7am
20 degrees, a few puffy clouds.
We
all headed off detecting. I worked the hillside behind the van but got nothing
so made a cuppa then headed up the hill beside the van where someone else had
been digging holes. I got two rocks that made good sounds out of one hole and a
little specimen. The other person had scraped dirt back into a neat flat
surface and lo and behold, he left me a nice little nuglet, 0.30g.
Steve
came back from all over but he had only found a quartz rock on the other side
of the hill and one little specimen. He said for me to try where he got the
rock as he thought my detector might find more little pieces. I got two little
bits. I walked back over my ‘holes’ again and got another nuglet beside my
‘cairn’. See no-one gets it all.
Jeff
brought me back a Sturt's Desert Pea. He said if I put it in water the other buds
should come out also.
My
two rocks before Steve hit them with the hammer.
My
four little nuglets – very spiky and dirty.
You
can see the gold in the rock. He kept smashing till we had little bits of gold.
He will keep the rest and dolly it up one day and pan off the flecks of gold.
The
bits of gold out of the two rocks.
I
put the 4 nuglets and the bits of gold on the scales and got 1.13 grams so with
the other bits in the quartz spec I reckon I have 1.3 grams.
Steve
smashed his specimen and wondered why it wouldn’t break apart – it was a nice
size nugget, 1.35 grams. So with his other little bit he had a total of 1.68
grams for today.
Lovely
warm evening though the breeze is still pleasant – well chilly when showering
outside!!
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