7am
16.1 degrees, clear sky and no wind.
Drove
out to where Jeff has been detecting to try our luck. I found one little bit on
some scrapes then Jeff arrived. The chap who has been working this area over
thoroughly arrived so we chatted with him for a bit – Ziggy who is Austrian. He
has been here 10 weeks and has 9 ounces!! He works two detectors, the 5000
first then goes over the area with the 2300 and gets all the little bits, mind
you Jeff has found some he has missed. We drove further along and I tried some
scrapes and got another bit which was a bit bigger than the first. Steve found
a rock which sung loudly.
He
hit it with a hammer and there was gold inside in the quartz.
Continued
on and I got two more bits getting bigger each time. Steve found a small and
larger nuglets and then we headed back. Found some more holes in the rocks.
We
drove back towards Ziggy’s camp and stopped in to say how we did. He said he found
another patch and had gotten 29 nuglets!!
Stopped
off at Rob and Robyn’s for a chat – they invited us for drinks tomorrow. Found
out it is Robyn who leaves the smiley faces on their golden holes.
Did
the weigh in – amazingly my 4 bits made a gram.
Steve’s
two bits was exactly a gram and a few bits of the quartz and gold came to 2
grams so with the bits in the dish he probably has 2 grams of gold when you
take the quartz away. Not a bad day.
Certainly
warming up during the day as the wind has died right off. Jeff came back with
some more nice bits so he is happy too.
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