Anyone do gold panning?

[malau]

How often do you go? Probably with Star gazing at night? :rofl:

[Eden]

This fellow certainly does, not sure if he owns a telescope though!

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/kerang-man-unearths-135000-gold-nugget-20150309-13ywni.html

[speach]

Yep

[Baddad]

I did years ago at Ballarat. I was not successful until I chose a particular spot to draw the "sand" from. Then lots of little gold specks.:)
I know what to look for now.

[Stonius]

...aaaand that is? :-)

[jenchris]

Heavy black tailing in your pan will tell you you're on the right track.
Pop in the library and borrow the Australian gold gem and treasure mags.
The articles tell you where you can go

[malau]

It seems that Vic has more nice spots than NSW.. not because of that lucky guy. Do you guys use pan or sluicebox / high banker?

[Baddad]

Hi Stonius,:)

Hard to describe. Takes only a half hour for the smart person to learn.:)

[sil]

Maybe best just to avoid well trodden areas, thats always worked for me fossicking. Vegetation can protect from erosion or disturbance damage. Especially if you go to tourist places to fossick. For example Thunderbird Park in QLD all the good quality geodes are found away from the open areas that have been well picked. A bit of common sense in reading the terrain help far more than just destroying an area with tools.

[gaa_ian]

Yep ... with only limited success, but enough to keep me looking.
My best advice is think "Gravity Sucks" and gold is 16x heavier than water.
Gold and other heavy minerals have a way of working into cracks, crevices & under/behind rocks.
Most of my fossicking ATM is for Semi Precious Stones (easier to find) as they can be very beautiful !

[Stonius]

Ian - how did you get into that? With a group or something? Im interested in learning to fossick for stones/ fossils, but I think I must be the worst in the world at it! Whenever I have tried in the past it's lead to 'a nice walk'. :-)