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Nice find! Gold in granite is unusual but I know of a few occurrence's in Victoria, may be more over West. Great thing to have in your collection.

there used to be a massive piece of a granite-type of rock with the same lumps of gold oozing out of it in the state museum in north perth. i used to wonder why dishonourable people never took a hammer and cold chisel into the museum and chip away at it when no-one was watching. my little specimen seems to be the same sort of granite,

@@vsvnrg3263 That would be cool to see! I wonder what mine it came from.

Hi, they where looking for rich gravels right on the bottom of what was an old riverbed. They'd dig though underneath it, dig it down and wash it in puddlers then a sluice to recover the gold.

Thanks for the comment and sub mate, hope you enjoy it. That is very good advice! Very helpful, although as all the gold I miss in this one is going though a crusher and being processed so I'm not as careful with recovery as I would be out in the bush.

Ha ha ha, I think my kids are qualified, I was going to edit it out of the video then thought nah it can stay and see if anyone notices 🤣

It is, it's amazing. So well preserved and it's not been damaged by recent digging or graffiti like so many other mines around.

Thanks for the comment mate, that would be a good idea actually, although I don't have any old ones around. Funny story with these dets, I was detecting on a mates place in a dug out gully and hooked out a rusty box, as I threw it up to him a whole heap of these little fellows fell out! I've found a few of them over the years detecting.

There is indeed, a lot was found in this area in it. I've just found patchy conglomerates in a shallow hole I've sunk much closer to home, gold in it too, the video will be up early next year as I've got to do more digging there yet.

Thanks mate, it is incredible how hard the old time miners worked.

It is indeed, a feeling that never goes away no matter how many bits you find, I still get a massive thrill with every single piece.

Thanks mate, it really is, lots of history there ;-)

Thanks for the comment, mush appreciated. I haven't yet, I'll do one at some point mining, refining and casting a pure gold ingot. Sometime next year I'll try to get it done ;-)

It is a decent size isn't it! Not this trip, I may sample some loose stuff at some point but this mine is too historic and complete to rework without damaging the heritage of it so it's not on my list to be sampled really.

Thanks mate, glad you liked it. Dare I ask what hey where doing? Or don't I want to know? 😬 It may be a different mine, this site has a shorter adit on the other side of the spur but the closest battery is a good 2 km away and only small. Send me a message and chat in private if you want to know what mine this is, I know you are very protective of them too.

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it. That they did! the work they did across the goldfields is incredible, long days and the dreams of wealth combined with the real fear of starving to death must be rather motivating...

Thanks mate, glad you likes it. Be damn careful working around shafts, are you working from the shaft or just in close proximity?

@billingmetals nah just close proximity looking for weathered areas, alluvial and drill hits from surface. But not sure how to go about it.

@@klaasic_e8650 If it's fairly shallow cover work out where the reef runs by looking at the old workings then dig a cross cutting trench to bedrock til you hit the reef or reefs and sample from there. Same for detected patches. It's very effective. Don't forget to tell us all about any finds ;-)

Thanks Steve, it's a brilliant mine! How's the new grandson doing?

@@billingmetals He is a real cutie!

@@CrocoArt Ha I imagine he is 😁 Are you still over in Tassie?

@@billingmetals Another week 😁

@@CrocoArt Nice! 😁

Thanks for watching Tony, glad you liked it.

It is an amazing mine to see mate, very interesting geology. it's great to see the easterly leaders, then the west stringers and infill reef before the main reef structure, you can learn a lot for detecting looking at it I think.

They worked upwards as much as possible as it's so much easier. Most mines without an adit would sink shafts down, drive across to the reef then stope up from there to grossly simplify it. I'd say this one was a bit of both.

It would be, this whole area is now a park so no mining, otherwise it would be being drilled now I'd say ;-) It's brilliant to be able to see timbering like this isn't it.

My pleasure mate, glad you enjoyed it. There is a surprising amount of workings in the greater Kinglake area that are hidden away. If your mate would like it videoed and featured here (no locations given to protect it of course) I'm happy to drive over there and have a look with him?

