Wow Pete that is sweet sweet victory , absolutely loved the excitement in your voice and the enjoyment in you'r face , priceless . Seems like a few more targets in that small area , might be worth moving some of those rocks to see what's hidden from the coil ! What an exciting day , it's like a trifecta of events in that area for sure . Thanks for taking us with you Pete , great little adventure . Cheers my friend .
I hope it has more to give, its raining now so hopefully there might be some water in the creek and I'll give it another crack. I'm modifying the highbanker and knocking up a yabby pump so hoping to suck up some good gear. I should just have a pan in the car just in case, but if you have an esky tub your good to go. Cheers, Pete
Thanks for sharing that was a good hunt Pete. That larger one was a trip out for going both ways for such a large bit, there may be some steel in there too. Great day for you. Regards, Mario.
No worries Mario, I find the monster will go both ways with gold targets in the ground and more so in mineralised ground, that area is not suited to the monster due to the hot ground, but it was picking up that nugget. I wish I had run the 4500 over the tub, it would have screamed out on that size. Cheers, Pete
Thanks, that was a fun day, I did not expect to find a little nugget that way, that has been a great creek to me over time. I have "shorts" video of Paul a sub I took there, he found a 2.5g nugget just 3 meters just up the creek from that spot, his lucky day. Thanks for the sub. Cheers, Pete
Thanks John, Yeah it worked out well, If I had of thought about It a bit and stuck the 4500 in the esky It would have picked It up straight away, but I guess thats too easy. Cheers, Pete
Thanks Ant, The esky done the job, the monster struggled with the hot rocks, it did say there was something but didn't quite cope, so bring on the esky pan. Turned out to be a good spot. Glenn would like it, it has hand dug channels beside it, he would be able to say how it would have been back in the gold rush days. Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures it certainly did mate. Yeah it does look like a great spot and Glenn would definitely like it and be able to share a story or two no doubt 🤗🤗. Good luck on your next adventure! Cheers 👍
Thanks Marky, the esky worked awesome, hard to loose half gram nuggets out of anything. Josh said you had a great day on the creek the other day, well done. Cheers, Pete
Thanks mate, the iron stone was giving the monster a hard time but It was onto it, just to many hot rocks, if i had stuck the 4500 in the esky it would have gone off, but all good in the end. Cheers, Pete
Take a couple of buckets and take all the material from that spot back home to work. Too many pieces in a small area to pass up the opportunity for fines and pickers. Take a crowbar to the bedrock, break it up and see what is in the crevices there mate. Nice finds, glad you had a good day out. Keep it up, thanks Pete.
Thanks Joel, I went out there today and got some dirt to run, scratched out some crevices and sucked up some material with a PVC pump I knocked up. Tried to run it but there was to much clay so it's gone into the cement mixer, just have to put it through the sluice now. Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures Top job mate, hope you find some goodies. Pretty sure I drove past the spot you were looking at in that video today. I was up in Bendigo for a doctor's appointment. Enjoying your work mate. Would love to come out with you at some point down the line. Keep those videos coming mate.
Hopefully there's somthing in the gravel, I also ran the last tub off monster pay dirt through the cement mixer while I had it going, so a bit of extra gravel to run to finish off that video. We could arrange a day out bush once these restrictions ease, I take it your down Castlemaine way? And run a 7000. What area of bush were you driving through today?
It's a good little creek and I'm only about 10 minutes away from it, bad thing it doesn't hold water very long, all good just have to take it to a dam to wash. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Pete
Thanks Scott, It's good to get out, I'm lucky living close to these areas i'm prospecting, i can just head out for 2 or 3 hours and get a good gold hunt in. Cheers, Pete
Nicely done Pete and loved that crevice spot find! I can't wait to get over again once this covid stuff calms down 🤞🏻⛏. Very nice tally you got all up and well done mate 🥂
Thanks Drew, hopefully there will be more there and in other parts of the creek, might be able to get onto some more. When ever you do get back get in contact and I'll get you on some good ground. Cheers, Pete
Well done Pete mate, I'm just a coin and relics guy but I'm seriously considering getting the monster, it's a great little machine Cracking finds mate 👍
Thanks mate, The monster is great in the right ground and that's limited around Bendigo, but as you can see the boys down Ballarat do really well due to the low mineralised ground, great bit of equipment to have in the kit, I have to mainly use the 4500 which works anywhere. Thanks for watching. Cheers Pete
Thanks Josh, I'll have to head back and give it a dig, the water will be almost gone now so I'll have to take it to a dam and wash it, but run the 4500 over it as I go and hopefully there's a couple more. Cheers, Pete
I don't pan or sluice much, but this has been fun so I might move a few rocks and see whats hiding there. I've got the parts to make my yabbie pump now, but the water will be gone so I might have to take some there to do the pumping. Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures Should still be some strong spring rains to come o just hit the gully soon after, a lot to be said for the sound of flowing water as you work away. Enjoy!
