7.30am
16.6 degrees, clear sky.
Worked
together on our ‘patch’. Then I went over it more thoroughly with my 2300.
Steve
went wandering again to try and find another ‘patch’.
Back
home. This time the other vehicle saw us so I gave them a wave and they came in
to say hello. Paul and Terry are from Perth and have been coming here for
years. The camp down the track was for a couple of well drillers and an
aboriginal chap called Griffo. Terry had lots of stories of all the gold they
and others have found around this area. One was about finding reef gold beside
one of the shafts, hidden by a tree and they pulled out 18 ounces of gold then
left it for Griffo and the others to get out more – had to dig deep for it
though. Another ‘hole’ produced 40 ounces – now that would be nice to find.
They
said the two mining companies, Regis Resources and Duketon Mining, that are
working the area are ok with detectorists. Duketon are starting to do some more
exploration up near the Battery site so the people camped up there might have
to move. They said they were from South Aust.
They
headed back to camp so we got the fire going and rested for a bit before heading
into the van for dinner and early showers.
Very
peaceful here except for the clunk of the windmill and a few birds flittering
around and the occasional buzz of some flies. A little bat joins us to catch
the bugs as twilight descends.
NO
PHOTOS TODAY.
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