Thanks mate, glad you likes it. Let me know if you want to meet up and I'll come into them with you and film after I've assessed them for safety.

@billingmetals unfortunately, I moved to far east Gippsland several years ago...if I'm going to be back in the area though, I'll touch base with you. Used to spend a bit of time around Mt Doran, Morrisons etc... 👍

@@andrews9 Far East Gippy is amazing country! Lots of gold there too, very different geology to here though. That would be great, let me know ;-)

@@billingmetals I get to play around bendoc, combienbar and other lovely spots....the bendoc pub is an absolute must if you ever get the chance 🙂😎👍

@@andrews9 Amazing part of the world! I've been down around Cann River a bit, planning to get back too! I'll check out the Bendoc pub when we get over there ;-)

It is a great mine, a lot less disturbed and damaged than many in this area too.

@ beautiful reef.

@@StephenThompson-o2r Yes, lots of mineralisation isn't there!

Thanks heaps for the comment mate, I try to do a complete tour with all the little interesting (to me at least) bits and pieces we find in these mines shown. Love old mines and the history in them ;-)

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. I've still not been past to grab that gas bottle! I'll be going past later this evening with a trailer if you still want it gone?

@@billingmetals No worries. It is still there behind my front fence 👍

@@fozfoz9362 Thanks mate, I'll grab it on the way home this evening!

Hi, it is hard to find outside the mining claim a greedy sod put over what was a popular collecting area. It has to be ultra low tide and you can find it either side of the area under claim sometimes. look it up on geovic to see claim boundary's. Good luck, sometimes you'll get pocketful's, sometimes not a piece.

@billingmetals oh wow, didnt know you could claim the ocean! Alright, ill try that. Hope you find the big one in your diggings soon!

@@ManfiCat No I didn't either, when the claim was applied for I assumed it would be denied but no, it was successful somehow! Thanks mate, I'll be doing a whole lot more reef mining the next few weeks so fingers crossed.

It is a great area, great memories for you too. I have heard their names before, I worked at Sov Hill for 11 years. I believe their family are still in Ballarat? Thanks for the great comment 🙂

@billingmetals I recall, back in the 80s, was detecting along the Misery Creek with a Garrett Deepseeker. Found a Chinese coin or two. Stinking hot day, walked back to the car where dad was working down in the creek. There were small pools in the creek for panning, but no flowing water. Dad had cleaned out a long crevice near the edge of the creek. As I approached him, he casually said "feel the weight of this", and flung something at me. The brightest, cleanest nugget you'd hope to hold, coming in just under 5 oz.

@@lindsaybrown7357 Nice! That's a big nugget for this area, lucky to find a grammer these days. Amazing find and fantastic memories, thanks for sharing.

@billingmetals There was a man, the family knew who worked in this area during the depression. He told the story of a young lad living with his family, also working the old sluiced areas. The young bloke took shelter in a shallow shaft during a storm and unearthed a very large nugget. The location was not too far from where the old dredge worked. You've probably seen the remnants of the old dredge and the terraces it produced.

@billingmetals After he found the nugget, we spent weeks there cleaning up the bed and testing along the upstream banks. We probably recovered another couple of ounces in small finds including a 1/4 ounce piece. Notably, the gold we found was always very clean, very yellow, not with any visible impurities. He sold the nugget to Englehardt Industries in Thomastown ( probably gone now), for gold value only. Shame, as it was a beautiful specimen.

Black Hill is still a great spot, although most have collapsed or been filled. Great way to grow up exploring like that ;-) I'll be doing a video or two in Black Hill soon.

It's a pretty cool adit, your friend will have good gold on their place ;-) I have not been to that one, I thought it was private property so haven't ventured over there as I don't know the owners to ask. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoy the videos.

@billingmetals he bought the property with a few of his other friends and use it for motor bikes and clay shooting over their dam over the gully. Lot's and Lot's of lead.

