Hi mate- you were on the right side of the river but didnt go deep enough. when we go to Tuena we find one of the deeper holes near where you were and then did down about 2 feet to a layer of yellow clay-gold seems to rest on the surface of this layer-we dont get heaps but enough to make it a lot of fun-thanks for the great video-pls keep them coming
Nice result from Trunkey Creek! Filling your gumboot is like finding lead shot, you haven't been panning if you haven't done it at least once. I always manage to... Cheers for the vid :)
Thanks. I've bumped into a few viewers out there. I can't use TH-cam to organise a meeting as it breaches the guidelines. I do give a heads up where I'm heading in the community posts.
So it appears that the policy I was referring to is for the membership category (I didn’t set this up). Watch out in my community notes for where i’ll be next. I’m aiming to return to Tuena and Trunkey Creek in two weeks. I try to go somewhere for the weekend and create two videos then take a weekend off.
I used to fossick around Trunkey Creek and Abercrombie Caves in the 70's. There used to be an old bloke who owned the only general store in town named Fred. He had been there since before the great depression in the 30's and would stake people with a few weeks of supplies for a share in their claim. Eventually he owned nearly all the claims around Trunkey Creek and refused to sell any of the land in case someone opened up a rival general store. The whole town was waiting for him top die so they could progress and get more commerce in town. I haven't heard anything about him since those days and often wonder how long he lasted and if his demise was questionable.
Nice video mate... Wife and I in the past have spent time camped at Tuena and come home with some nice gold, its well worth spending a few days there and exploring the area .. Cheers
Hey Luke, great video. I'm planning to be in the Bathurst region (Trunkey Ck, Sofala etc in a few weeks for an extended stay (6 weeks?) prospecting/camping in my Van. If you are planning to go into a remote area and need a wing man for safety let me know as my schedule is flexible. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Cheers. Glad you liked it and thanks for the offer. I do want to return to Trunkey at some point. It seemed to have the best gold to material ratio I’ve discovered so far. I’m just not sure when. In saying that, I do post on the community page where I’m heading the following weekend so it might line up. Good luck with the trip! I’m jealous that you have six weeks to search!
@@InSearchOf...Australia Okay cool, I havn't looked at for yonks, good tip to use G Maps, I also use Memory Maps for more detailed Topographic info when cross referencing using these types of sites/apps etc, Cheers!
Fun video, and videography, Jason! Definitely bait pump the riffled bedrock at Trunkey, looks untouched by seeming inaccessibility, and local dissuasion! I'll share our freshest idea, looking at the mouth of a lamprey, we've blue lamprey in Cardinia Creek, or a leech, or think of the mouth of a pool vacuum, has that circular suction plate, it might have application at the bottom of a bait pump, for where there's sections of flat bedrock with tight fractures that'd be too tight for crevicing hooks... At Tuena, the gravels would be grinding the gold to that powdery granularity... It's odd the financial reporting rules for gold describe granules, along with the usual formats of bars, ingots, coins, etc, and not the gold vernacular jargon of flakes, flour, nuggets. Just an observation per AUSTRAC. You'd think the Productivity Commission would consider the individual operator scenario as something to actively promote avenues for easy compliance, from the assaying with correct weight, there's a national measurements institute, creatively called the NMI, through them, a list of places accredited to accredit your scales, and agents with XRF X-ray fluorescence equipment, to verify the purity of your gold, and you'd imagine but be fooled in thinking they'd a list of cleared buyers, as you'd have to do due diligence in checking them out through some agency.. oh!, AUSTRAC! Being a federal Commonwealth, the law applies to every citizen, equally, but ask a Taswegian to whom their found gold belongs to, and you'll see that old colonial subservient mindset, which rubs us Victorians right up, this 170th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade. Oh, and avagoodweekend! Gabi of Narre Warren.
Cheers, Gabi. I have being try to think of a finer attachment to the pump now that I’ve encountered the submersed crevices. I was getting a vision of brush-based attachments like that of a vacuum cleaner to disturb the material while sucking the crevice. That’s interesting about the classifications. I haven’t looked into selling gold as yet. I’m thinking a return to Trunkey may bring that into focus. Have a good one!
Pardon my ignorance. What is a gold sniper? I know what sniping for gold means but this sounds like a specific piece of equipment. Colour me intrigued.
Hi mate- you were on the right side of the river but didnt go deep enough. when we go to Tuena we find one of the deeper holes near where you were and then did down about 2 feet to a layer of yellow clay-gold seems to rest on the surface of this layer-we dont get heaps but enough to make it a lot of fun-thanks for the great video-pls keep them coming
Thanks for the tip. I will return and find that clay layer. I'm always willing to give it another go when better informed. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Your a legend mate love your channel thanks for the great content…and also giving g a bit of a steer in direction of where one can head
Cheers. Glad you are enjoying it.
That's a promising spot. Love the videos.
It certainly is. If weren’t for the imminent snow coming that way, I’d be back there. And cheers!
👏👏👏thanks for another good video!
@@micksontheroad cheers. Glad you liked it.
Nice result from Trunkey Creek! Filling your gumboot is like finding lead shot, you haven't been panning if you haven't done it at least once. I always manage to... Cheers for the vid :)
Thanks! I’d prefer to have baptised my feet in Summer. I think waders are the next step.
Well done
Trunkey I've wanted to go for awhile but crashed car...getting soughted again.got a new sluice and getting ready..hangimg
Hope you’re okay and the crash wasn’t too serious. This last result has me heading back out within the next day.
