It's perfectly legal to use a Highbankers in NSW, Australia. Highbankers or sluice box alone is not illegal. The use of motorize or mechanical pump in highbanking is what's illegal. The mining act 1996 and the pump moving the water from A to B is covered by the water management act 2000. Cheers
excellent work Wal n Liz! i think a powerful magnet will separate the black sand from the gold most times & make your panning alot easier, all the best kimbo!
Found this combination to be the most efficient. The expanded metal is not your typical aluminium expanded. It is in actual fact expanded roof access grate which can be sourced from any of your commercial roofers. The sides of this mesh are vertical and not angled and this makes it a lot more efficient on fine flour gold, because of the bigger vortex it creates. Best of luck!....Wal
Congrats on the Video guys, Obviously well practiced, been there and done it before and know what you're doing. I'm just getting back to it in Tassie after a long while so we'll se how we go :)
Like a lot of people i found that really informative, been looking at this area and thinking of doing some panning just for fun. really good work guys.
Thanks for watching oshiroivan, the sluice will get you gold every time you go out. with the 2 detectors your talking about ,both are a very good machine. my preference would be slightly towards the minelab as have an edge on ground balancing in heavy mineralized soil.
I hate to say this but... You guys deserve all the gold you get for your effort!! I am not sure if you guys profit from this, but I do hope that it was a great day out. Backbreaking work by the gentleman, and the meticulous panning technique by the lady. But seriously, thank you for the informative video.
hi Scott... thanks for watching. This is one of the many gold bearing streams within an hours drive from where we live. It's a popular area as it has mainly flour gold which was very difficult for the old timers to clean out. Every flood replenishes the gold and it is not uncommon to get around 5 grams of gold for an easy days hi banking. this would probably equate to around a cubic meter per 5 grams. On a really good day we get as much as 10 grams. Good luck on your local streams...Cheers Wal.
G'day 234...the place is Oallen Ford on the Shoalhaven River. Its at the crossing between Neriga and Tarago. You'll find quite a few people there on the weekends but it is quite a large area that can accommodate a big crowd. We mainly Hi-Bank but if you haven't got one a standard river sluice would be the next best thing ...you'll also need a gold pan, 1/4" sieve, and a shovel. Try downstream where the rock bars cross the river....the opposite bank to where you can drive is best..Cheers Wal.
@tfa40729...Trevor, thanks for your constructive input. We set the gold catching section of our high banker into 2 different configurations, hence the 2 mats on the top section of the high banker. The 1st mat traps all the coarse gold, the 2nd mat traps all the fine flour gold. The lower section of the high banker, is used only for trapping sapphires hence no mats and no clean up shown. We feel it's not necessary to show each mat separately as they both combine to do the same thing....see cont.
Thanks for your concern sepfirem. We always double pan our first run and never have more than a couple of specks in the 2nd pan. Once you yourself become efficient at gold panning then maybe you will also be able to speed up a little yourself. Again, thanks for your concern but unfortunately, we do not lose any gold for you to pan behind us....Cheers, Wal
Your best set up to start looking for gold would be a standard river sluice and a gold pan. If the bug get strong enough, convert the river sluice to a high banker by adding the water pump. This will increase the amount you get tenfold. Best of luck. Cheers, Wal
thanks for watching....a mate of mine has one of those "Marks" drop riffle sluices and working side by side with us ends up with half of what we get....problem with them is they fill up too quickly with black sand and as Oallen has only flour gold much of it washes through. If you clean them out every hour or so it helps. Cheers Wal.