@@steven_ewen At least target shot is really small, you can still get it with the SDC though! I can hear at least three different clay shooters from here at times, popular sport out here 😁

First bit is the hardest, I really don't know why but it's really common to hear stories like yours. Once you get that bit it's easier ;-) What detector are you using?

@@billingmetals i got a monster 1000, but now using a gpx 4500

@@pkgoldopalhunting You'll find some with the 4500, they are a really good detector ;-) I don't know much about the monster but some people swear by them.

Thanks mate, hard work brings more luck I recon ;-)

Ha ha, thanks mate, practice makes perfect they say. Yeah I'm always thinking that to protect my back... 😬

Yes it was at ten, they are an interesting round, much more worth the $$ than I'd thought at first.

Thanks mate, I watch your channel too! 😁 I really appreciate OZ Geology's shout out, makes a big difference getting that sort of support. Hmm, I may need some 'work' done on the property...

Ha ha, thanks mate. I had someone comment once out in the middle of nowhere that they thought I was digging a grave. I thought it strange that someone would walk up and ask a stranger that when we where the only people for miles around!

Thanks heaps for the comment and sub mate, there will be a fair few more videos from this reef coming up soon.

Good spot! My kids where playing miners in my mullock heaps and left it there 🤣

@billingmetals Start them out early.

@@Bob-h3n Exactly 😁 They are both pretty good prospectors, I'll have a few videos coming up that at least one of them will be in.

Gem hunting and collecting is highly addictive isn't it? I'm going to be doing a lot more gem videos too, just need the time to get out and find some. the location of this video is on my parent's property, I'll be digging a deep hole on the flats and working the gem gravels under there hopefully early next year so keep an eye out for that video ;-)

Thanks heaps for the comment, brilliant work, any Aussie Ruby is very hard to find. There are a fair few records of them but even in the old days they where few and far between in most places. I got your email too, I'll reply shortly.

Thanks heaps for the comment mate, yes it will all be crushed and processed. I've got about three tons of lower grade stacked but I'll be doing a video on the crushing and processing at some point, I need to make a proper shaker table too. It's hard work, better than the gym for making rock hard arms though!

@ thanks for your reply. We spent 5 years in WA Prospecting, Met some amazing prospectors, with incredible knowledge . You can never stop leaning from those guys. Look forward to next instalment. Rob.

@@robertwithers4041 That would have been an amazing experience! Very true, always learning.

It would yes, I really should sort the paperwork so I can drill and blast here! I do need a pinpointer, I've never really used one but it would be ideal for this sort of mining/detecting.

@@billingmetals I forgot about the bureaucracy again. But if it works, then turn it into a multi-billion dollar mining corporation. The guys at the stock market are crazy.

@@knutblume907 Yep, the whole world is crazy I think!

Hi, it is a Minelab SDC2300, tough, sensitive and compact so it's perfect for this sort of detecting.

Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes it will all go though an impact crusher and get processed for the fines, I'll do a video on the process at some point ;-) I use a GPX4000 and a SDC2300, they do the trick too and if it's too hard to pinpoint it gets crushed and gold recovered anyhow. Thank you, best of luck to you too, may there be gold in every hole.

Thanks heaps for the nice comment, it's really appreciated.

Thanks heaps mate, glad you enjoyed it. Gold free hey, you probably have Roman era stuff to find detecting though ;-) I'm going to come over and find me a Roman coin one day, it's one thing I've always wanted to do.

@ I live in a village called Thaxted,it’s a very old settlement,couple of years ago a very nice Roman gold ring was dug up on farmland on the outskirts of the village,there will be stuff from the Bronze Age up but most of it will be under the village! Got a few mates that detect over here,they’ve had some fantastic finds over the years but if you think you did a lot of rubbish over there,I’m told the trash finding is epic here 😆 Just watched one your paddock eluvial vids,bloody interesting mate! 👍

@@MyCastleHepworth That's amazing! I'll look up your home town mate, incredible history. I suppose having thousands of years of metal junk dumped in the ground is going to build up! There is enough here in a couple of hundred years!