WalnLiz
In remembrance, April 2024
"Blow Tubing" is a very little known method to dramatically improve your chances of picking the best creeks
or erosion gullies to concentrate on when detecting dry arid regions for detectable gold. We were first introduced to the technique by an aboriginal woman in the Kimberly many years ago. She used a small 50cm piece of tubing with a 5mm diameter end to hunt for gold near her mission, primarily to subsidize her pension. In reality she found more value in gold by far and the pension became her secondary form of income.
Liz, being the type of person who always likes trying something new, soon convinced me that a piece of two dollar tubing had to become part of our ever expanding arsenal, when it comes to prospecting equipment. It proved to be the biggest single item we ever invested in that changed the way we tackled the gold fields, to find the best detectable gold in the region. It's surprising how within a goldfield certain creeks and erosion gullies prove to be far richer than the adjoining ones and some void of gold altogether. Ten minutes on a creek with a blow tube can immediately indicate if there is gold present in quantities enough for further investigation. This technique became so important to us that we used the method to find which creeks to base our campsites on, and dramatically improved our overall success rate on the detectable gold as well.
On more occasions than I would like to mention, Liz would get up at first light while the warmth of my doona kept me in dreamland, only to hear her come back to camp with a few grams of coarse gold in her jar before breakfast....
I will add a video at the end of the thread showing the basic technique. We spent many a day just prospecting creeks with the "Blow Tube" and GPS, coordinating a map of the richest creeks and gullies within a few kilometres of our campsite, then concentrating on these creeks only with the detectors. The result was a dramatic increase in the nugget tally and the two dollar investment became a piece of equipment we carry on all of our prospecting trips.
This technique is however only suited to dry regions and we have done best with it in WA and northern QLD. But in saying that we have produced some very good results in some gullies of the VIC golden triangle, during the summer months when the ground is bone dry....especially in the gullies that have exposed bedrock sections.
I would certainly recommend to any gold prospector who wants to invest in some "additional equipment" at a cost that will not break the bank, to go to your nearest hardware store and give up your hard earned couple of bucks and walk out with a piece of tubing that will pay for itself in no time at all.....it will also improve your lung capacity, so is also a good health benefit as well.........Cheers Wal.
or erosion gullies to concentrate on when detecting dry arid regions for detectable gold. We were first introduced to the technique by an aboriginal woman in the Kimberly many years ago. She used a small 50cm piece of tubing with a 5mm diameter end to hunt for gold near her mission, primarily to subsidize her pension. In reality she found more value in gold by far and the pension became her secondary form of income.
Liz, being the type of person who always likes trying something new, soon convinced me that a piece of two dollar tubing had to become part of our ever expanding arsenal, when it comes to prospecting equipment. It proved to be the biggest single item we ever invested in that changed the way we tackled the gold fields, to find the best detectable gold in the region. It's surprising how within a goldfield certain creeks and erosion gullies prove to be far richer than the adjoining ones and some void of gold altogether. Ten minutes on a creek with a blow tube can immediately indicate if there is gold present in quantities enough for further investigation. This technique became so important to us that we used the method to find which creeks to base our campsites on, and dramatically improved our overall success rate on the detectable gold as well.
On more occasions than I would like to mention, Liz would get up at first light while the warmth of my doona kept me in dreamland, only to hear her come back to camp with a few grams of coarse gold in her jar before breakfast....
I will add a video at the end of the thread showing the basic technique. We spent many a day just prospecting creeks with the "Blow Tube" and GPS, coordinating a map of the richest creeks and gullies within a few kilometres of our campsite, then concentrating on these creeks only with the detectors. The result was a dramatic increase in the nugget tally and the two dollar investment became a piece of equipment we carry on all of our prospecting trips.
This technique is however only suited to dry regions and we have done best with it in WA and northern QLD. But in saying that we have produced some very good results in some gullies of the VIC golden triangle, during the summer months when the ground is bone dry....especially in the gullies that have exposed bedrock sections.
I would certainly recommend to any gold prospector who wants to invest in some "additional equipment" at a cost that will not break the bank, to go to your nearest hardware store and give up your hard earned couple of bucks and walk out with a piece of tubing that will pay for itself in no time at all.....it will also improve your lung capacity, so is also a good health benefit as well.........Cheers Wal.
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