Planning a trip to old goldfields.

Thanks Ray, if you get the time won't you try and get me that Youtube address of the guy in BC? I've tried caribou Au etc and no luck. Yes, I'm serious and the only other idiot apart from me that would go and start scratching there is Viking, a mate from Cape Town and Xavier up the road, and I'm hoping that if/when I have a little success that they will join me.

I have received an email from a woman who researches and does all the land rights/access issues etc and she has got the details and will be getting back to me soon I hope. It's a public holiday here today so everyone in South Africa is BBQ'ing 

The way I see it is that if there was a good gold rush and the folks did well, even though it petered out, there will still be loads that they missed. They didn't have diving equipment like I have and I plan to work the deeper dropoffs and deeper pools. I have a really good hookah that I built and it dives 2 guys at 18 m(heavy working) no problem.

The two pics are of the compressor and me trying to get a tan!
We have been working an old trawler and have got several tons of copper and brass to date. The 2 props are next!!! 

Cheers and will keep you all informed, HH

Orcaman


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Sorry about that. it is hixonAu on youtube. Irelize that your getten a lot of advice but here is a little more. Yes that erea you are talking about will replenish itsself. Ive seen rivers in ca that have been dredged  and I'm talking about 1-6 oz aday came out and the next year while swimming in that spot on the yuba a guy snorkeling and sniping the cleaned up bed rock must have got 1/2 oz in that same spot. if there is a load around up stream then it washes down through the run off on the hill sides. when i got out of service in 86 i was cuten lumber for a while in the hills around Nevada city ca and we Had to hike into a erea on the way out i spotted a wash out and started following it . my room mate who was on my crew was behind me ,when i noticed a huge deposit  of black sand that was freshly washed there, and guess what was all along the bottom edge of that a line of gold. i looked at Matt and said see that. we decided not to tell the rest of the crew and were to come back over the weekend and i did not tell any body,but Matt must have because it was all cleaned up on sat ,keep in mind i found it on Thur. be carefull. ray

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Goldenboy,have you ever seen a guy on youtube (zaqqa22) he has found over 1million in nuggets by detecting. do you know what part of the country this is going on in? I figure since you are from there you might be able to shine a little light on the subject. another question i have for you is  are you a detector user or do you prospect. ray..

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Hi All, Raymo I may have seen this guy Zaqqa22 but i can remember for shore. Ill have a look and Se if I can try figure it out ~ Australia is a big county like USA and has many good places for the prospector and detecting ! I would say a bit of both I'm a bit of a way a way form 1million, looking to get a decent start sometime soon, I was planning a trip to Victoria goldfields and in South Australia. Around next month, but now it may have to be on hold for a few more months now. A few prospects are around  here in New Zealand . When the weather comes good and I can get the time for it  

 I think Victoria and Western Australia are the hot spots for the nugget hunters In Aussie
 thanks for the, you tube link, il check it out soon



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Hi 1/4 bubble, the river has loads of bends and twists from the start higher up in the mountains. The reason for checking that place 1st is ease of access initially. I'm hoping to get out there today and take some sand/gravel 'samples' and have a snorkel in some of the deeper pools, try and get down near some bedrock and scoop!
Watch this spot!

Cheers,

Orcaman
Well I managed to find a good spot to get to the river and also got a few kilos of sand and gravel. In my limited ability and capacity I have 'panned' the lot and have come up with nada! Every now and then a bit of silica would get the heart stopping for a second or two. I'm not too fazed by this as although it wasn't just a random session of scooping I still reckon that done properly and methodically that it will produce.

I have posted a few pictures so one can get a better idea of the river and surrounds. The one picture shows the bank on the side which has eroded away and I got some samples from underneath it and also around and under some smallish rocks that I managed to overturn. I just used a small plastic scoop/cup and got as low as I could.

I also freaked my wife out by depositing some vermiculite in my pan! It looks just like gold.....I use it as a growing medium for my hydroponics.

Cheers all, HH

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