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Fossicking!
Are there any fossickers on BE?? My OH had a go at gold-panning when we were in New England last week and he's got the bug...if anyone would care to admit :o :o that they do this he would be most grateful for any hints and tips, also looking for good places to fossick and groups / clubs of like-minded individuals in NSW, preferably around the Coffs area.
For those who do not know: fossicking is prospecting for gold or precious stones in mines and rivers. I personally can't see the attraction of standing back bent, knee-deep in cold water for hours at a time with a small pan and a trowel, for very little (if any) reward, but each to their own :D Cheers! :) |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8536292)
Are there any fossickers on BE?? My OH had a go at gold-panning when we were in New England last week and he's got the bug...if anyone would care to admit :o :o that they do this he would be most grateful for any hints and tips, also looking for good places to fossick and groups / clubs of like-minded individuals in NSW, preferably around the Coffs area.
For those who do not know: fossicking is prospecting for gold or precious stones in mines and rivers. I personally can't see the attraction of standing back bent, knee-deep in cold water for hours at a time with a small pan and a trowel, for very little (if any) reward, but each to their own :D Cheers! :) i`m guessing alot of tongue in cheek one`s:rofl: |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8536292)
Are there any fossickers on BE?? My OH had a go at gold-panning when we were in New England last week and he's got the bug...if anyone would care to admit :o :o that they do this he would be most grateful for any hints and tips, also looking for good places to fossick and groups / clubs of like-minded individuals in NSW, preferably around the Coffs area.
For those who do not know: fossicking is prospecting for gold or precious stones in mines and rivers. I personally can't see the attraction of standing back bent, knee-deep in cold water for hours at a time with a small pan and a trowel, for very little (if any) reward, but each to their own :D Cheers! :) http://www.nimboforklodge.com.au/ima...WadingBoat.jpg |
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Isn't quite in area you said but on the QLD/NSW border area and was recommended to me as an excellent camping area but it also has gold fossiking.
See Steve I'm serious not joking ;) http://www.glendoncamping.com.au/gold.htm Shame you are not in QLD as there are lots of areas up around Gympie and higher for gold and gems. Think there were some areas around Parks and Dubbo as well as there is a Gold mine at Parks you can sometimes go in and visit.
Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8536292)
Are there any fossickers on BE?? My OH had a go at gold-panning when we were in New England last week and he's got the bug...if anyone would care to admit :o :o that they do this he would be most grateful for any hints and tips, also looking for good places to fossick and groups / clubs of like-minded individuals in NSW, preferably around the Coffs area.
For those who do not know: fossicking is prospecting for gold or precious stones in mines and rivers. I personally can't see the attraction of standing back bent, knee-deep in cold water for hours at a time with a small pan and a trowel, for very little (if any) reward, but each to their own :D Cheers! :) |
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A couple of friends are big into fossiking locally, and my boys have done it a couple of times.
We came across a river & waterfall one day in Warburton when doing a bit of 4x4. Your hubby would have loved it there. Theres gold in them thar hills !!! http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...rkew2/gold.jpg |
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Yes i have been doing it for years , it gets into your blood , and can be quite expensive ,especialy when you start buying metal detectors , my current one is a MINE LAB , and cost nearly 3K .....but is a great hobby ....;)mm
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Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by AllGoode
(Post 8536374)
Be grateful; could have caught the fly fishing bug:
http://www.nimboforklodge.com.au/ima...WadingBoat.jpg
Originally Posted by pproehann
(Post 8536376)
Isn't quite in area you said but on the QLD/NSW border area and was recommended to me as an excellent camping area but it also has gold fossiking.
See Steve I'm serious not joking ;) http://www.glendoncamping.com.au/gold.htm Shame you are not in QLD as there are lots of areas up around Gympie and higher for gold and gems. Think there were some areas around Parks and Dubbo as well as there is a Gold mine at Parks you can sometimes go in and visit.
Originally Posted by furkew
(Post 8536410)
A couple of friends are big into fossiking locally, and my boys have done it a couple of times.
We came across a river & waterfall one day in Warburton when doing a bit of 4x4. Your hubby would have loved it there. Theres gold in them thar hills !!! http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...rkew2/gold.jpg What is the photo of? :confused: Must be missing something!