The monster is awesome in the right ground, that area is a bit too hot but it come up with the goods. Good luck on your new creek, hope it turns out to be as good as this one. Cheers, Pete
Thanks Grant, the monster is a good little machine, but the ground there is a bit hot for it. Heading back there tomorrow to give it another crack. Cheers, Pete
Thanks mate. The Sadie coils are great, it made the .08g sing there was no missing it, I wish I swung it over the esky before I paned it, it would have picked it up no worries, all good in the end. Cheers, Pete
Thanks Shane, I was surprised that gold was there, there is detector holes in the creek. I guess you have that 6000 working well then, get your 4500 back out and see if its the machine or the knowledge and the way your going about it now. How ever you find gold it's a great way to spend time in the aussie bush. Cheers, Pete
Thanks Leigh, finding a sovereign is a bucket list find, I was lucky enough to find one years ago, sold it for $7.5k and bought a brand new GP3000, a photo of it is in the intro. Cheers Pete
New Subscriber- I like the fact that you show the ground at the beginning, you are creative in the field and you show the weight of your finds. Also as an American, I like the fact that I can understand you through your accent, not every uploader can hit on all the things I just mentioned and look for in videos.
Thankyou for your kind words and I appreciate you subscribing to the channel. I have tried to make this channel a bit different from the others, I'm trying to show all sides of prospecting and that it's not always peaches and cream and you will have days where you will just have to enjoy a walk in the bush. I'm not about showing looking at the ground just digging gold, I film my video's in a day mostly and hopefully I can find some gold. I enjoy what I do and would like to share my adventures with like minded people that might just learn something new or just enjoy the video's. Cheers, Pete
@@saltynugmonster2235 Yes, for some reason some comments are in my notifications and I can only read half of the message, but don't make it onto the video's comments where I could read the whole thing.
@@PetesGoldAdventures the main point of my comment was that the pump with the bucket fill attachment is missing valves. The pump with the reservoir did better than I thought it would.
Hi Simon, the other detector is a Minelab GPX 4500 and the Sadie coil is from Nugget Finder it's there 8x6 inch from there Advantage range. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Pete
That's what they say on that TV show, but the highbank nugget came out of the same spot so 4 confirms it, its a creek patch. I've never come across anything like it, you would'nt think they would be there these days.
@@PetesGoldAdventures I know that’s why it’s so awesomely funny & cool hey. Maybe u should dig out the side walls a bit to follow that bedrock might be more. Good luck great find 👍
Thanks Ron, finish your lunch and then pan some gold with your esky, bit hard to swirl though. Plenty of gold out there, you just have to walk over it. I'll leave a piece in the creek for you, just have to head up a grab it. Cheers, Pete
Hey mate my mate and myself are extremely keen to start hunting for gold but don’t have any experience. So what advice would you give us beginners. Thanks mate
Hey Adam, That's great your getting into prospecting. First thing get the best gold detector your budget allows, you can use relic machines like the Nox 800 - 900 or Manticore, but dedicated gold machines are better. The best low range detector would be the Gold Monster 1000, great machine on low mineralised ground like pipeclay or quartz mullock heaps, not good on ironstone, next would be a GPX4500 or SDC 2300, but if you have a really good budget get a GPX 6000, if you watch my later video's you'll see how one of those go. To get experience you could join a club, you'll plenty of advice there and they'll put you on gold bearing ground. Watch youtube, you'll see the ground we work and that will give you a good idea where to look, but be patient, finding gold isn't easy, but you'll get there in the end. Hope this helps. Cheers, Peet
@@PetesGoldAdventures thanks heaps Pete I truly appreciate your help. I’ve just built myself a sluice and have the basic equipment but I’m on the hunt for a dedicated gold detector and you just put me onto some great machines. Also I’ll be watching a lot more of your videos to help gain some knowledge.
