ironrock said:
Devonian; thanks for that, very interesting. You did`nt answer my question, are you an aussie? I guess what i mostly want to know is , do you divine in area`s were the old timers dug i.e 12-15 foot shafts?, and something someone else asked, what`s the smallest gold you`ve ever found with this method? and when you reach the 'bottom' do you proceed to tunnel or just get your detector in the hole and take what you can find?,What`s been your most successful take from one hole?
Even though my health is`nt the best i`m not a cripple and digging at a slow pace i could still do this, any area`s you could suggest.? I`ve read up on alot of the old diggings and they mention that a fair few holes were dug down to 12 feet, but having been on a few different goldfields in vic only , i never actually came across any of these deeper shafts, looking in the wrong spot perhaps or now could be on private land?
But there is also the problem of not actually being allowed to do this in vic unless you have some kind of permit, i have`nt really looked into it properly, there`s just never enough time.
I think God duped us here,36 hour day and 12 night would of been more appropiate, then we could actually achieve everything we set out to achieve in this life. I know alot of people scoff at the idea of a god, and i understand there arguments,but that`s for a different forum and we`ll leave it at that!!
Yeh mate I'm an Aussie born in Melbourne and family going back generations to the Ballarat and Bendigo. My great grand parents actually owned a pub in Bendigo during the rush, complete with gold scales on the bar for the miners to buy a drink and pay with gold. Yes, I work a known area, this is Victoria and there's been shafts put down everywhere so hard to find a spot that hasn't been mined. But, in saying that think about this, an old claim was usually 8x8 or 12x12 ft depending on the soil. And if a party of 9 men made a company they could take up an area 3 claims x 3 claims. To get to the pay dirt a quick vertical shaft went down in the middle of each claim, only wide and long enough to get a bucket, pick and shovel down, usually as wide as you stand and as long as you can lean forward. This goes to bedrock and the clays got taken out and sent to a local puddler and or river for washing. Depending on the soil you can either put in drive shafts between the vertical shafts or if the ground is a bit dodgy the bottom sides of the vertical shaft get cut out only. This depends on the soils, if it's just clay don't go in far, but conglomerate is normally ok to drive through (that stuff sets like cement in summer) In between these claims are what's called pillars and have never been touched.
To work a claim used to take at least 4 people, one to dig, one on top of the shaft working the winch, one to cart and one to wash/puddle.
I am by myself which makes it hard but increases profit. I dig only with a pick and shovel (tried a generator & jack hammer once), have a ladder (tried a rope ladder but too much swing so made a solid one)and I use small buckets from left over building sites (don't break your back with big buckets). I then wash the clay with a drill and paint mixer before putting it through a solar powered concentrating hibanker.
I don't divine a single piece of gold, rather divine the area for a concentration of charge in the clays. This could be a large nugget or it could be lots of small specks. I don't know until I get the wash dirt out and process it. I will say though that I wash the dirt twice and very thoroughly and go down to a 1/4 pin head size specks. All my black sands and other concentrates are also kept for later refinement.
I don't discuss how much I get or my biggest nuggets but gave up a mining job to do it, nor do I post pics after finding out most pics have a tag showing the location and date.
The shafts you see on the fields today were deep when built, but the wood holding the discarded dirt from the top has rotted and fallen in.
Another tip that I found with divining is with finding the depth to target. For this I use a spring rod and while holding it out I count to myself 10cm..20cm...30cm etc
As I explained the charge of your body fluctuates with heartbeat and you can speed up or lower your heartbeat. When you count to the depth a strange thing happens and your bodies charge reflects back from the charge below causing the rod to flicker. Tip - the distance is from the rod tip not ground level. Known as positive feedback it's like placing a microphone next to a speaker.
Divining - meaning to be inspired by God
