Hi detecta2, Just wondering if you are still active on the forum, i would like to chat about the Grattai area. Thankshllo norm,we were in a club that had been visiting a property up there from the late 80s early 90s through to 4 years ago when it changed hands and new owners wouldn't let the club or others to continue prospecting. we were there ourselves every easter for around 7years and in that time saw plenty of gold picked up to 10g but there were people in the club that had taken and seen nuggets to 10 oz in the earlier years. one day in the creek the mrs and I broke up a shale bank for 4g in flake and rattlers through the pan. was a mixture of gold there, mostly alluvial but still many nuggets rough as, that hadn't travelled far at all.
Adjoining properties definitely had gold as well but wouldn't let you on even though club members were covered by liability insurance.
Theres some great spots up there ,all no go places and if you study the valley from a bit of height you can see a lot of the old alluvial tracks where the vegetation is more lush and greener, wouldnt you love to get a detector over these areas.
If you can get on there anywhere and can sight up any signs of wash gravel in the paddocks it would be worth running a machine over.
With respect to the owners probably shouldn't say which property it was.
good luck wth it ,phill
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