Originally Posted by mr mover
(Post 8536673)
Yes i have been doing it for years , it gets into your blood , and can be quite expensive ,especialy when you start buying metal detectors , my current one is a MINE LAB , and cost nearly 3K .....but is a great hobby ....;)mm
If not, however, please can you recommend a beginner's metal detector that doesn't cost the earth? (cos there's not way on earth he's getting a 3K one lol). Btw, surely with all your equipment & experience you should by now be making money from your hobby to pay for it? ;) Thanks all! :D |
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i took the kids camping at xmas to a friends place sevenoaks @Inverell,we all had a ball,found saphires and u can camp there too,look it up on the net.
donna |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8536292)
Are there any fossickers on BE?? My OH had a go at gold-panning when we were in New England last week and he's got the bug...if anyone would care to admit :o :o that they do this he would be most grateful for any hints and tips, also looking for good places to fossick and groups / clubs of like-minded individuals in NSW, preferably around the Coffs area.
For those who do not know: fossicking is prospecting for gold or precious stones in mines and rivers. I personally can't see the attraction of standing back bent, knee-deep in cold water for hours at a time with a small pan and a trowel, for very little (if any) reward, but each to their own :D Cheers! :) |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by donna
(Post 8543231)
i took the kids camping at xmas to a friends place sevenoaks @Inverell,we all had a ball,found saphires and u can camp there too,look it up on the net.
donna |
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Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
(Post 8543254)
Yeah, done this at a couple of camp-sites near the 'Lost World', which is near the QLD/NSW Border, within the Scenic Rim area. I guess a lot of crap gets washed down from the mountains/hills?
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Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8543305)
Thanks Donna! Think we may head up there at the weekend. OH getting excited already :rofl: Hope weather is nice so I can find a nice tree to sit under with my book while he does his thing.... :D
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Now I think perhaps you're taking the piss just a tiny bit? :p
If not, however, please can you recommend a beginner's metal detector that doesn't cost the earth? (cos there's not way on earth he's getting a 3K one lol). Btw, surely with all your equipment & experience you should by now be making money from your hobby to pay for it? ;) Thanks all! :D[/QUOTE] No , if he wants a decent Detector, you would have to pay $ 1500 -$2000 other wise the rest are toys ...get serious ....;)mm |
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Just make sure you follow the legal requirements. Mining companies can get pretty upset with you going on their ground without approval.
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If you get down to Victoria, goto Ballarat. Theres an attraction there, which I cant remember its name now, where they've recreated and old mining town, a bit like the Wild West.
They have a purpose built stream for gold-panning, and I believe that they 'seed' the stream too so the kids can find small gold nuggets. Lots of fun. |
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This article may be of help.
http://www.openroad.com.au/travel_ho...esluething.asp I did a search for the Fossicker's Way on Google. I live in Armidale. Not aware of any places around here though the little area of Rocky River near Uralla was part of the gold rush in the 1800's. |
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Originally Posted by donna
(Post 8543521)
its Nicole and Pete that run it ,gr8 couple,even have a little shower onsite
Originally Posted by mr mover
(Post 8543790)
No , if he wants a decent Detector, you would have to pay $ 1500 -$2000 other wise the rest are toys ...get serious ....;)mm
Originally Posted by verystormy
(Post 8545815)
Just make sure you follow the legal requirements. Mining companies can get pretty upset with you going on their ground without approval.
Originally Posted by CosmicBertie
(Post 8549660)
If you get down to Victoria, goto Ballarat. Theres an attraction there, which I cant remember its name now, where they've recreated and old mining town, a bit like the Wild West.
They have a purpose built stream for gold-panning, and I believe that they 'seed' the stream too so the kids can find small gold nuggets. Lots of fun.