Thanks for watching kim and hope you enjoyed the vid.A lot of the areas around here are Basalt based with a lot of black Spinel. These unfortunately are not magnetic so we have to do it the hard way. I wish the streams we worked were magnetite based as the use of a rare earth magnet would certainly make life a lot easier. Best wishes....Cheers Wal.
hi great vid... im from Gulgong, have done a bit of panning years ago and only ever found specs,, waiting on the arrival of my metal detector, and looking forward to getting back into looking .. thanks for sharing this vid, it stired up the old gold fever ,lol
Hi Brad...haven't panned much in that area....only detected in the triangle. Have panned a lot up in the high country between Mt Hotham and Dargo over the years with good results.The Crooked River near Dargo is certainly worth a shot ...Regards Wal.
glad you enjoyed the vid...the shoveling looks like hard work but when you pace yourself as lazily as we do.....15 min dig.... 15 min rest ...15 min...chat....then the work is really not that bad. We only chase the gold and gemstones for a hobby so don't need it to pay the bills....Cheers Wal.
A good hi banker will pick up every bit of gold.....the amount of water is regulated by the size of the box. the one shown runs at its optimal performance and catches even the smallest flour gold. Our system runs the classifier full length of the box as we use it for sapphires as well. You may be getting confused by seeing no water running on the top box.....It's going through the classifier and over the trap underneath....Cheers Wal.
WOW , That is a great day lot's of color very nice video, I like your high-banker setup!. You gave me some idea's about different matting thanks again and you got my subscription. Peace
Glad you enjoyed the vid Paul. The Banker is an older version of the one I mainly use but is very efficient at this particular spot as it only has very fine flour gold. All the very best.....Wal.
Thanks for the comment. We run a Minelab GPX 5000 and do quite well on the goldfields. The afternoons high-banking only yielded a few grams. Cheers, Wal
Thanks for watching ARELAV and hope you enjoyed them. Sorry to hear that you have trouble prospecting in Russia as it is a very enjoyable pastime.Best wishes from the land down under...Cheers Wal.
You don't need a permit or license to prospect in NSW. Good idea to make your hi-bank set up as light as possible. Most of the best spots require at least a kilometer walk. The hi-banker you see in the video is a combination for gold and sapphires. Our gold only hi-banker has only one tier and is much more portable than the one you see. Best of luck and C U in the field one day. Cheers, Wal
Hi wal and liz thanks for that,i have found lots of old mines around the copeland area around the lower barrington tops and which looks like could be a good camping area on the river up there just have to get up there now and have a go.cheers.
Thanks for watching Bryan....I've also got a vid out on How to build a high volume high banker that may be of interest to you.....Whipstick is a great place ...got some good gold from there....Cheers Wal.
Glad you enjoyed the vid Clouds. Certainly a pleasant day out on the river and a good place for a swim during the heat of the day. All the very best...Wal.
wow, i didnt know about the "Grey area", now ive got something to challenge the rangers with lol, and i did correct my self about the Oz and grams in my last post to you hehehe, im headed down there again this easter holidays.
Thaks for the comment david. we mainly show the vids for family and friends with an interest in the outdoors. We do not make them to encourage the public for financial gain. Some sell their gold...some use it for their personal collection....some like us make jewelery from it. All these topics are a separate vid in themselves directed at a different market.....Cheers Wal.
@rooshooter1977 Glad you liked the video. Certainly great spot. Thanks for the tip but if you use enough water on the front wash the gold won't float on the back wash. Certainly if you're not use to panning flour gold then a drop of dish liquid will certainly make it easier for you. Look forward to possibly catching up on the river and exchanging ideas. Cheers, Wal and Liz
cool setup looks like it catches the fines really well, i like the wedge design and that big aluminum expanded metal i gotta find some of that here in the states
thanks for watching Wayne....not hard to get bitten by that gold bug....get out as often as you can ....the more you go the better you get and the more bitten you become. Try to go to a place like the ford first. You will learn a lot as the gold is reasonably consistent and there is always someone out there most weekends who are willing to share advice......happy hunting Wal.
Thanks for watching david. We mainly do the vids for family and friends, so they can keep up with what we do on our weekends away. We do not do them to be teachers but many learn different ideas from the way we operate. The vids are meant to be a source of fun and not a teaching aid ,and that's the way we like it. We don't want "Everybody" to watch them, only those who who have a similar interest in the outdoors like ourselves. All the very best ,...Cheers Wal.
