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#1
12-20-2012, 07:45 AM
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Why use an LRL?
LRL's were not around in the 1800- 1900 gold rush and they found plenty of gold. So why buy a LRL? Sure there are detectors that will detect at 30ft/10 meters a nugget on the surface. But these detectors will not penatrate the ground and so cannot find a nugget straight below you where the gold is 30feet/10 meters straight below. Also the gold that has been washed along the old creek bed is scattered every where so how would you distinguish between lots of tiny specks and a large nugget? Here's a picture of the detector i use. It will detect to 1 cm max.
Last edited by Dedevil; 12-20-2012 at 07:58 AM. Reason: pic to big 
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#2
12-28-2012, 09:48 PM
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Down to 25 feet / 7 meters
Well i must say that LRL's are a good idea BUT In practically digging down through 7 meters of dirt and clay to the bedrock is very hard work.
The pictures here show the shaft about 10cm from the bedrock which is where i started getting small gold.
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12-28-2012, 10:14 PM
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I think that was an attempt of sarcasim by wm6? No Not trippin I used to process this ore and get an ounce a day with nuggets up to thumb size. With todays gold prices thats around $10,000 a week. These small pieces are everywhere but the hardest thing is getting them seperated from the potters clay in which they lie. For this i used a trommel but i am now moving towards a gravity feed sluice.
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#5
12-30-2012, 10:43 AM
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Some things i found
One shovell from the bedrock and i was called away due to family being ill.
But here's some pics of what i've found so far at 26 feet depth Detectors dont like muddy water! A 1850's style cheisel for smashing though the false bedrock at 24 feet. A clay pipe with stamp GLASCOW on side Rusty big nails
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#6
01-07-2013, 09:31 AM
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color at 13 feet depth
With bushfire alert at maximun i decided to get out of the bush for a few days.
Here is what i've got so far at 13 feet/ 3meters depth. The old river bed is full of fine gold. I panned these few grams in an afternoon from around 6 large buckets. I also stopped because my back was killing me! Next i will have to make a trommel to wash the soils and speed up the process. Hopefully i will be able to speed it up so that i can process 2 ounces a day.
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#7
01-07-2013, 06:21 PM
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