Some days are golden

[Goldtarget]

Headed out today with a time limit, but chucked all the gear in just in case. Decided to put in some test pans in a popular place in a new area. After coming up short for over an hour I bit the bullet and decided to get wet, pussy footing around just wasn't cutting it. I've had my share of luck uncovering some good steaks in the easy to get to stretches, but as always those quickly run out, so time to get into the better but harder spots. Tackled the barbs and deep water (bloody freezing) and set in to the mindset of good coloured pans. The next half an hour was patchy, alot of smashed flake, so i crawled up on the bank and really tried to"see" the best spots. Often just focusing on point a to point b can really narrow it down. After a bit of soul searching and scratching around i was still going nowhere. Thoughts of a warm shower and quitting were entering my mind. So the final method i know came to mind, gridding up and digging to bedrock bottom. After a bit of heavy shovelling i hit a familiar sight, ironstone heavies all grouped together with a big patch of glass. A couple of pans confirmed the spot as productive and scurried off for the low banker. Two tubs and two hours later the hole was still giving up colour getting better by the shovelful. the cold however got the better of me, and i packed up to pan out at home. I'm sure by some standards this might be disappointing, but for the small amount of material moved and time spent processing it well today was golden. I guess the moral of the story is don't give up, the next move you make might be the best of the day. Enjoy

 

[BigSam]

Great stuff target, nothing like giving it a decent crack, looks like it payed off tenfold!
Crank out the banker on that spot hey bro?

 

[Teemore]

Good looking bit of colour there GT ... makes the cold almost bearable.
Was it dry a dew weeks ago .... I don't mind getting into a dry creek, makes those otherwise inaccessible places worth digging and the next big downpour/heavy flow usually deposits a fe wmore bits for next year.
Well done, Tom

 

[20x]

Headed out today with a time limit, but chucked all the gear in just in case. Decided to put in some test pans in a popular place in a new area. After coming up short for over an hour I bit the bullet and decided to get wet, pussy footing around just wasn't cutting it. I've had my share of luck uncovering some good steaks in the easy to get to stretches, but as always those quickly run out, so time to get into the better but harder spots. Tackled the barbs and deep water (bloody freezing) and set in to the mindset of good coloured pans. The next half an hour was patchy, alot of smashed flake, so i crawled up on the bank and really tried to"see" the best spots. Often just focusing on point a to point b can really narrow it down. After a bit of soul searching and scratching around i was still going nowhere. Thoughts of a warm shower and quitting were entering my mind. So the final method i know came to mind, gridding up and digging to bedrock bottom. After a bit of heavy shovelling i hit a familiar sight, ironstone heavies all grouped together with a big patch of glass. A couple of pans confirmed the spot as productive and scurried off for the low banker. Two tubs and two hours later the hole was still giving up colour getting better by the shovelful. the cold however got the better of me, and i packed up to pan out at home. I'm sure by some standards this might be disappointing, but for the small amount of material moved and time spent processing it well today was golden. I guess the moral of the story is don't give up, the next move you make might be the best of the day. Enjoyhttps://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2152/1398944138_img_20140501_211104.jpg

nice work mate, thanks for the story

 

[Twapster]

Nice gold there GT!

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Effort rewarded, good work GT

Cheers, Tone

 

[Average Joe]

Nice work!

 

[aushunter]

Well done on that lot.
I am already t go out and get some more for myself.
Keep up the digging.
Cheers
Brad...

 

[Goldtarget]

Pinched an hour out of the day to go back today, the extra flow at the moment made the hole a bit too deep to play in safely so I set about working from its edges toward the bank in the shallower water. I'm sure this its a prime spot just need to get a decent go of it preferably two up to speed things up. Panned the cons on site today so i could move the tailings back into the stream. Not sure I'm ready to give the location up on this one just yet.

 

[GoldStreak]

That's awesome Goldtarget, well done.

Cheers, Paul.

 

[20x]

Pinched an hour out of the day to go back today, the extra flow at the moment made the hole a bit too deep to play in safely so I set about working from its edges toward the bank in the shallower water. I'm sure this its a prime spot just need to get a decent go of it preferably two up to speed things up. Panned the cons on site today so i could move the tailings back into the stream. Not sure I'm ready to give the location up on this one just yet.https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2152/1399354149_img_20140506_152011.jpg

that's an awesome result mate...very inspiring

 

[Tathradj]

Just a have a look at perseverance and scrotum retractivitous can do mate.
Just reap the rewards as look what the old fella's did.
well done and enjoy. LOL

 

[richo966]

nice work mate

 

[Drbean]

Good stuff mate how you go in with that detector you bought?
Have a couple of spots you might want to give a crack that I stumbled
Upon couple of years ago wasn't into panning but might be worth
a crack .DWT might be interested in the area too when he gets back.
Keep up the good work ,pm and will give you my no .Dr

 

[Goldtarget]

Cheers Dr. That fella dropped in to say hi so he's back. I have more spots than i have time for, but you can never have too many! Been pinging a few coins, starting to get a feel for it, just been to busy picking up the alluvial to really get into it, got a couple of old properties to hunt out, the depth it will hit the pre decs is pretty amazing, and I'm sure as improve in understanding it it will become even more deadly. I'll get onto that pm now. Cheers.

 

[dwt]

Yo Yo Goldtarget nice work mate, from the look of that gold you have your banker dialed in nicely, was speaking to the good Dr yesterday about his creek finds from years ago sounds like it could be a winner, was planning on a wash day out myself to a spot the Dr and myself stumbled across some weeks back, a top spot for a double up with a couple of wash machines, heaps of water and plenty of space for a free run, but alas been called back to work a week early, anyways good luck cobber, check you on the flip side.