Maryborough, Victoria and surrounds - any luck?

[Nathan]

Hi all, I just wanted to follow up from my weekend in Maryborough, I finally found my first piece of gold (0.24gms), not much I know but it was great to find something other than lead shot
Thank you to SteveWilko who gave his time to explain the geology of the area and what to look out for when gold detecting, I learned a lot!

 

[Dave's Office]

Well done Nathan, I think the first piece is one of the most exciting ones of all, it brings relief and belief, and well done Steve also.

 

[grubstake]

Congratulations Nathan, now you know for sure that gold is still out there and that you have the ability to find it. Better still, after meeting with Steve you've also learned that prospecting success isn't just random, there's the all important skill of 'reading the ground' that comes with experience and is the key to repeated and ongoing success.

I'm sure there's plenty more nuggets waiting for you!

 

[geof_junk]

Hi all, I just wanted to follow up from my weekend in Maryborough, I finally found my first piece of gold (0.24gms), not much I know but it was great to find something other than lead shot
Thank you to SteveWilko who gave his time to explain the geology of the area and what to look out for when gold detecting, I learned a lot!

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Here as some of my Maryborough gold from different locations. Keep doing the time and you will have more to show us.

 

[grubstake]

Here as some of my Maryborough gold from different locations. Keep doing the time and you will have more to show us.

It looks like you might have found the same Maryborough patch as we did, Geoff!

 

[geof_junk]

It looks like you might have found the same Maryborough patch as we did, Geoff!
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The specimen in the wife hand was my best patch in Maryborough got 26+ oz on the first day. Later took out a claim and did a lot of hand digging down to 18" for a little more.

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[geof_junk]

The specimen in the wife hand was my best patch in Maryborough got 26+ oz on the first day. Later took out a claim and did a lot of hand digging down to 18" for a little more.
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The photo link in the post above, was after restoring the worked area back so we could get the bond back for the claim.

 

[grubstake]

The photo link in the post above, was after restoring the worked area back so we could get the bond back for the claim.

Looks like you did a good job of it.

 

[leighd77]

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well!
Just curious to hear if many people are still (i.e. within the last year or so) detecting much gold of any size (including flyspecks) around Maryborough, Dunolly and surrounds? I'm pretty new to detecting and have spent around 3 days in total in various spots around Maryborough (Mainly around the forest near the carisbrook-havelock road) with a hired GPX6000. It's been great fun and I've enjoyed spending time in the forests but have yet to find anything other than lead shot. Starting to feel like it's all been fully gone over so it'd be great to hear from anyone to know that this isn't the case. BTW, not hunting for location info, just a shot of hope! Thanks everyone

Also a shout out to the guys at Coiltek who've been incredibly helpful every time I've been there, and also Tony from Coiltek who I did a one day detector training course with who set me up well.

Finds in February 2025 over three 1/2 days of detecting using GPX6000 with a Coiltek Goldhawk 10.5 Mono coil. Talbot area. Gold totals 1gm.