⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[aussiefarmer]

1st outing for 2021 , 6 hours afternoon and night zero , went panning for morning 20 specs and spots ,almost went home then stubbornly went detecting for 2 hours and got 4 tiddlers but they brought joy like they were marble sized. So I'm on the board this year , only done 3 trips last year and the last 2 were unsuccessful. Unfortunately my usual spots are flogged to death mostly by me...

 

[Teemore]

So I'm on the board this year , only done 3 trips last year and the last 2 were unsuccessful. Unfortunately my usual spots are flogged to death mostly by me...

Woopee, a gold find post.
Well done aussiefarmer, yes last year was a big bust let's hope 2021 gets us all back on track.
Totally agree, bit of a pain when those old go to spots stop giving, I know they say you never get it all, and that may be true, but you seem to only half heartedly attack those old spots when they dry up for you, that's how it is with me anyway.
Good luck in 2021.

 

[aussiefarmer]

I forgot to add that the 1st hour or so i was going crazy with disappearing targets and random falses , eventually i found i had a screw stuck in the bottom of my boot. :lol: made me laugh i was blamming wet clay as was only 2 hours after rain.

 

[Teemore]

Bit of an ordinary day, had to resort to the SDC to keep my record in tact.........

 

[techo_bob]

Hey Teemore
I assume you found the coin same day well done

Bob..

 

[Teemore]

I assume you found the coin same day well done

Sorry to disappoint, it's just one of a few that I use when taking pics of the gold.

 

[A-team]

The wife and I got out to one of our favorite places.....and the morning, shot gun pellet, shot gun pellet, then....sounded like another shot gun pellet....

...this little beauty found with GPZ 7000 among someone else's dig holes. In fact, there was a circle of about 1 meter diameter that had 5 dig holes. I thought, I'll try right in the middle They'd obviously left one especially for me :lol:

The afternoon went like this,

....about half a meter from someone else's scrape in a well visited area. Sounded a bit like small surface trash at the start - then 12 inches down and I really thought I'd got yet another nice piece of iron to add to my junk pile. The zed was screaming...... I frantically called the wife over and was shaking just a little.

We also dug about 100 pellets, half a dozen bullets and other assorted trash through-out the day.

Going sub-gram to over 20, we were pretty happy.

 

[20x]

A team, very nice erfect:

 

[techo_bob]

Thanks Teemore for getting back
I will try and post a pick in a couple of days of the coin and gold found at our clubbie at Warburtons Bridge outing
One 1852 Victoria penny and 6 nugglets for 2.26 grams. As the penny needs a clean

Cheers Rob .n.

 

[Moneybox]

The wife and I got out to one of our favorite places.....and the morning, shot gun pellet, shot gun pellet, then....sounded like another shot gun pellet....

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18790/1612866918_g-1.jpg

...this little beauty found with GPZ 7000 among someone else's dig holes. In fact, there was a circle of about 1 meter diameter that had 5 dig holes. I thought, I'll try right in the middle They'd obviously left one especially for me :lol:

The afternoon went like this,

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18790/1612867197_g-2.jpg

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18790/1612867211_g-3.jpg

....about half a meter from someone else's scrape in a well visited area. Sounded a bit like small surface trash at the start - then 12 inches down and I really thought I'd got yet another nice piece of iron to add to my junk pile. The zed was screaming...... I frantically called the wife over and was shaking just a little.

We also dug about 100 pellets, half a dozen bullets and other assorted trash through-out the day.

Going sub-gram to over 20, we were pretty happy.

Very nice A-team. Those 20g bits don't turn up very often these days.

Perfect Anytime, Anywhere

 

[20x]

Did the alibrite thing,
Bits from the last trip..

And from the year before..

That's the total so far for the monster?

 

[Mackka]

Nice finds everyone especially that 22 grammer Ateam.
Mackka

 

[Solid Luck]

The wife and I got out to one of our favorite places.....and the morning, shot gun pellet, shot gun pellet, then....sounded like another shot gun pellet....

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18790/1612866918_g-1.jpg

...this little beauty found with GPZ 7000 among someone else's dig holes. In fact, there was a circle of about 1 meter diameter that had 5 dig holes. I thought, I'll try right in the middle They'd obviously left one especially for me :lol:

The afternoon went like this,

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18790/1612867197_g-2.jpg

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18790/1612867211_g-3.jpg

....about half a meter from someone else's scrape in a well visited area. Sounded a bit like small surface trash at the start - then 12 inches down and I really thought I'd got yet another nice piece of iron to add to my junk pile. The zed was screaming...... I frantically called the wife over and was shaking just a little.

We also dug about 100 pellets, half a dozen bullets and other assorted trash through-out the day.

Going sub-gram to over 20, we were pretty happy.

This is why when I hit areas and a lot of junk comes up I keep going till it's all cleared. I've even gone back a few times to certain spots. It's amazing what frustrated diggers leave behind after digging out 2-3 pieces of junk. :Y: :heart:

 

[OzzieAu]

I can see a face with a big conk ( Jewish maybe) going ooohhh ! in your 22 grammer A-team :lol: :lol: layful:

Nice find :Y:

 

[Rodt]

Looks like an American Indian to me :Y:

 

[Davent]

I can see a face with a big conk ( Jewish maybe) going ooohhh ! in your 22 grammer A-team :lol: :lol: layful:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3205_01f4df91-9144-41b9-9d50-92751557725c.jpg
Nice find :Y:

Going chin to chin with a bloke with a quiff , beard and grog nose!

 

[Teemore]

Or this .....

Great nugget regardless, getting very scarce in my areas in Vic. Lucky to break a gram these days.

 

[A-team]

This is the back side of the nugget;

My mum says she sees an angel.....I'm like - yeah angel of gold!

Noticed the edges have a lot of folds with cement hard red soil jammed between it. I'm thinking it left the reef with some flat edges then folded on it's way to it's finding spot?

 

[A-team]

I'm thinking this will be that once-in-a-lifetime size nugget for us, but hoping its the start of something bigger? Haven't finished the area but nothing else has turned up as yet.

We had found some VERY small stuff not to far away from this spot, .18 about 8+ months ago, then .26 about a month ago. Each time were single finds even though we spent days going over the same area. Have seen many others visit this area...no hints as to where, just a little inspiration.

 

[Teemore]

I'm thinking this will be that once-in-a-lifetime size nugget for us, but hoping its the start of something bigger?

Only managed 1 nugget at 21.6 gms, G0lddigg@ mentioned at the time that (in Vic) that size is, like you say, probably a once in a lifetime find these days ....... but we live in hope and keep searching.

Couldn't help myself .... everywhere you look there are faces staring at you ....