These books often include information about goldfields and mining in. They found 6 pieces using our minelab sdc 2300 on their training day with us out of bendigo. Recreational prospecting and fossicking is looking for and collecting gems or minerals with hand tools. This includes looking for gold using metal detectors or pans. Robert brough smyths 1869 book the gold fields and mineral districts of victoria available online includes information about the geology and mining history of all major victorian goldfields. Lucky strike gold prospecting has a large collection of gold detecting maps and books available for purchase online or in store. Gold prospecting by doug stone is the authoritative guide to prospecting techniques, tips, and methods. Gold and relics gold prospecting adventure tours victoria. Their guides are professional gold prospectors and each one of them has found a lot of gold. Doug stone makes gold prospecting maps, particularly in the victorian golden triangle area, as well as maps for new south wales and western australia and gold atlases which combine each map into book format.
Online resources for researching gold prospecting locations. Gold is getting harder to find and the smarter you can be, the better your success. By robert brough smyth for victorians, most older prospectors will tell you there is the bible of gold and that is my number one recommended book and its free to download. Recommended gold related books our forum member syndyne posted an excellent post today on rock and mineral books. Metal detecting for gold in australia fifth edition temporarily. Gold mining new, used and rare books and ephemera at biblio. Gold prospecting one day tour ballarat visitor information centre, 225 sturt street, clunes, victoria, 3370 book now. Digitised historical books, reports, newspapers and maps. A practical guide to finding gold silver and coins with the ctx3030. Gold miners and mining research guides state library of victoria. Geologist jason cornish, who is state secretary of the prospectors and miners association, says victoria s socalled golden triangle has the perfect geological storm needed to create big nuggets. A good area to spend some time would be in the watsons hill area. Ballarat visitor information centre, 225 sturt street, clunes, victoria, 3370. This includes looking for gold using metal detectors or pans fossicking is a regulated activity in victoria and requires a permit known as a miners right permits are not needed at tourist mines and similar sites that charge a fee for entry.
Comprising their history territorial divisions produce and capabilities. Gold and relics gold prospecting adventures cater for everybody, from those with little or no experience, to more experienced prospectors who are wanting to improve their technique and find more gold. Gold panning, fossicking or prospecting typically involves the use of metal detectors, hand tools, pans or sluices in the search for gold, gemstones and other minerals. The 1872 bendigo goldfield registry available online includes descriptions and plans of many of the local mines, reefs and goldfields. A magnificent book containing many early drawings and photographs of the victorian goldfields. Because of the floods in december every gold bearing creek and river i have found gold on has changed and its become something of a mission to relearn these spots. Recent finds in victoria, western australia and elsewhere show that rich gold deposits remain, and gold prospecting describes how to prospect correctly and. Maps and books lucky strike gold prospecting supplies geelong. A group for all prospectors to add photos of finds and info there are only 2 questions to join answer both. Gold prospecting is the recreational act of searching for natural gold deposits in the ground using tools such as gold detectors, gold pans and gold sluices. Many of the worlds largest gold nuggets have been found in the golden triangle of central victoria. Douglas m stones metal detecting for gold in australia is packed with goldfield maps for nsw, vic, sa, nt, qld and wa. Whether youre a beginner, a serious gold prospector, a full time professional or a small scale miner.
Svitlana and ivan from victoria joined us for their first time gold detecting. Gold prospecting in the victorian goldfields goldfields. Theres a sign to watson hill and you just follow it till it ends in a quarry area. The australian mining history association has produced an online bibliography that lists books about the victorian goldfields. People have been prospecting for gold in the victorian goldfields since the 1850s gold rush saw the entire state turned upside down with gold fever. Fossicking is a regulated activity in victoria and requires a permit known as a miners right. A descriptive account of new south wales victoria and south. Two sisters found a 40 gram gold nugget and a 47 gram gold nugget last year. Location to find gold smythesdale in victoria directions. To compliment this post, i thought i would share some free book links and other recommended books that you may find or get from your library. Above left are graeme and amanda from melbourne and on the right are jim and jodie from usa but living in melbourne for a year. Gold prospecting maps books travel guides buy online.