: My name is Musa from Sudan. I have experience of at least five years in the field of gold work. I have experience with dealing with gold devices, especially the GPZ 7000 device and the gold monster. I want to work with any company working in the field of gold. I can also extract gold pieces from large distances.
LOL... Unfortunately, our time on this earth is extremely short. It's best to somehow squeeze some spare time into the equation of life before the chance passes you by. Sorry to hear how busy you are and hope spare time becomes more favorable down the track. All the very best, Wal
you guys are becoming famous! Love your vids, this video is the first time to see Liz on camera, what a beauty! are ya'll rich yet? wish I were hangin' with you guys, too much fun.
Glad you enjoyed the vid bulls, sounds like you had some great trips out Nundle way in the 70's. Good luck in finding the old rocker box and hope there's still plenty of gold there for you...best wishes, Cheers Wal.
You two are great. Looks like you are having a great time. Thanks for posting. Try screening your cons or classifying as they say in the US before you pan. It really does make the panning process easier. My wife and I get a kick out of finding pickers in the screens when we look through the screened material. We kind of race each other looking around to find a piece of gold and giggle like kids when we do.
Thanks very much for your comment Thomas. Great to see that your wife also gets involved with your great hobby. We find that double panning our concentrates from this area gets us 99% of the gold in our highbanker. The 1% which goes back into the river; goes to the "Gold Gods" and for this, they look after us on our following trips...lol Hope all's going great over your way. Cheers, Wal
Thanks very much for your comment Thomas. Great to see that your wife also gets involved with your great hobby. We find that double panning our concentrates from this area gets us 99% of the gold in our highbanker. The 1% which goes back into the river; goes to the "Gold Gods" and for this, they look after us on our following trips...lol Hope all's going great over your way. Cheers, Wal
G'day Mark...don't use jet dry or rare earth mag, a lot of our black sand is not magnetic down here . We have yet to loses any gold and the second pan is all the backup required....all the best ...Cheers Wal.
One suggestion, classify your material down further when working with very fine gold, it saves you a hell of alot of panning strokes, maybe #50 or even #100 mesh, you can save those #50+ers and pan them separately. Nice simple set up!
i have been looking for a ideal setup to run as i am keen as to start going on the hunt for gold on weekends as i have been bitten by the gold bug after watching bering sea gold on t.v. big thumbs up and good luck in your future prospecting : )
@topster57....We tend to pan all our concentrate in the field rather than bring it home. If we have a lot of concentrate we'll double pan it first, but generally we find the second pan isn't worth the effort as only a few specks find their way through. Hope all is going great for you up north....Wal
Thanks for watching PyRo, Tried magnets on our smaller Hi-Bankers but found no real advantage in them as lots of the "black Sands" in our areas are non magnetic.....Cheers Wal,
@highwaycruiser..4oz. for 6hrs.? We average 4gm. in about the same time. We've had talks with Rangers who are not Mine Wardens and have explained to them the rules we have discussed with the mines department. Using a water pump is not illegal as it would also have to relate to the legalities of farmers pumping water to their household tanks. You are shoveling the material manually and not using mechanical means to move the material. It's a gray area that has never been challenge in a court.
Thanks for the comment. We find it unnecessary to classify, as we are only panning off the concentrates at the end of the session. When we have a lot of gold, we double pan to speed up the process. On average, a daily clean up, usually takes us no more than 10 minutes and find that we lose an insignificant amount of gold.....cheers and thanks for watching.
nice gold, ill prolly see you down there 1 day,lol as its my regular haunt, but i must say, you really need to use dishwashing liquide when doing your backwash! Cheers Rusty!
Love ya videos guys, you're a bloody character Liz. I bought my first pans last week and me and the girl will be around Fossikers Way in august, hope to see yas round.
highway cruizer: Wal said at the end of the video they were at Oallen Ford. It's just out of Nerriga. Lots of guys get down there. I got some very fine gold there too.
