7.30am
13 degrees, clear sky and breezy.
Took
the Odometer reading yesterday and worked out we have done 31,500 km since 1
July last year.
Kerry
and Brian went to their patch to hammer and chisel out a quartz rock that was
making a good signal. Got a photo of Kerry hard at work.
We
drove along the track with Bob and Margaret and tried a new spot. Steve did his
big walk while we just wandered the slopes getting nothing but a couple of bits
of steel. Steve came back and as he headed to Margaret he got a signal so he
got Margaret to go over it and dig it out. A nice little bit to get them on the
board. She turned around and got another signal and dug out a nice long skinny
bit. Unfortunately that was it.
Moved
back to our patch and I gridded my spot and got 3 more bits. Steve wandered
over a different area and got 4 which was great. Bob and Margaret only got
rubbish.
Home
for lunch – still breezy and a pleasant temperature.
Kerry
and Brian had chipped out some of the quartz rock and there was lots of fine
gold on it. One bit was so thin it didn’t make a sound with the detector.
We
went back to our spot. Bob and I got a bit each and Steve got a few more.
Brian
dug out the rest of the quartz. Steve said there will be more gold in the
quartz so he showed Brian how to use the dolly pot to crush the quartz. They
were amazed at how much came out of one bit. Steve then panned off the crushed
rock and there was lots of fine gold.
We
were all happy with our day’s work and chatted over drinks for ages as the sun
went down.
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