Newbie in Alice Springs. centre of everything/middle of no where!

[madbarbi]

Hi all,

stumbled on to this site which is packed with information. Pans are on the way and have a couple of spots to have a gander at when it cools down a bit (40C in the shade).

If anyone is local or near Alice give me a yell, would be great to meet some other panners and make a weekend of exploring.

Cheers,

Dale.

 

[M3talmiliti4]

Welcome aboard the PA forum dale, yep lots of handy info to be found on here mate, goodluck chasing the elusive yella

 

[Jaros]

Welcome Dale, keep cool.
Jaros

 

[SCROUNGER]

Welcome to PA Dale

 

[dam it]

welcome madbarbi
Im new myself to this forum .
There seem to be a lot of very keen and motivated , inventive people here .
Hope you are getting as much out of this forum as i have so far .
Anyway all the best in N.T .

 

[AtomRat]

Gday Dale and welcome! Can't wait to read and see your surroundings and adventures

 

[Chewy]

Hi Dale welcome to PA.

 

[Macca50]

Welcome Dale.

 

[rusting]

Shame, was working in Alice at Kittles not long ago, had my detector in store back in WA. Lot of ground staked out up the Tanami and a lot of mines north around Tennant Creek. Get ready for may june time.

 

[madbarbi]

Thanks guys,

been reading on here for a while, the NT seems to be full of gold if you know where to look.

got some DT cons to have a practice with ... pretty happy so far first time ever with a pan and finding plenty of colour in the pan

if you know of anyone around alice would be great to have a chat (most likely a beer).

April/June will be out and about.

 

[Chewy]

Hi welcome to PA and good luck with DT's cons. They're pretty good from all accounts.

 

[madbarbi]

have had a blast with DT cons ... found colour in pretty much every pan so far, trying to get a decent tech for dry panning ( not much water/running creeks up here) and go from there.

thanks for the warm welcome guys/gals.

cheers,

Dale

 

[dam it]

Hi Dale
Yer suppose lack of water would be a problem. Have a look at dry blower,s
lots of fun a little dusty at times but seem to trap the gold . You still have to pan a little . But about 2-3 wheel barrows go down to maybe 1.5 litre,s of con,s in a ten litre bucket .

 

[goldtruck59]

Great place the Alice. Been there a heap of times. You are right the Tanami has some real auriferous looking areas.
Welcome aboard and happy hunting mate
GT

 

[madbarbi]

So that escalated quickly...... from ... just going to start with panning.. seems i caught the fever and now have a brand spanking new sdc2300... too many places not enough time... slow and low, step by step.