Love your videos mate.Can I come next time you go ha ha would love the experience off gold hunting.
Thanks. I've bumped into a few viewers out there. I can't use TH-cam to organise a meeting as it breaches the guidelines. I do give a heads up where I'm heading in the community posts.
In saying that, I'm wondering if I can set up tours as a side-hussle
@@InSearchOf...Australia I would be in if that was possible.
I'll look into it.
So it appears that the policy I was referring to is for the membership category (I didn’t set this up). Watch out in my community notes for where i’ll be next. I’m aiming to return to Tuena and Trunkey Creek in two weeks. I try to go somewhere for the weekend and create two videos then take a weekend off.
I used to fossick around Trunkey Creek and Abercrombie Caves in the 70's. There used to be an old bloke who owned the only general store in town named Fred. He had been there since before the great depression in the 30's and would stake people with a few weeks of supplies for a share in their claim. Eventually he owned nearly all the claims around Trunkey Creek and refused to sell any of the land in case someone opened up a rival general store. The whole town was waiting for him top die so they could progress and get more commerce in town. I haven't heard anything about him since those days and often wonder how long he lasted and if his demise was questionable.
That’s classic. It seems to tie in with the publican being slightly obstructive and telling me how everyone watches and notices who is in town.
Nice video mate... Wife and I in the past have spent time camped at Tuena and come home with some nice gold, its well worth spending a few days there and exploring the area .. Cheers
Cheers. I certainly got that feeling I hadn’t found the potential of the area. A few days in Spring sounds like a good plan.
Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome!
Hey Luke, great video. I'm planning to be in the Bathurst region (Trunkey Ck, Sofala etc in a few weeks for an extended stay (6 weeks?) prospecting/camping in my Van. If you are planning to go into a remote area and need a wing man for safety let me know as my schedule is flexible. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Cheers. Glad you liked it and thanks for the offer. I do want to return to Trunkey at some point. It seemed to have the best gold to material ratio I’ve discovered so far. I’m just not sure when. In saying that, I do post on the community page where I’m heading the following weekend so it might line up. Good luck with the trip! I’m jealous that you have six weeks to search!
Stay safe Luke. Best wishes with your endeavours.
You too!
I'd love for you to find a decent nugget Your so patient 😊
You and me both!😂 I imagine the more I do it, the more the chance increases….marginally. But thanks!
I went down the Abercrombie from tuena creek to wyangla dam in a zodiac raft (about 18km) in a day ,about a week after a flood , it was amazing .
Sounds perilous but exciting. I’m sure you got to see some excellent countryside.
@@InSearchOf...Australia some steep country with numerous quartz reefs ,
I love idea of a river adventure like that. Without duelling banjos of course.
@@InSearchOf...Australia we saw plenty of goats but no squealing pigs !
There certainly were goats aplenty.
Awesome! I may have to sub! wondering which Map App or Website you were using/showing ?
I use Minview. The is another video on my channel explaining how to use it. Glad you liked the video.
@InSearchOf...Australia Ahh okay, I have used that years ago damn near forgot about it! 🍻
It’s good to a point. I often cross reference with Google Maps to check terrain, fence lines, etc
@@InSearchOf...Australia Okay cool, I havn't looked at for yonks, good tip to use G Maps, I also use Memory Maps for more detailed Topographic info when cross referencing using these types of sites/apps etc, Cheers!
I’ll check memory maps out. Cheers.
There is a common along Curragh Rd at Trunkey Creek.
Cheers! Is that on the east side running along Mungunnia Creek? I wonder why it wasn’t mentioned?
It's on Copperhannia Creek
I’ll give that a go!
Fun video, and videography, Jason! Definitely bait pump the riffled bedrock at Trunkey, looks untouched by seeming inaccessibility, and local dissuasion! I'll share our freshest idea, looking at the mouth of a lamprey, we've blue lamprey in Cardinia Creek, or a leech, or think of the mouth of a pool vacuum, has that circular suction plate, it might have application at the bottom of a bait pump, for where there's sections of flat bedrock with tight fractures that'd be too tight for crevicing hooks... At Tuena, the gravels would be grinding the gold to that powdery granularity...
It's odd the financial reporting rules for gold describe granules, along with the usual formats of bars, ingots, coins, etc, and not the gold vernacular jargon of flakes, flour, nuggets. Just an observation per AUSTRAC. You'd think the Productivity Commission would consider the individual operator scenario as something to actively promote avenues for easy compliance, from the assaying with correct weight, there's a national measurements institute, creatively called the NMI, through them, a list of places accredited to accredit your scales, and agents with XRF X-ray fluorescence equipment, to verify the purity of your gold, and you'd imagine but be fooled in thinking they'd a list of cleared buyers, as you'd have to do due diligence in checking them out through some agency.. oh!, AUSTRAC! Being a federal Commonwealth, the law applies to every citizen, equally, but ask a Taswegian to whom their found gold belongs to, and you'll see that old colonial subservient mindset, which rubs us Victorians right up, this 170th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade.
Oh, and avagoodweekend! Gabi of Narre Warren.
Cheers, Gabi. I have being try to think of a finer attachment to the pump now that I’ve encountered the submersed crevices. I was getting a vision of brush-based attachments like that of a vacuum cleaner to disturb the material while sucking the crevice. That’s interesting about the classifications. I haven’t looked into selling gold as yet. I’m thinking a return to Trunkey may bring that into focus. Have a good one!
Pardon my ignorance. What is a gold sniper? I know what sniping for gold means but this sounds like a specific piece of equipment. Colour me intrigued.