Are you guys on a claim, or is this just a river where you set up and started digging? looks good...that is a nice ammount of gold...how much material did you run through your highbanker to get that ammount of gold?...any idea how many buckets, pounds, or yardage? I am doing a similar type of thing and am curious how much material others go through to find that kind of volume of gold. NICE JOB!
This river only produces fine "flour" gold....which made it extremely difficult for the old timers to clean it out....hence it's relatively easy to get your 3 to 5 grams a day. The majority of rock bars are replenished with gold after every flood. It's one of the best rivers to practice your panning on as it's not the easiest gold to recover.
Hi Ian... haven't done a great deal in the New England area but i know of people who have done really well there. There is also a lot of gemstones especially in the form of sapphires, garnets, topaz associated with the gold up that way. My advice is google up Bonzle.com and go to your local area and it will show you all the gold mines there. Look for creeks that feed off these mines ..especially the alluvial areas and give preference to faster draining creeks with plenty of bedrock..Cheers Wal.
hi i love you video,i uesd to do a lot panning in vic and now live on the south coast nsw( just down the road from the river your in) do you need a permit for sluiceing or panning in nsw? i was looking at a highbank setup like yours which looks nice and easy to handle for one person. great vid keep it up :)
It's perfectly legal to use a Highbankers in NSW, Australia. Highbankers or sluice box alone is not illegal. The use of motorize or mechanical pump in highbanking is what's illegal. The mining act 1996 and the pump moving the water from A to B is covered by the water management act 2000. Cheers
Liz can work that pan like a pro. Her technique is fluid. I definitely learned some things.
Glad you got some tips from the vid Frank. Hope the gold is being kind to you. Cheers Wal.
Thank you for the no BS demonstration on highbank gold mining. Most appreciated
Wal n Liz I love all of your videos . Please don't stop. Hope You find a big nugget soon.
Great to hear that you enjoy some of our vids Steven and hope luck has been following you around. All the best...Wal.
excellent work Wal n Liz! i think a powerful magnet will separate the black sand from the gold most times & make your panning alot easier, all the best kimbo!
Found this combination to be the most efficient. The expanded metal is not your typical aluminium expanded. It is in actual fact expanded roof access grate which can be sourced from any of your commercial roofers. The sides of this mesh are vertical and not angled and this makes it a lot more efficient on fine flour gold, because of the bigger vortex it creates. Best of luck!....Wal
Congrats on the Video guys, Obviously well practiced, been there and done it before and know what you're doing. I'm just getting back to it in Tassie after a long while so we'll se how we go :)
Like a lot of people i found that really informative, been looking at this area and thinking of doing some panning just for fun. really good work guys.
DANG ! LUCKY YOU....UR COUNTRY IS TRUELY THE LAND OF PLENTY !!......FROM NYC ,USA
Thanks for watching dale, never had a go at panning near Kempsey...but have spent many hours fishing in the Macley.....all the best ..Cheers Wal.
Excellent, I really enjoy watch'n your videos. You and Wal make it look easy.
Glad you enjoy them Ken and hope the gold is being kind to you as well...All the very best..Wal.
Thanks for watching oshiroivan, the sluice will get you gold every time you go out. with the 2 detectors your talking about ,both are a very good machine. my preference would be slightly towards the minelab as have an edge on ground balancing in heavy mineralized soil.
A old video but still better than most posted now :)
Enjoying watching your development of Sluice boxes and bankers.
I hate to say this but...
You guys deserve all the gold you get for your effort!! I am not sure if you guys profit from this, but I do hope that it was a great day out.
Backbreaking work by the gentleman, and the meticulous panning technique by the lady.