Originally Posted by earlybird
(Post 8550478)
This article may be of help.
http://www.openroad.com.au/travel_ho...esluething.asp I did a search for the Fossicker's Way on Google. I live in Armidale. Not aware of any places around here though the little area of Rocky River near Uralla was part of the gold rush in the 1800's. We were in Armidale a couple of weeks ago but didn't stay, weather awful so we just kept on driving after quick stop for lunch, also was Anzac day so everything shut except one cafe, shame as looked so pretty especially as the leaves starting to turn. Will def go back. Looks like lovely place to live too. |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by CosmicBertie
(Post 8549660)
If you get down to Victoria, goto Ballarat. Theres an attraction there, which I cant remember its name now, where they've recreated and old mining town, a bit like the Wild West.
They have a purpose built stream for gold-panning, and I believe that they 'seed' the stream too so the kids can find small gold nuggets. Lots of fun. Fossicking with a metal detector is popular in the central Victorian goldfeilds region north of Melbourne, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Avoca, Dunnolly area which had one of the biggest gold rushes in the world in the 1850s. Much of it is state forest not private land so you are allowed to fossick on it if you pay a small fee for a licence, some guy in the 1980's found a huge gold nugget worth millions with a metal detector, many people do it as a hobby and find small gold nuggets all the time, but its not easy alot of the time you get false signals and just dig up rubbish. |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8561831)
Sounds good Donna. Sadly we didn't make it up after all cos life got in the way...it's def on our list tho!
Hmmm baby on the way....think the boys toys will need to take a back seat for time being at those prices! :) Yup the place we went in Nundle gave us a printout of all the legal apsects. Don't want to get into bother for a $5 bit of gold or stone! Sounds good, cheers, another for the list! Thanks for that. Inverell has been mentioned a couple of times, as soon as we get some time out I think that's where we'll be headed first. We were in Armidale a couple of weeks ago but didn't stay, weather awful so we just kept on driving after quick stop for lunch, also was Anzac day so everything shut except one cafe, shame as looked so pretty especially as the leaves starting to turn. Will def go back. Looks like lovely place to live too. A good idea is to rent one from a propecting shop for a couple of weeks and they should also give you a free lesson on how to use it properly or you could buy a second hand one. A good idea is to use your metal dector over old dirt mounds where they have dumped the dirt they dug out of underground mining shafts often there are small gold nuggets there, but you also have to be very careful becasue often ther are underground mine shafts around that you can fall into. |
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Originally Posted by mohogony
(Post 8561851)
What Mr mover said about needing a decent detector worth $1,000 plus is correct if you want to find gold, if you get a cheap one you it will just dectect metal rubish all the time not gold,
A good idea is to rent one from a propecting shop for a couple of weeks and they should also give you a free lesson on how to use it properly or you could buy a second hand one. A good idea is to use your metal dector over old dirt mounds where they have dumped the dirt they dug out of underground mining shafts often there are small gold nuggets there, but you also have to be very careful becasue often ther are underground mine shafts around that you can fall into. |
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Originally Posted by earlybird
(Post 8550478)
This article may be of help.
http://www.openroad.com.au/travel_ho...esluething.asp I did a search for the Fossicker's Way on Google. I live in Armidale. Not aware of any places around here though the little area of Rocky River near Uralla was part of the gold rush in the 1800's. I know nothing about fossicking for gold but I do know a little about sapphires. If you're lucky you can find sapphires down the big hill (don't ask me exactly where it is because I can't remember). They are very few and far between but they are there. Inverell isn't a bad starting point but all the stones are cornflour blue and there is so much more to sapphires than blue stones. When you are fossicking you arn't looking for a blue stone, a blue sapphire is more likely to look black as it lays on the ground and it's not until you pick it up and hold it to the sunlight that you can see the colour through it. We lived in Rubyvale in central Qld for a while and the best time to do a bit of real fossicking is after a good downpour of rain, the ground has been washed and if you have the eye for it the stones just jump out at you. Once your hooked your hooked :rofl: |
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Originally Posted by BayWhale
(Post 8562074)
I lived in Armidale for over 20 years, not a bad spot ;)
I know nothing about fossicking for gold but I do know a little about sapphires. If you're lucky you can find sapphires down the big hill (don't ask me exactly where it is because I can't remember). They are very few and far between but they are there. Inverell isn't a bad starting point but all the stones are cornflour blue and there is so much more to sapphires than blue stones. When you are fossicking you arn't looking for a blue stone, a blue sapphire is more likely to look black as it lays on the ground and it's not until you pick it up and hold it to the sunlight that you can see the colour through it. We lived in Rubyvale in central Qld for a while and the best time to do a bit of real fossicking is after a good downpour of rain, the ground has been washed and if you have the eye for it the stones just jump out at you. Once your hooked your hooked :rofl: |
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Originally Posted by BayWhale
(Post 8562074)
I lived in Armidale for over 20 years, not a bad spot ;)
I know nothing about fossicking for gold but I do know a little about sapphires. If you're lucky you can find sapphires down the big hill (don't ask me exactly where it is because I can't remember). They are very few and far between but they are there. Armidale is a good spot. Quite a cosmopolitan town for its size. The Big Hill is on the Armidale-Kempsey Road. A bit of a dog track in places. Dirt most of the way but beautiful scenery. |
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Originally Posted by earlybird
(Post 8562194)
The ANZAC weekend was a bit dire. The colours are lovely though at the end of their best now. Get's quite cold up here especially overnight when you get the severe frosts.
