7am
19 degrees, still windy but not as bad as the other days.
Off
to the ‘patch’ again while Steve investigated a quartz blow he got a signal in
yesterday.
I
had another good morning and evening found a little ‘specie’ – ironstone with
gold bits in it.
Steve
had taken a bucket with the hammer and chisel in it and when I met him on the
track he was looking very laden-down. The bottom of the bucket was filled with
this silver stuff – hoping it is going to be something good. It is very heavy.
We
looked up the Geomap and checked what minerals were found at different spots
around here and there is quite a few. Copper, zinc, lead and a few other ones
that we will have to find out what the letter stands for. He is hoping it might
be platinum – worth more than gold!!
After
smoko I worked on my blog – so glad we bought that 12 volt charger for my
laptop though it does take a while to charge it back up again after I flatten
it. Steve went detecting as he hasn’t found any gold today and he said he felt
like a kept man when I showed him my bits. He came back with 2 bits so all
good.
30.4
degrees on the thermometer in the truck and it certainly feels hotter when we
are standing in the sun.
After
lunch I regrided the patch and managed to find one more bit and another bit
from the other side of the shale outcrop.
While
we were collecting some firewood I found some interesting rocks with a black
mineral – another rock to add to our collection to find out what it is.
Steve
put on his big coil and went over the ‘patch’ one more time and was rewarded
with two more bits.
The
breeze has picked up which will make our shower a bit nippy tonight.
Another
lovely night otherwise.
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