Hi can anyone tell me if there is any yellow still in Yackandandah creek Victoria? Is it fine or more coarse?
Any suggested area to highbank around Yackandandah Victoria?
Is it a good area for detecting nuggets?
Any help is gratefully appreciated as me and the missus are headed to beechworth soon and want a different area then Reedy creek.
Hmmmm,
The Yack creek above the Junction where you're allowed to prospect has sod all in it. It was heavily sluiced to bedrock, and before hydraulic sluicing is was regarded as uneconomic. No nuggets at all, although specimens have been found. All the gold was flake alluvial and flour like Reedy Creek. At the Junction there's a nice camping spot and you can prospect the Nine Mile Creek up to the Yack town water supply take off from there. Above that ant it's a no go. There are also lots of gullies and surfacings off the creeks that might be worth a look but don't mess around with the ground sluices - they're Heritage listed. There's also an area on Twist Creek, Yackandandah, open to prospecting.