But seriously, thank you for the informative video.
hi Scott... thanks for watching. This is one of the many gold bearing streams within an hours drive from where we live. It's a popular area as it has mainly flour gold which was very difficult for the old timers to clean out. Every flood replenishes the gold and it is not uncommon to get around 5 grams of gold for an easy days hi banking. this would probably equate to around a cubic meter per 5 grams. On a really good day we get as much as 10 grams. Good luck on your local streams...Cheers Wal.
G'day 234...the place is Oallen Ford on the Shoalhaven River. Its at the crossing between Neriga and Tarago. You'll find quite a few people there on the weekends but it is quite a large area that can accommodate a big crowd. We mainly Hi-Bank but if you haven't got one a standard river sluice would be the next best thing ...you'll also need a gold pan, 1/4" sieve, and a shovel. Try downstream where the rock bars cross the river....the opposite bank to where you can drive is best..Cheers Wal.
@tfa40729...Trevor, thanks for your constructive input. We set the gold catching section of our high banker into 2 different configurations, hence the 2 mats on the top section of the high banker. The 1st mat traps all the coarse gold, the 2nd mat traps all the fine flour gold. The lower section of the high banker, is used only for trapping sapphires hence no mats and no clean up shown. We feel it's not necessary to show each mat separately as they both combine to do the same thing....see cont.
Very enjoyable video and well done Wal and Liz.
Thanks for your concern sepfirem. We always double pan our first run and never have more than a couple of specks in the 2nd pan. Once you yourself become efficient at gold panning then maybe you will also be able to speed up a little yourself. Again, thanks for your concern but unfortunately, we do not lose any gold for you to pan behind us....Cheers, Wal
Your best set up to start looking for gold would be a standard river sluice and a gold pan. If the bug get strong enough, convert the river sluice to a high banker by adding the water pump. This will increase the amount you get tenfold. Best of luck. Cheers, Wal
thanks for watching....a mate of mine has one of those "Marks" drop riffle sluices and working side by side with us ends up with half of what we get....problem with them is they fill up too quickly with black sand and as Oallen has only flour gold much of it washes through. If you clean them out every hour or so it helps. Cheers Wal.
Thanks for watching kim and hope you enjoyed the vid.A lot of the areas around here are Basalt based with a lot of black Spinel. These unfortunately are not magnetic so we have to do it the hard way. I wish the streams we worked were magnetite based as the use of a rare earth magnet would certainly make life a lot easier. Best wishes....Cheers Wal.
hi great vid... im from Gulgong, have done a bit of panning years ago and only ever found specs,, waiting on the arrival of my metal detector, and looking forward to getting back into looking .. thanks for sharing this vid, it stired up the old gold fever ,lol
Nice set up and great video!! Enjoyed watching thanks!
Hi Brad...haven't panned much in that area....only detected in the triangle. Have panned a lot up in the high country between Mt Hotham and Dargo over the years with good results.The Crooked River near Dargo is certainly worth a shot ...Regards Wal.
glad you enjoyed the vid...the shoveling looks like hard work but when you pace yourself as lazily as we do.....15 min dig.... 15 min rest ...15 min...chat....then the work is really not that bad. We only chase the gold and gemstones for a hobby so don't need it to pay the bills....Cheers Wal.
A good hi banker will pick up every bit of gold.....the amount of water is regulated by the size of the box. the one shown runs at its optimal performance and catches even the smallest flour gold. Our system runs the classifier full length of the box as we use it for sapphires as well. You may be getting confused by seeing no water running on the top box.....It's going through the classifier and over the trap underneath....Cheers Wal.
Once you try it you will probably get hooked,,,,,great way to spend the summer weekends...Cheers Wal.
Mesmerising!absolutely awesome!you guys are a good team,great vid again.!
WOW , That is a great day lot's of color very nice video, I like your high-banker setup!. You gave me some idea's about different matting thanks again and you got my subscription. Peace
Glad you enjoyed the vid Paul. The Banker is an older version of the one I mainly use but is very efficient at this particular spot as it only has very fine flour gold. All the very best.....Wal.
