Roo Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Found these bits on a narrow run down a gently sloping hillside. The smoother one bottom left is 4.1 g. Stooged me badly. Gave a nice broad dropping tone. Dug down 10" and it was still the same, dropped the coil vertical into the hole and no signal, yet. That usually means a good bit deep. From the top still broad. Dig another few inches and drop the coil in again but this time its there. When I got it out and holding it in my hand im thinking "how did you sound like that? You were supposed to be bigger!" Not that I was ungrateful, it just stooged me big time. Until I saw it I was thinking "yep, this is my clunker for 2013!" The others were from the same area. All in a very narrow line.The other pic is where it was from. Ironbark forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2cool Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Nice job Roo. I haven't seen the word stooge used like that ever. I may borrow that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Nice lil patch, hope you get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Awesome finds there Roo, get some more.....congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Roo To wake up on the green side of the grass and find gold it can't get no better than that. Nothing like the color of gold to make your day. Got to be a little more there but just have to put the time in to find it. The Best! Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravelwasher Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Oh man, for sure a good day!! Great looking stuff your pulling, cant wait to see some more. I am sure the bigger ones are just playing hard to get, you will get em:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakview2 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Nice..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinityau Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello Roo, nice looking gold you are getting. Very similar to the pocket gold I get here in the Redding,Ca area. I was in Australia just the other day. Not Actually I have a piece of property that I detect on that has a few Eucalyptus trees growing on it and I have found some small bits around the trees. This is probably as close to Australia that I will ever get to. LOL TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Those are fantastic !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Its an odd spot. The diggers looked liked they had a hard time figuring out where the gold ran. Down the hill away form the run is some minor segmented diggings. No constant run. You can see where they trenched here and there hoping to pick it up. No significant reef workings either. Just small test holes and two very minor actual workings. Lucky if they had taken out a couple of ton of rock. Here,s some pictures of some of the areas I hunt and some wildlife. The pic of the big lizard up the tree is a Goanna, he'd be 5 foot long easy, big fella. Usually they hide around the other side of the tree but he had just had a big drink at a waterhole and was too full to move so just sat there. The little one is a dragon lizard, they stand up on there back legs when they run flat out, front legs off the ground. The wallaby was the fattest wallaby I have ever seen, they are usually only half as fat as that one. You should be able to make out the remains of an old diggers puddler in one of them. That was at the base of some mountain diggings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Enjoyed the pic's Roo. Nice flat ground to beep in, I'm used to up and down with a lot of stickers. Our lizards look much the same but don't get as big, maybe into Mexico they do. Gl to ya. Old Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkirkll Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 thanks for the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Went back and had another go. Small run but a good little one. Its not a huge area and I reckon its finished. Will still check the surrounds out wider but this particular little ones done. The stuff on the coil is 4.5g all up. In the hand 9.8g. The best bit in hand is 5.9. GPX 5000, Fine Gold mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugbomb510 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hey.. I saw this a month back. Just completed Physical Geology and aced it. Check it out Roo and Ray! http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-gold-eucalyptus-trees-01486.htmlLolDaniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Now how bizarre is that!? I should be looking up instead of down Daniel. Makes you wonder how much gold the eucalypt distillers extracted without knowing it over all these years here? Good on you for doing so well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepinpete_WA Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Nice Slugs there Roo Some top piccies too mate and yeah that wallaby is the fatest ive ever seen.That surfaced area looks real familiar to me, reckon ive been around the area manyyears ago in your pics above, nice lookin country that is..Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted December 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Yeah, was good place Pete. Pretty flogged now though, gotta expect that with such a stand out good looking spot like that though huh!Could turn on again when something new comes along though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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