Gold prospecting using a metal detector

[Lesgold]

Went out for another play in the forest. Worked quite hard find a few small pieces. The gold is shrinking in size again.
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[BeeMaster2]

Les,
I?m waiting to see you come home with a large nugget. 😊
Jim Altmiller

[Ben Framed]

Les,
I?m waiting to see you come home with a large nugget. 😊
Jim Altmiller

It is possible! The old saying is "Gold is where you find it".  If he does he might need to change his name form Lesgold to Moregold.. 
I enjoy reading and viewing the pictures of your finds as well as the beautiful scenery you sometime display.  I hope you find the bonanza Les!

Phillip

[The15thMember]

Les,
I?m waiting to see you come home with a large nugget. 😊
Jim Altmiller

It is possible! The old saying is "Gold is where you find it".  If he does he might need to change his name form Lesgold to Moregold.. 
I hope you find the bonanza Les!

Phillip

  That reminds me of an old song I like. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFarJc8aGSE

[Lesgold]

Always looking to find ?more gold? This is another hobby that is just as addictive as beekeeping.

[Ben Framed]

I always look forward to reading your gold posting. Very interesting.

Phillip

[Lesgold]

Went out for a detect around some old workings with a mate this afternoon. Found most of these pieces in an old classifying pile. (Where the soil and gravel was run through a sieve to remove the rocks and larger pieces of gravel). Most pieces of gold were attached to some of the conglomerate gravel and were missed by the old timer miners.

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[Lesgold]

Went out for a swing with the detector a couple of days ago. We were in a deep gully that was worked by the old timers. Got a screaming signal on a vertical gravel wall. When I looked to see where I could start digging, I spotted the piece on the surface. This is what I saw.
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Just picked it out with my fingers. It was beautiful and yellow in colour. Unfortunately, it was very small.

[Ben Framed]

That is awesome! How big is is next to a quarter? (What weight) If there was gold in my area I would be searching too!

Phillip

[Lesgold]

Hi Phillip. It was pretty small. Just like the rest of the pieces that I?ve been finding lately.

[Lesgold]

Yesterday was another adventure out in the bush with a mate. We had a good day out with 16 small pieces making it to the rattle jars.  Not big but still heaps of fun with some exercise and a good walk helping to make the day.

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[BeeMaster2]

Les,
With all of the pieces that you have found, are you close to an ounce yet.
Jim Altmiller

[Lesgold]

No where near that Jim. That little collection on the coin weighed about .84 grams. Still a long way to go to get 31 and a bit grams.

[Lesgold]

Another good fun day out prospecting. Very small pieces but a heap of fun.

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I need to fertilise this gold so that it can grow a bit.

[Ben Framed]

Gold is where you and how you find it; It's gold and you found it! 


Phillip

[Kathyp]

Wow.  We do a bit of panning on a couple of pieces of property and in the rivers in CA close to my parents, but get mostly flour gold.  I have never found anything other than coins and trash with the metal detector.  Your pics might have lit the fire again though   

[Lesgold]

Go for it Kathyp. Once you have the gold fever, it never leaves you.

Here is a bit of a clip I put together on my day out in the bush. I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers

Les

https://youtu.be/4CpXe1T6hxY

[Kathyp]

That's very cool.  Thanks.  I don't have a metal detector that is that fancy, so my gold would have to be bigger.  I think I have better luck in the rivers or with the dirt we collect and bring home to fool with.

[Lesgold]

A few hours out in the bush yesterday doing some research for a YouTube clip. Couldn?t help myself. Had to dig a bit of gold.
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Tomorrow I?ll be hopefully filming a comparison video on a couple of different coils that we use on the detector.

[Ben Framed]

Thanks Les you have my attention. I Look forward to the coil comparison video.

Phillip