Armidale is a good spot. Quite a cosmopolitan town for its size. The Big Hill is on the Armidale-Kempsey Road. A bit of a dog track in places. Dirt most of the way but beautiful scenery. My kids grew up in Armidale and I would say it was as good or even better than most places. We left there in 1986 and I don't think the population has changed much since then. The autumn colours are lovely but it gets too cold down there for me these days. I haven't been back for a long time. |
Re: Fossicking!
Originally Posted by earlybird
(Post 8562194)
The ANZAC weekend was a bit dire. The colours are lovely though at the end of their best now. Get's quite cold up here especially overnight when you get the severe frosts.
Armidale is a good spot. Quite a cosmopolitan town for its size. The Big Hill is on the Armidale-Kempsey Road. A bit of a dog track in places. Dirt most of the way but beautiful scenery. |
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Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 8542565)
My OH certainly believes there's gold in these here NSW hills. Bless! Do you know they still haven't recovered Ben Hall's loot from all his highway robberies? It's worth more than a million by today's standards. Try the Weddin Mountains, 4.5 hour drive from Sydney, outside Grenfell, which is where Ben buried his loot. Not officially fossicking, but still a fun trip and the mts are beautiful. |
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Originally Posted by TiddlyPom
(Post 8563923)
And he's right! (probably)
Do you know they still haven't recovered Ben Hall's loot from all his highway robberies? It's worth more than a million by today's standards. Try the Weddin Mountains, 4.5 hour drive from Sydney, outside Grenfell, which is where Ben buried his loot. Not officially fossicking, but still a fun trip and the mts are beautiful. |
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Resurrecting an old thread to say thanks to those who recommended Inverell and Glen Innes. We finally got over here and went fossicking at Frazer's Creek outside Inverell last week - found lots of stones including some sapphires, too exciting!! OH also went fossicking in Glen Innes, with some small luck. Now we're back in Nundle, this time staying a few days rather than just a day trip. Bloody cold but great cabin by the river, lots of sun and OH is in his element having borrowed lots of equipment from the nice people at the tourist park. Gold has been struck!! Well, substancially less than a gram lol but he's happy and I'm enjoying village life - hot chocs in the cafe, chatting with locals, crisp walks with the baby, went up to the quilt barn this afternoon...all good, def recommend New England for Autumn hols - cold but stunning! :)
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Just to be sure can you give me the GPS coordinates so I can check? |
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Originally Posted by PamE
(Post 9359320)
Resurrecting an old thread to say thanks to those who recommended Inverell and Glen Innes. We finally got over here and went fossicking at Frazer's Creek outside Inverell last week - found lots of stones including some sapphires, too exciting!! OH also went fossicking in Glen Innes, with some small luck. Now we're back in Nundle, this time staying a few days rather than just a day trip. Bloody cold but great cabin by the river, lots of sun and OH is in his element having borrowed lots of equipment from the nice people at the tourist park. Gold has been struck!! Well, substancially less than a gram lol but he's happy and I'm enjoying village life - hot chocs in the cafe, chatting with locals, crisp walks with the baby, went up to the quilt barn this afternoon...all good, def recommend New England for Autumn hols - cold but stunning! :)
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