depth for the gold how deep should i dig

[yellowmellow]

is gold normally found above the clay line I feel the limit to the depth I dig is the clay as I find it very hard to dig through the clay so how deep should I expect to get to the gold I only have a pick and looking at smaller nuggets please let me know thanks tim

 

[Dave79]

Over 2km down in a few spots in WA! You're gonna need a bigger shovel!

 

[Wishfull]

If you still got a signal and you want gold keep digging. Damn sure I would :goldnugget:

 

[shakergt]

Just keep on digging until that target is out

 

[Guest]

thats why i take the missus , but she wants 60/40 split now :lol: ???but other day she said she go back to get lunch ready and when i got back there she had 2300 out ,looking for gold and got a bit

 

[Aussiedigs]

Over 2km down in a few spots in WA! You're gonna need a bigger shovel!

One problem about that Dave............back fill!

 

[Ded Driver]

no power tools permitted, so you just need an enthusiastic kid & 1 of these ... to dig & backfill :lol:

 

[user 12139]

... bit like deep sea fishing when someone says "I don't like it our here, its deep". I usually say anything over your head is deep.

So I guess my response to how deep do you dig has to be, until you cant dig no more. How deep have you dug?

 

[CreviceSucker]

stop at 25 km , above that apparently is where the best gold is.

my deepest one recently is 8 feet deep in 1 day of digging but that was into some very very old alluvials so fortunately the sides didnt keep caving in to the hole .

 

[diggit]

stop at 25 km , above that apparently is where the best gold is.

my deepest one recently is 8 feet deep in 1 day of digging but that was into some very very old alluvials so fortunately the sides didnt keep caving in to the hole .

8 feet?? Wow, you must have been using one of those gold radars to detect that deep :lol:

 

[CreviceSucker]

stop at 25 km , above that apparently is where the best gold is.

my deepest one recently is 8 feet deep in 1 day of digging but that was into some very very old alluvials so fortunately the sides didnt keep caving in to the hole .

8 feet?? Wow, you must have been using one of those gold radars to detect that deep :lol:

no.

If the geology says there will be old alluvials down below then you dont need a 'tecta until you get to bedrock.

reading alluvial layers is like counting rings on a tree stump.

 

[Ward69]

What was the old saying. Youre digging to China. Where did that come from

 

[Muza]

stop at 25 km , above that apparently is where the best gold is.

:lol:

 

[Aussiedigs]

What was the old saying. Youre digging to China. Where did that come from

The antipodes!

 

[HarryHoudini]

As far as it takes.
But if you have a detector that picks up items at 8 feet you are going to need a bigger pick and that is some detector.

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Cheers

HH

 

[Rockhunter62]

I know that in WA and Qld you are only allowed to dig down to 2 mtrs from natural ground level and only 0.5 mtr in waterways in Qld.

Cheers

Doug

 

[user 4386]

is gold normally found above the clay line I feel the limit to the depth I dig is the clay as I find it very hard to dig through the clay so how deep should I expect to get to the gold I only have a pick and looking at smaller nuggets please let me know thanks tim

Nobody can sensibly answer your question with the limited information that you give. For example, are you looking at alluvial gold or gold in soil? What do you mean by "clay line" (i.e. that does not have a general meaning and is a function of what you have in your particular area). I think some of the advice above is good - keep digging until you locate the source - detectors can only detect to a limited depth.

 

[Ded Driver]

stop at 25 km , above that apparently is where the best gold is.
my deepest one recently is 8 feet deep in 1 day of digging but that was into some very very old alluvials so fortunately the sides didnt keep caving in to the hole .

CreviceSucker, I might sponsor your trip to WA this September if you dig 8' holes for me over here ickshovel: :lol:
ps, MadTuna ,might like a hand too, he has some deep ground

 

[CreviceSucker]

stop at 25 km , above that apparently is where the best gold is.
my deepest one recently is 8 feet deep in 1 day of digging but that was into some very very old alluvials so fortunately the sides didnt keep caving in to the hole .

CreviceSucker, I might sponsor your trip to WA this September if you dig 8' holes for me over here ickshovel: :lol:
ps, MadTuna ,might like a hand too, he has some deep ground

I think people might be misunderstanding me a tad , there is ground that you can read and know with 60 - 80 % certainty that you will be in nuggety ground if the gold line is where you predict.

Several members on this page could name spots in Victoria that still have thousands of ounces under gravels but sadly those layers could be 15 - 30 metres below current water levels = out of our reach. :brokenh:

 

[Ded Driver]

haha all good m8, I knew what you were getting at ... just having a laugh as its hard going just to dig 2' in a lot of area here