Information about the area - New to prospecting

[Shiftygold]

Hi all
i have recently taken up this awesome hobbie and have been searching around the internet and looking at different prospecting area's
I'm from gippland , and i want to do detecting and what I've read so far for gippland area is majority panning.
Or is there places around gippland still good for detecting ?

If not I've been looking at these different places any advice and knowledge from these area's would be greatly appreciated

- landsborough
- paddys rangers campgrounds
- waanyarra recreation site
- moliagul
- muckleford
- melville caves
- whipstick
- tarnagulla
- laanecoorie

thanks in advance
Leigh.

 

[7.62marksman]

Welcome mate
someone will get back to you as they come online and give you some direction

 

[Shiftygold]

Thank you and thats ok i look forward to hearing back from people with the knowledge and know how and maybe one day ill be able to tag along with some of you great people to learn a few things.

I have been looking at some books/maps to buy but can seem to work out which ones 1st i should start with any help would be great
Thanks again

 

[Trash]

Gday Shifty

In regards to Gippsland

For the best info. Contact these people

http://www.pmav.org.au/our-branches/east-gippsland

The above link is for Stratford

They also have a branch in Drouin

 

[Shiftygold]

Thanks

 

[Northeast]

Welcome to the forum Shifty.

All of these places have been good in the past and on their day will continue to produce yellow. Lots of hard work and junk between them.

- moliagul
- muckleford
- whipstick
- tarnagulla
- laanecoorie

Essentially any bit of state forest in the Golden Triangle has the potential to give up a bit of gold. GeoVic has been the best resource for me using the historical gold and mineral overlays. I haven't purchased any maps or books as some suggest that they may not be as accurate as they could be.

Also worth booking a training day/tour with someone as you can learn lots about using a detector, detector choice for different areas, geology, etc - whatever it may be that you find you aren't knowledgeable enough in.

Marksman has a good thread re: tours that forum users have attended and would recommend. https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22783

The areas you have mentioned, books and maps, how to use GeoVic and all that sort of thing have been discussed many times over on the forum. The search function at the top of the forum works really well and is your best friend in regard to finding all of this info

Best of luck :Y: