PROSPECTING TRIP

above is all the gold i found on this trip, the big one on the right has 26 grams of gold the middle specimen has 7 grams and the one on the left has 18 grams of gold  [below] not much gold visible but theres 26 grams of gold inside

 get lost out here ya in deep trouble

 Steves 58 gram nugget,

 me with a specimen with 18.5 grams of gold in it, the hole was 12 inches deep,

 Paul with his specimen with 3 ounces of gold in it, the hole was 24 inches deep,

g,day everyone, well i have just got back from 2 weeks out bush with a few other fellas and had a ball and as some of these guys are seasoned prospectors i learnt alot about setting the detector right and prospecting, the first week i found only small nuggets but the second week i dug the larger nugget which doesnt show much gold but it has 26 grams of gold inside it, to find out how much gold is in it you weigh it dry [ as it is ] then weigh it suspended in water, multiply the dry weight by 1.9 then multiply the wet weight by 3.1 then subtract the low number from the high number to give you the weight in gold. dry= 81.43g x 1.9 = 154.717g,  wet= 58.3g x 3.1 = 180.73g, now 180.73 - 154.717 = 26.01 grams of gold. On this trip i met 2 guys over from victoria for the 2 weeks and one of them [Paul] found a specimen with 3 ounces of gold and another with just under 2 ounces, im very happy about my results which i also got a specimen with 18.5 grams of gold and another with 7.27 grams in it, the total weight i found was 80.84 grams or 2 ounces 18.6 grams, not bad for 2 weeks work. The larger specimen with 26 grams of gold is the largest ive found and it was 19 inches deep easily the deepest ive found and the deeper you dig the bigger the gold will be. Another bloke who lives in laverton found a nice flat water worn 58 gram nugget which is just under 2 ounces, im now in leonora for a week as i have run out of supplies and need to buy more before heading out again to a different spot, dont forget to leave a comment, cheers Stu.

Gold slowly adding up

 just the 11 nuggets for the week but got a nice 3 gramer,

 total nuggets off this patch, 101 for 41.6 grams

Hi everyone, i worked hard all week trying to get to 100 nuggets off this patch and i just got there, i ended up with 101 nuggets for a total weight of 41.6 grams or 1 ounce 10.5 grams, the weather has been cloudy with some showers and its gettin pretty darn cold at night as well as windy coldish days. Im staying in laveton for a few nights then on saterday im heading nth about 120ks to a new area, im going with some profesional prospectors who run tours for people and have a number of quad bikes and they have a group from a metal detecting club from NSW [34 people] coming over and have asked me if id like to go with them and help out looking after the group, im not getting paid but it will be a great experience watching how the pros go about it and the area that we re going is very remote but rich in gold so ill be giving the GPS a workout as i will be back there by myself very soon after. the gold [right] is my total from WA, 206 nuggets weighing 105 grams or 3 ounces 12 grams, cheers Stu,
ps, still lookin for that big one.

patch still producing

Hi everyone, im still working the same patch in Hawks Nest gold field s/w of Laverton, this  week ive dug 14 nuggets but not much weight to them still im having fun finding them and vidioing me digging, im trying to put the vidios on the blog but it takes ages to download, the gold buyer was in town today but the aussie $ is to high and the price of gold is surpposed to go up later this year so i will hold off selling my gold just yet, catchas later,Stu

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NUGGETS AINT NUGGETS ?

 Only the 5 nuggets this week as one of my coils broke and had to be sent back to a factory in Adelade for the second time, maybe they should make them in Aus instead of some sweatshop in downtown Thailand. To the worker at trevaskis that said these aint nuggets, well if they make a noise when dropped into the container then its a NUGGET.  Tally for this patch is now 76 nuggets for 30.23 grams, nearly an ounce.

 Gums are in full bloom

NEW PATCH

 {above} 71 nuggets from hawks nest, {below} total over 3 ounces,

 no need to put beer in the fridge as the frosts have arrived

 omletts for dinner,

 emus

G,day all, well after a couple of weeks i only got 3 nuggets and with the weather starting to turn bad i went back to laverton as after heavy rain they close the roads and you can get stuck out bush, after 2 days in the van park i decided to camp out at a gold field close to town only 20 ks away, i found a good spot to camp and went detecting in the afternoon and found 2 nuggets, the next morning i started to chain the area which is puting a rope tied to my belt about 150 cm long with a lenth of chain 30 cm long tied to the end of the rope and this is draged along behind me and it leaves a line in the dirt and you can see where u have walked, i dug 14 nuggets that day followed by 13 nuggets the next then my largest haul ever in one day 19 nuggets then 7 then 6 then 3 then 2 then 4 then 1 yeaterday morning, total for the 10 days is 71 nuggets and total weight 28.3 grams with the largest 2.7 grams which is the shape of an L, i promised louise a nugget to put on a necklace for her 21st and i couldnt believe i would find one in the shape of an L, my gold tally for the trip so far is 176 nuggets weighing over 3 ounces. I had a run in with 4 emus which scared the hell out of me as at the time i was kneeking down digging and i looked up and they were staring down at me from about 5 metres away, from where i was sitting they looked about 10 feet tall and i jumped up and they walked away i got a pic of them but i couldnt get close to them again. On monday im heading back to this spot again as i think i can get more gold and it would be nice to find one about an ounce but the patch that i found is next to the main track and people are sure to see all the freshly dug soil and stop to detect so im keen to get back,.Im in leonora van park and will refuel, do some washing, buy more food and HAVE A SHOWER, you can wash everyday out bush but you cant beat a long hot shower. im starting to do more cooking on the open fire to save gas, you have to watch that no lizards or bugs jump out of the wood into your pot or pan which has happened, a large lizard jumped out of a log just missing my diiner and ive found a grasshopper in my coffie which must have got in my kettle. This new patch of gold is in a gold field called Hawks nest and is sth west of laverton. catchas later,    Stu.

 G,day, well not much gold in the past 2 weeks, just the three nuggets and the larger one this week, its almost a gram and the three total 1.7grams maybe enough to pay for fuel but better than none. I came across tracks and a resting place for a camel as i can tell by their marks in the sand, im heading back that way next week and i hope hes a loner and doesnt have a harem as they get nasty if you get in between the male and his harem by accendent. Every time i go out detecting i have to take a pic of somthing and this time i climbed another rocky hill and found a rock garden that a landscaper would charge thousands for, not just the plants but the colour of the rocks, i have to keep my eyes open when climbing these rocks as the death adder around these parts you just wouldnt see until your on top of him and their deadly and scary looking snakes but i havnt seen any sign of snakes yet. I was realy stoaked when i came across a flock of about 50 odd bourke parrots and it was great to see them in the wild as ive had averies since i was 14 and the bourke parrot is my favourite bird ive had in them, they run along like road runners then when they take flight are very swift and direct, they are hard to get close to and taking a pic of them would be useless as they would be impossible to see amongst the rocks and scrub unless i buy a good camera. Im heading back out monday morning for another week and have some spots in mind that might bring a bit more gold, catchas later. Stu

[above] rockery, [below] male bourke parrot and some of the area i prospect, pic taken from the rockery