived Thursday evening and woke Friday early because of the heavy rain, so we just went out to see Ted Abbott and dry in front of his fire for a few hours.
Saturday We tagged along with Ted whilst he did a panning tour with three groups of tourist.
That was fun, the wife and I enjoyed watching Ted pan gold with his tin pans and the excitment of the kids learning to dig and wash the dirt to reveal small specks of gold. We both panned and then gave what we found to the kids, so they had a good amount to take away in their small vials.
saturday afternoon we spent a few hours detecting mullock heaps near the Chinese cemetary and found a lot of lead shot , even found an old muscket ball.
Sunday my friend dropped us off near the Catholic cemetary while he went to Mudgee for supplies.
Spent the day out finding heaps of trash and one small piece of gold and quartze (pic below) my wife probably found more gold panning in the gully then I did but it was an interesting day none the less.
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Peter K said:
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Hi All,

I got my first ever piece of gold with my 10 yo son a couple of months ago and I must say we were very excited to say the least. So after lots of reading(on this forum - some amazing info)and lots of dreaming, we headed up to Maryborough again for our second attempt. Armed with a gpx 5000 and a map, off we went. Our first piece came within an hour and a half and right next to the car. Two days later we got our second piece. All up 1 gram. Lots of pellets, bullets, and small bits of iron along the way was at times frustrating to say the least, but I can be impatient at the best of times. This however was far outweighed by the look on my sons face when he saw that wonderful colour through the dirt in our scoop. I asked my son what was the best part of the trip as he got to do a lot of other things and he said finding gold which surprised me as at times he got bored. Do you want to come Back? "Yes please Dad." So am I hooked? Absolutely! cant wait for our next adventure, so until then lots more research and dreaming.
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Great story Peter K and doing it with your son, something to really cherish well after the gold has faded mate :lol: :lol:
 
Thanks Scrounger. I have no doubt he will always remember this trip and many more to come. plus no more minecraft on the ipad when you can do the real thing!
 
Good to hear you found your first nugget Peter and having your son there is priceless mate. Im :D for ya.
Good going nucopia.. cool find :cool:
 
nucopia said:
Dig'n-it said:
Peter K
So great you and your 10 year old found gold. A treasured memory for you both.
Nucopia
A nice specie
Well done fellas
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Any suggestions on what to clean it with ?
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Many would say don't clean it. Species look great.
I'm not experienced with cleaning gold, but there are many posts on PA on how to clean it.
Try a search and I'm sure you find various links. Cheers
 
HI PK, Nice finds with your boy. Good to see the face light up as I'm sure yours did!Cleaner)
I clean some finds when encased in ironstone. Some use HCL (brickies acid from Bunnings), however I use HF (obtained from SuperCheap Auto under the name Ali Brite Aluminium Wheel Cleaner). Although it's only around 5% HF, you still need to exercise caution not to get any on your body/eyes etc. A soaking of 2 to 3 days in a suitable plastic bottle (i.e.: PET) with the Ali Brite(turning every half day should do, then neutralise thoroughly with bicarb soda - give it at least 1 hour soak in fresh bicarb solution after it is neutralised - a little dishwashing liquid brings up a nice shine.
 
:D Pretty stoked about this. My 1st ever nugget detected all by my solo.
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oh...and his mate who was hiding about a metre and half away. :D
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found at Inglewood yesterday. I raked a patch and then turned on the detector and within 2 minutes had a target. Boom baby! 5 minutes later and the neighbour appeared. Thankyou umpires, thankyou ball boys. :D
 
Chewy said:
:D Pretty stoked about this. My 1st ever nugget detected all by my solo. https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...s/4646/1468593494_20160714_173633-240x427.jpg oh...and his mate who was hiding about a metre and half away. :D https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...s/4646/1468593559_20160714_180731-240x427.jpg found at Inglewood yesterday. I raked a patch and then turned on the detector and within 2 minutes had a target. Boom baby! 5 minutes later and the neighbour appeared. Thankyou umpires, thankyou ball boys. :D
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Oh Great Chewy glad to see you got them Nuggets I sent ya, :eek: :eek: :D :D :D LOL

John
 
Chewy ....... Finally you're on the scoreboard. Not just with one but two. You must be more than stoked. I haven't met a more patient and persistent man. I'm so please for you, and at Inglewood of all places. A huge congrats. :)
 

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