Thanks for the comment mate, we find it an enjoyable way to spend the weekend....Best wishes ...Wal.
James Wilson ..thanks mate and hope you are safe in these troubling times...take care.
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Thanks for the comment. We run a Minelab GPX 5000 and do quite well on the goldfields. The afternoons high-banking only yielded a few grams. Cheers, Wal
Thanks for watching ARELAV and hope you enjoyed them. Sorry to hear that you have trouble prospecting in Russia as it is a very enjoyable pastime.Best wishes from the land down under...Cheers Wal.
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I'd say that was more than a reasonable take for an afternoon of work. Very nice indeed...
For people who do this as a hobby, your fantastic
glad you enjoyed it Daniel and thanks for watching, Cheers Wal.
Loved this one , informative and relaxing . Good stuff
Glad you enjoyed the vid Greg and all the best for this coming season. Cheers Wal.
You don't need a permit or license to prospect in NSW. Good idea to make your hi-bank set up as light as possible. Most of the best spots require at least a kilometer walk. The hi-banker you see in the video is a combination for gold and sapphires. Our gold only hi-banker has only one tier and is much more portable than the one you see. Best of luck and C U in the field one day. Cheers, Wal
Thanks for watching Cornelius,I guess between her and the Gold I'm in a win / win situation...Best wishes Wal.
Thanks for the comment david...I agree she handles a pan really well and doesn't give much back to the stream...all the best and Cheers Wal.
Hi wal and liz thanks for that,i have found lots of old mines around the copeland area around the lower barrington tops and which looks like could be a good camping area on the river up there just have to get up there now and have a go.cheers.
Nice Video! you can tell it's not Liz's first day panning thats for sure,All the best of luck in your future prospecting adventures!
Thanks for watching Bryan....I've also got a vid out on How to build a high volume high banker that may be of interest to you.....Whipstick is a great place ...got some good gold from there....Cheers Wal.
glad you liked it...good luck on your panning . Cheers Wal.
that vid & result was great. i use a M&D MARKS super sluice at the shoalhaven river & can't quite get that result. WELL DONE.
Glad you enjoyed the vid Danny....Hope Fossikers Way sees luck following you around and good gold in your pan, Best of luck, Cheers Wal.
God damn that's so cool ! I'd liked your video since I've turned the play on. That's a great success, hope you guys have luck !
Thanks for watching Walter...hope all is going great .....Cheers Wal.
Love your videos guys, and your accent Liz! Thumbs up!
That looked like a nice set up and outing.
Glad you enjoyed the vid Clouds. Certainly a pleasant day out on the river and a good place for a swim during the heat of the day. All the very best...Wal.
Thanks for watching Ben and hope luck follows you around with the new detector....Cheers Wal.
wow, i didnt know about the "Grey area", now ive got something to challenge the rangers with lol, and i did correct my self about the Oz and grams in my last post to you hehehe, im headed down there again this easter holidays.
Great video mate. Nice result too. Might have to buy the wife one of those sluices for x-mas!
Thaks for the comment david. we mainly show the vids for family and friends with an interest in the outdoors. We do not make them to encourage the public for financial gain. Some sell their gold...some use it for their personal collection....some like us make jewelery from it. All these topics are a separate vid in themselves directed at a different market.....Cheers Wal.
@rooshooter1977 Glad you liked the video. Certainly great spot. Thanks for the tip but if you use enough water on the front wash the gold won't float on the back wash. Certainly if you're not use to panning flour gold then a drop of dish liquid will certainly make it easier for you. Look forward to possibly catching up on the river and exchanging ideas.
Cheers,
Wal and Liz
cool setup looks like it catches the fines really well, i like the wedge design and that big aluminum expanded metal i gotta find some of that here in the states
thanks for watching Wayne....not hard to get bitten by that gold bug....get out as often as you can ....the more you go the better you get and the more bitten you become. Try to go to a place like the ford first. You will learn a lot as the gold is reasonably consistent and there is always someone out there most weekends who are willing to share advice......happy hunting Wal.
