7am
20 degrees, cold easterly wind continued all night. Clear sky again.
Back
to Steve’s patch. Steve got to work with the metal rack and cleared the area he
had found bits in so I could go over it again with my 2300. He got a nasty
blister – not used to this hard work now. I worked slowly back and forth. He
worked further out to see if the patch had spread outwards.
After
smoko I worked on my blog for a while. Steve continued detecting of course.
30
degrees at lunchtime. The wind isn’t as bad. Steve found 10 more bits, all
around the patch area. He also found a recent softdrink can nearby so someone
walked by and missed the patch – lucky for us.
After
smoko I went back to do the other half of the cleared area. I found some more
and so did Steve. The biggest though of the lot was only a 1.25 gram nugget.
Not the prettiest gold as it is very rough – has travelled anywhere. Will have
to keep it separate so we can get its purity tested since it is supposed to be
a pure as Palmer gold.
Time
for a drink and enjoy the sunset colours – no actual sunset as we are down in
the creek and it disappears behind the hill ages before it actually sets.
Nippy
wind didn’t settle tonight so only a quick early shower.
Dinner
under the stars, one satellite then a few games of Skipbo before bed. We can
feel a few aches and pains as the body gets used to all the bending over
digging.
NO
PHOTOS TODAY
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