Gold prospecting at Mitchell's Creek (Sunny Corner, NSW)
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- I return to Sunny Corner to apply all that I have learned about the area to see if I can increase the yield of gold that could find. #fossicking #goldpanning #goldprospecting
Awesome- upload suprised me ...i just finished your original sunny corner episode-thanks -keep them coming
Cheers. This was just a unique opportunity. Will do!
i'm gonna be your 1000th sub! Got my permit last week. Lost my job yesterday. Gonna head out this weekend for my first panning session!
I hope you don’t have to wait too long to be the 1000th. I’m sorry to hear you lost your job but I can see you are going to appreciate using the time you get. Good luck finding plenty of shiny stuff!
Cheers for the vid Jason. Nice little crevice!
Certainly was. Easily overlooked due to its size.
I think the grey is the top of the clay. Good local knowledge learned,
That’s right. It turns into a silty thick layer that has nothing. If there’s gravel it’s good.
You have my attention!
Lol. It was a nice suprise when it happened.
Mitchell’s creek definitely still has some decent little spots, really have to work for em though! Think it’s only a matter of time until I end up running into you, we share a lot of the same areas hahaha
The area certainly does. I’m sure it is likely to happen. I have run into a few viewers now out in the field and even at shops. With my hat and jacket, I’m an easy spot.
Nice, was up mitchell's Creek a few days ago.
Thanks. Did you have any luck?
Yellow is yellow buddy it all adds up love ya vids
Cheers. Eventually it does. Glad you like them.
To move a piece of gold the size of a pin head the volume of water must be moving rocks the size of a brick or more. At that time of water volume the gold will accumulate in pockets in the creek where low pressure points occur. Generally that will be higher away from the water where it is now . The pockets will be dependant on three main points .
1. The width of the river when water is running hard. To understand this point if you stand at water level now and look in a level line to the banks of the river then that will more than likely be where the your attention should be . Note that if river is wide then pay streak may also be wide which makes it difficult There will be no water there now.
2. Gradient of river flow . To understand this point then an easy way is to imagine that the river is a sluice. Running too steep will prevent gold from stopping . Running slow will just drop too much light material and and if any gold drops it will wash away at next high water event because generally it will only be small gold . An inside bend at high water level and bedrock is a good place where a pocket will occur . The better size gold will be closer to the the faster running water and a little bit towards the end of the bend . The furthest extremity of the bend where there will probably be brick size rocks or larger . Just note that there may be no water there now.
3. One of the better places where pockets occur is a steep grade that becomes less steep and more the gradient of your sluice . The gold washes down the steep section and catches in the sluice section.
Of course finding crevices and boil holes in the higher up points is wise.
Generally gold will drop in a pay streak and working a section with poor yield means that the pay streak was missed . The streak varies in width from two feet to ten feet wide . Main point out of this is to move to higher ground and find a pocket that will have larger gold .
Didn't mean for this to be so long but maybe this will be helpful in your search for gold.
Cheers🍻🍾
All feedback and suggestions are valuable. Thank you for such detailed information. Some of this I implicitly applied but the focus on higher ground is one that I would love to test in the future as I do tend to focus on the readily exposed crevices and accessible bedrock areas. Cheers, and watch out for a video where I apply your suggestions in the future.
@@InSearchOf...Australia your welcome. The information is from a scientific study in Canada .
They actually made a river and changed sharpness of bends , steepness etc until they were satisfied on how gold moves and settles in the river.
I don't have the patience or strength these days to do what you young fellas do but I wish you all well in your quest. Cheers
Thanks. That’s really interesting. This young fella has hints of aches and pains to come.
@@InSearchOf...Australia ouch!!!
I should add…like some side mirrors on cars “presenter may be older than he appears”
Live next to sunny corner and if you spend enough time there u will get what your looking for and the gio maps mark sunny corner very well for not just gold but gems ect too
Oooh…I haven’t seen evidence of gems yet. I hope it means “yet” as you suggest. Thanks!