Thanks for watching Hector, Cheers Wal.
Thanks for the comment driller....she gets a lot of practice as we venture to the gold fields on most weekends...all the very best...Cheers Wal.
Thanks for watching david. We mainly do the vids for family and friends, so they can keep up with what we do on our weekends away. We do not do them to be teachers but many learn different ideas from the way we operate. The vids are meant to be a source of fun and not a teaching aid ,and that's the way we like it. We don't want "Everybody" to watch them, only those who who have a similar interest in the outdoors like ourselves. All the very best ,...Cheers Wal.
: My name is Musa from Sudan. I have experience of at least five years in the field of gold work. I have experience with dealing with gold devices, especially the GPZ 7000 device and the gold monster. I want to work with any company working in the field of gold. I can also extract gold pieces from large distances.
Thanks for watching blacksand, and thanks for the comment. Best of luck on the streams in your area, Cheers Wal.
Thanks for the comment...glad u enjoyed ...Cheers Wal.
Nice gold, someday would like to head to your fine country, kinda of getting cool here in the Cariboo this time of year, end of October
Thanks for the comment Jason, hope you enjoyed the vid mate.Best wishes, Wal.
keep finding GOLD WalnLiz..i keep following and watching your vids..GOODLUCK..
Thanks for watching mdalton. Hope that the colour follows you around in Tassie and luck is on your side....Cheers Wal.
Hi Liz & Wal. Thanks for living my dream for me. I don't have time.
LOL... Unfortunately, our time on this earth is extremely short. It's best to somehow squeeze some spare time into the equation of life before the chance passes you by. Sorry to hear how busy you are and hope spare time becomes more favorable down the track. All the very best, Wal
you guys are becoming famous! Love your vids, this video is the first time to see Liz on camera, what a beauty! are ya'll rich yet? wish I were hangin' with you guys, too much fun.
Thanks for watching angie and great to hear that you're enjoying the vids. Hope all's going great over your way....Cheers Wal.
Glad you enjoyed the vid bulls, sounds like you had some great trips out Nundle way in the 70's. Good luck in finding the old rocker box and hope there's still plenty of gold there for you...best wishes, Cheers Wal.
You two are great. Looks like you are having a great time. Thanks for posting.
Try screening your cons or classifying as they say in the US before you pan. It really does make the panning process easier. My wife and I get a kick out of finding pickers in the screens when we look through the screened material. We kind of race each other looking around to find a piece of gold and giggle like kids when we do.
Thanks very much for your comment Thomas. Great to see that your wife also gets involved with your great hobby. We find that double panning our concentrates from this area gets us 99% of the gold in our highbanker. The 1% which goes back into the river; goes to the "Gold Gods" and for this, they look after us on our following trips...lol Hope all's going great over your way. Cheers, Wal
Thanks very much for your comment Thomas. Great to see that your wife also gets involved with your great hobby. We find that double panning our concentrates from this area gets us 99% of the gold in our highbanker. The 1% which goes back into the river; goes to the "Gold Gods" and for this, they look after us on our following trips...lol Hope all's going great over your way. Cheers, Wal
G'day Mark...don't use jet dry or rare earth mag, a lot of our black sand is not magnetic down here . We have yet to loses any gold and the second pan is all the backup required....all the best ...Cheers Wal.
Nice video... congratutalions from Brazil
Thanks for the upload Wal n Liz.
Thanks for watching B N E and hope you enjoyed the vid. Take care...Wal.
Glad you enjoyed the vid and hope your weekend trip was a great success....Cheers Wal.
What a beauty, a mine in the yard 😁
One suggestion, classify your material down further when working with very fine gold, it saves you a hell of alot of panning strokes, maybe #50 or even #100 mesh, you can save those #50+ers and pan them separately. Nice simple set up!
i have been looking for a ideal setup to run as i am keen as to start going on the hunt for gold on weekends as i have been bitten by the gold bug after watching bering sea gold on t.v. big thumbs up and good luck in your future prospecting : )
thanks for watching Walter...Cheers Wal.
