Wattle be next

[ozwinner]

Wattle be next.

I had the day off so with camera and metal detector in hand I headed out to the Heathcote goldfields.
I managed to catch 3 old coins and a bag of bits and pieces.

A coupla pics of Wattle and some late 1880's fireplaces as used by gold miners.
I have a feeling the last fireplace was in a pub/boarding house/dining room, as I found some good stuff in the dump just from it.

Al :)

[Burnsy]

Sounds like a great way to spend a Friday, I for one am very envious

[wheelinround]

Wattle be next.

I had the day off so with camera and metal detector in hand I headed out to the Heathcote goldfields.
I managed to catch 3 old coins and a bag of bits and pieces.

A coupla pics of Wattle and some late 1880's fireplaces as used by gold miners.
I have a feeling the last fireplace was in a pub/boarding house/dining room, as I found some good stuff in the dump just from it.

Al :)

Nice photo's Wattles out early :no: not a good sign for coming summer.

Lets hope the ................:o:oj ust did a google and I was correct it is "National Park" area :doh: big OOOPPPsss Ozwinner.

[ozwinner]

Lets hope the ................:o:oj ust did a google and I was correct it is "National Park" area :doh: big OOOPPPsss Ozwinner.

Pull ya head in, not all of Heathcote is National park.

Typical of someone living so far away knowing more about the local area than the locals. :~

Al :)

[Wood Borer]

Nice photos Al.

Does the metal detector pick up Aluminium?

Just wondering about your prospecting apparel.:o

[ozwinner]

Nice photos Al.

Does the metal detector pick up Aluminium?

Just wondering about your prospecting apparel.:o

It can pick up any metal or not, all depends how I tune it.

Al :roll:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Find any bottles? The last time I went detectorectoring we found a few old spindle-bottomed bottles when SWMBO dropped the detector and it "clinked" in the leaves. :rolleyes:

They sold for double our assay! :oo:

[ozwinner]

when SWMBO dropped the detector



Thems fighting words..:o:o

No bottles, most of the digging have been thrashed by treasure hunters, I usually go looking for the out of way places that have the remains of old chimneys, they are easy to see when you get your eye in.

Ok course, never in National Parks or Hysterical Reserves

Al :)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Thems fighting words..:o:o

'Twas her detector. :) Me, I was a rock-hound and preferred to go fossicking for agates, geodes, crinoidal marble, etc. Yet to find a detector for them. :shrug:

[ozwinner]

'Twas her detector. :) Me, I was a rock-hound and preferred to go fossicking for agates, geodes, crinoidal marble, etc. Yet to find a detector for them. :shrug:

Did you ever get up to Corona (sp) out back of Broken Hill?

Went there a few times for the various varieties of Sio gemstones.

Al :)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Corona? Hmmm... we did a lot of travelling, so I'm not sure, but I think we dug for garnet around Broken Hill and, I think, amethyst and jewellery grade quartz around Corona(??) We spent most of our time between here and Gippsland - Briagalong for thunder eggs, Toongabby for agates, Warrandyte for blue/green quartz, some place on the way down to Phillip Island for sapphires.

Rockhounds are worse than a woodturner hearing a tree is coming down. Even the remotest hint of a "find" somewhere in the state and off we scurried... :D

[ozwinner]

What about Diamonds on the back road from BH to White Cliffs? :cool:

Al :U

[echnidna]

And Diamonds and large saphires up tolmie way too

[Iain]

I've scored a few old bottles with the metal detector, the old goldfield pubs often had a hole out the back where general rubbish was dumped including metal, so, find the metal dig carefully and find a few old bottles.

[ozwinner]

And Diamonds and large saphires up tolmie way too

Where up Tolmie?
Ill be heading that way as soon as it gets warmer to take Rob out for some fossicking.

Al :2tsup:

[echnidna]

I'll pm ya later, need to look up a map

[echnidna]

Cold weathers ok up there.

The creeks only freeze over a few inches,
Just jump up and down on the ice till it breaks.

[ozwinner]

I'll pm ya later, need to look up a map

Thanks Bob, beats looking up an old mate.:U

Al :doh:

[Wood Borer]

Sounds like a weekend long project - we'll be rich.:2tsup:

That tiny little creek of ours has been flowing for about 5 or 6 weeks now, I wonder if that is worth looking at?

[ozwinner]

That tiny little creek of ours has been flowing for about 5 or 6 weeks now, I wonder if that is worth looking at?

I doubt that there would be anything in it, get a shovel full and pan it off to see.

Al :)

[mic-d]

If a bloke wanted to get a metal detector and do some prospecting, how much would he have to spend on a decent one?

Cheers
Michael

[ozwinner]

I think mine (http://www.minelab.com/consumer/page.php?section=272&pId=5&pNm=Explorer%20SE&x=y) cost $2500ish, but you can hire them.

Al :)

[Groggy]

Can you use those things to find metal (nails) in your timber?

[Iain]

No, unless there is a 10 kilo nugget about 2mm under the dirt.
The big ones can be tuned and set to discriminate between ferrous and non ferrous metals, they can also be ground balanced and have a massive pair of coils whicj give them the depth they require.

[Allan at Wallan]

Can you use those things to find metal (nails) in your timber?

Yes Groggy, they can detect nails in timber.

At Eltham Woodworking Club we are not permitted to
run old wood thru the thicknesser or the planer
without running the detector over it first.

Allan

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