I was on the Rocky in May and pulled out nearly a gram of gold one afternoon. The gold is very fine, but there's a lot of it if you ignore the sands and go among the rocks, crevicing and digging. One of the nicer finds was a bunch of the odd flattened spherical crystals the oldtimers reported there.
That's right no permit needed in nsw only state to still honor the constitution on fossicking rights,permit only needed if state forest,crown land an national parks
@@keza3250 : Well, the issue is a bit more complicated. For example, there used to be over 30 designated fossicking reserves in NSW. Wooldridge was one of them. Even though every fossicker needed a permit back then (I still have mine as a nostalgic keepsake!) it gave (in theory) similar rights as the Victorian Miners' Right. The NSW government in, IIRC, the late 1990s cancelled the permits and said anyone could fossick anywhere as long as certain rules were followed and permissions from landholders were sought. It sounded like a good deal! It was all BS, of course. Soon, the Fossicking reserves were closed and quietly absorbed into National Parks, sold or leased. Then access everywhere else began to be restricted. Former free areas such as Travelling Stock Reserves (on which some of the old Fossicking Reserves were located) banned fossicking. Public Commons were closed, shifted or had new rules applied by the government. Crown right-of-way sections of land (crucial to access some of the better fossicking lands) were quietly sold off to private interests. It's not all doom and gloom, though, as in the past five years or so that we've begun to have Fossicking Districts declared, which cut some of the red tape encountered when trying to get permission to fossick on mineral leases (large areas of the state are under these).
@@HummelJaeger I've noticed that too,acess to tsr,crown land an national an state forest for fossicking now requires a permit, You are not supposed to need a permit or miners right in NSW, even national park acess road have been sold or fenced off To much public land has been sold off or given to natives,all public land needs to he reopened to fossicking, I just dig wherever I like with my brother state forest,crown land,national park's,Aboriginal land an so on it's our country to as white Australians government can get stuffed Next time your fossicking good luck mate hope you find something great
That's how to get it done fam. What a blast. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out!!!
Cool.... I hope you can get some more 👍🤓✌️
Great video. I just purchased a 888 river sluice, can't wait to try it out. Good to see Keith, it's been a while, say g'day from Matt.
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You will have 3 tekkers and seven sluices before you know it :)
@@sluiceboxkarl lol, I just ear marked a larger sluice this morning 🤣
Awesome.
Brilliant video Karl! Nice finds 👍👍
The place basically films itself. Thanks :)
Great video
Thank you very much. Was a great little stop over.
I was on the Rocky in May and pulled out nearly a gram of gold one afternoon. The gold is very fine, but there's a lot of it if you ignore the sands and go among the rocks, crevicing and digging. One of the nicer finds was a bunch of the odd flattened spherical crystals the oldtimers reported there.
Great effort. We had a great time.
the fossicking permit is if you want to fossick in a nsw state forest area, you do not require one elsewhere
That's right no permit needed in nsw only state to still honor the constitution on fossicking rights,permit only needed if state forest,crown land an national parks
@@keza3250 : Well, the issue is a bit more complicated. For example, there used to be over 30 designated fossicking reserves in NSW. Wooldridge was one of them.
Even though every fossicker needed a permit back then (I still have mine as a nostalgic keepsake!) it gave (in theory) similar rights as the Victorian Miners' Right.
The NSW government in, IIRC, the late 1990s cancelled the permits and said anyone could fossick anywhere as long as certain rules were followed and permissions from landholders were sought. It sounded like a good deal! It was all BS, of course.
Soon, the Fossicking reserves were closed and quietly absorbed into National Parks, sold or leased.
Then access everywhere else began to be restricted.
Former free areas such as Travelling Stock Reserves (on which some of the old Fossicking Reserves were located) banned fossicking.
Public Commons were closed, shifted or had new rules applied by the government.
Crown right-of-way sections of land (crucial to access some of the better fossicking lands) were quietly sold off to private interests.
It's not all doom and gloom, though, as in the past five years or so that we've begun to have Fossicking Districts declared, which cut some of the red tape encountered when trying to get permission to fossick on mineral leases (large areas of the state are under these).
@@HummelJaeger I've noticed that too,acess to tsr,crown land an national an state forest for fossicking now requires a permit,
You are not supposed to need a permit or miners right in NSW,
even national park acess road have been sold or fenced off
To much public land has been sold off or given to natives,all public land needs to he reopened to fossicking,
I just dig wherever I like with my brother state forest,crown land,national park's,Aboriginal land an so on it's our country to as white Australians government can get stuffed
Next time your fossicking good luck mate hope you find something great
That's not gold it's fool's Gold it's everywhere up there but yes there are gems nice ones too
Ok karen
It's FOSSICKING, NOT Fosseting..!🤦♂️
lol you really mad about a ai captions app spelling something wrong. Go get some sun
Hi can you be more specific abut the spot area or map need you help thanks
It’s tiny little fossicking area In Uralla. Can’t miss it