Was hoping to try to catch up with some others but it must've gone silent on the forum. Next time undercover, dirtyharry & BeagleBoy!
Will write the experience I had with littlenugget:
Met up 10:30 in Launch n said gday and headed to the hills. The drive was slightly further than what I expected , but it was not too bad and very cruisy anyway. Littlenugget had one of his sons and I took my eldest to help dig!
As we didn't know the area, we just drove until we found a spot that looked interesting and headed down to take a look with shovel and pans
Some very nice bedrock sitting about so looks like were doing some crevacing and got the levering tools out and got to it!
Not keeping track at all as we were having too much fun digging, the children reminded us it was food time so we relaxed for a minute and had lunch. The kids entertained themselves quite well for the trip, it would be hard for the. A few accidental slips and dunks into the creek made our children remember why its best to listen to daddy, but they know best right
The day went on seeing some gold, seeing some shot and pellets and seeing no gold at times too! Hard work working crevaces and lack of correct tools got the best of us, but we could at least crack and move some rock with what we had.
Littlenugget gave a hail as he spotted a nice little bit rest in upon the bedrock which was something I had been eager to see before, it looked great, he painfully scraped what cracks and holes he could find as I helped to pan out what came from the hole.
Children wet, complaining and cold. The cracks keep going and we could be there all night, so its best to look at what we've found and pack up for the arvo to head home.
Not a lot to look at, but hard crevacing work, fun moving some big rock to see what can be found though. Some decent bits and a bigger "picker" crawled out the hole for us to admire
Had another great day meeting another great prospector and I am sorry we couldn't catch up with the others, we had to make do with what we had. Next time. Cheers littlenugget(s)!
Will write the experience I had with littlenugget:
Met up 10:30 in Launch n said gday and headed to the hills. The drive was slightly further than what I expected , but it was not too bad and very cruisy anyway. Littlenugget had one of his sons and I took my eldest to help dig!
As we didn't know the area, we just drove until we found a spot that looked interesting and headed down to take a look with shovel and pans
Some very nice bedrock sitting about so looks like were doing some crevacing and got the levering tools out and got to it!
Not keeping track at all as we were having too much fun digging, the children reminded us it was food time so we relaxed for a minute and had lunch. The kids entertained themselves quite well for the trip, it would be hard for the. A few accidental slips and dunks into the creek made our children remember why its best to listen to daddy, but they know best right
The day went on seeing some gold, seeing some shot and pellets and seeing no gold at times too! Hard work working crevaces and lack of correct tools got the best of us, but we could at least crack and move some rock with what we had.
Littlenugget gave a hail as he spotted a nice little bit rest in upon the bedrock which was something I had been eager to see before, it looked great, he painfully scraped what cracks and holes he could find as I helped to pan out what came from the hole.
Children wet, complaining and cold. The cracks keep going and we could be there all night, so its best to look at what we've found and pack up for the arvo to head home.
Not a lot to look at, but hard crevacing work, fun moving some big rock to see what can be found though. Some decent bits and a bigger "picker" crawled out the hole for us to admire
Had another great day meeting another great prospector and I am sorry we couldn't catch up with the others, we had to make do with what we had. Next time. Cheers littlenugget(s)!