@topster57....We tend to pan all our concentrate in the field rather than bring it home. If we have a lot of concentrate we'll double pan it first, but generally we find the second pan isn't worth the effort as only a few specks find their way through. Hope all is going great for you up north....Wal
Thanks for watching PyRo, Tried magnets on our smaller Hi-Bankers but found no real advantage in them as lots of the "black Sands" in our areas are non magnetic.....Cheers Wal,
Thanks for watching and best of luck...Cheers Wal.
@highwaycruiser..4oz. for 6hrs.? We average 4gm. in about the same time. We've had talks with Rangers who are not Mine Wardens and have explained to them the rules we have discussed with the mines department. Using a water pump is not illegal as it would also have to relate to the legalities of farmers pumping water to their household tanks. You are shoveling the material manually and not using mechanical means to move the material. It's a gray area that has never been challenge in a court.
Thanks for the comment. We find it unnecessary to classify, as we are only panning off the concentrates at the end of the session. When we have a lot of gold, we double pan to speed up the process. On average, a daily clean up, usually takes us no more than 10 minutes and find that we lose an insignificant amount of gold.....cheers and thanks for watching.
nice gold, ill prolly see you down there 1 day,lol as its my regular haunt, but i must say, you really need to use dishwashing liquide when doing your backwash!
Cheers Rusty!
Thanks for the comment mate....all the best from this end. Cheers Wal.
A day out panning for gold with a beautiful women....What more could a man ask for! Well done, Wal nLiz!
Thanks for the comment. It certainly makes for a pleasant day out on the stream. All the very best, Wal
hope xmas is good for you and that a gold nugget finds it's way into your pan on the next outing ...Cheers Wal.
Thanks for the comment Adonis and all the very best...Cheers Wal.
I enjoyed watching your video very much thank you for sharing
Great to hear that you enjoy some of our vids fuser, and all the very best...Wal.
Amazing to watch. However, it got me wondering whether gold panning is legal in Australia? Where are you going to sell the gold after?
Love ya videos guys, you're a bloody character Liz. I bought my first pans last week and me and the girl will be around Fossikers Way in august, hope to see yas round.
highway cruizer: Wal said at the end of the video they were at Oallen Ford. It's just out of Nerriga. Lots of guys get down there. I got some very fine gold there too.
great idea.... great way to spend a weekend....
Are you guys on a claim, or is this just a river where you set up and started digging? looks good...that is a nice ammount of gold...how much material did you run through your highbanker to get that ammount of gold?...any idea how many buckets, pounds, or yardage? I am doing a similar type of thing and am curious how much material others go through to find that kind of volume of gold. NICE JOB!
This river only produces fine "flour" gold....which made it extremely difficult for the old timers to clean it out....hence it's relatively easy to get your 3 to 5 grams a day. The majority of rock bars are replenished with gold after every flood. It's one of the best rivers to practice your panning on as it's not the easiest gold to recover.
Hi Ian... haven't done a great deal in the New England area but i know of people who have done really well there. There is also a lot of gemstones especially in the form of sapphires, garnets, topaz associated with the gold up that way. My advice is google up Bonzle.com and go to your local area and it will show you all the gold mines there. Look for creeks that feed off these mines ..especially the alluvial areas and give preference to faster draining creeks with plenty of bedrock..Cheers Wal.
hey man very good job is something beautiful to work with his wife God bless you always greetings from republica Dominicana I am du new subscriber
Love the video. I wish all the best to you
hi i love you video,i uesd to do a lot panning in vic and now live on the south coast nsw( just down the road from the river your in) do you need a permit for sluiceing or panning in nsw? i was looking at a highbank setup like yours which looks nice and easy to handle for one person. great vid keep it up :)
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