@@adamsankey8702 Good stuff building your own sluice, great way to get consistent gold sluicing and panning. I have quite a few build video's, I've built highbankers, multi sluices, hammer mills and a jaw crusher, better build than buy, gives you a lot of satisfaction. Good luck mate and happy hunting.
Hi Rod, I had a look and if it was the one to the right of my finger, that was the nugget, looking through the camera it's a bit hard to point, i did take that dirt away and didn't find anymore. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Pete
I have heard and read reviews that prospectors have done ok with those Aldi detectors, it's all about buying the best detector to suit your budget, if you could afford a Gold Monster 1000 I would definitely go that way as they are great little detectors, watch my monster videos and you'll see they go really good in quiet ground, hope this helps. Cheers Pete
I have never used one, but I did try and get one and they sell out quick, I have heard they can find gold, but it might have to be a good half gram or so and shallow, I would imagine it would be difficult to find gold being that it's not easy even using one of the GPX machines. I'd look for a used monster over the Aldi machine.
Hi Pete, I don’t know how to work this technology stuff. I’m trying to message you about the hammer mill you built? Can you message me so we can discuss. Kind Regards Blu
Wow Pete that is sweet sweet victory , absolutely loved the excitement in your voice and the enjoyment in you'r face , priceless . Seems like a few more targets in that small area , might be worth moving some of those rocks to see what's hidden from the coil ! What an exciting day , it's like a trifecta of events in that area for sure . Thanks for taking us with you Pete , great little adventure . Cheers my friend .
👍that creek keeps giving, every time we get a good rain to wash those gravels around. Well done.
PS. like your dish.
I hope it has more to give, its raining now so hopefully there might be some water in the creek and I'll give it another crack. I'm modifying the highbanker and knocking up a yabby pump so hoping to suck up some good gear. I should just have a pan in the car just in case, but if you have an esky tub your good to go.
Cheers, Pete
Thanks for sharing that was a good hunt Pete. That larger one was a trip out for going both ways for such a large bit, there may be some steel in there too. Great day for you. Regards, Mario.
No worries Mario, I find the monster will go both ways with gold targets in the ground and more so in mineralised ground, that area is not suited to the monster due to the hot ground, but it was picking up that nugget. I wish I had run the 4500 over the tub, it would have screamed out on that size.
Cheers, Pete
Amazing Gold - good spot to keep going back to , especially with more rain - thanks Pete 😎👌👍
It's crazy having such chunky bit all together, hopefully there is more, I guess I'll have to go find out.
Cheers, Pete
The monster/ bucket gold find was really cool... subscribed!!
Thanks, that was a fun day, I did not expect to find a little nugget that way, that has been a great creek to me over time. I have "shorts" video of Paul a sub I took there, he found a 2.5g nugget just 3 meters just up the creek from that spot, his lucky day. Thanks for the sub. Cheers, Pete
Good job Pete. Nothing like a bit of bush engineering to get a result.
Thanks John, Yeah it worked out well, If I had of thought about It a bit and stuck the 4500 in the esky It would have picked It up straight away, but I guess thats too easy.
Cheers, Pete
Well done Pete! Love your makeshift esky gold pan haha. Did the trick!! Some lovely little nugs. Cheers, Ant & Glenn 👍⛏
Thanks Ant, The esky done the job, the monster struggled with the hot rocks, it did say there was something but didn't quite cope, so bring on the esky pan. Turned out to be a good spot. Glenn would like it, it has hand dug channels beside it, he would be able to say how it would have been back in the gold rush days.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures it certainly did mate. Yeah it does look like a great spot and Glenn would definitely like it and be able to share a story or two no doubt 🤗🤗. Good luck on your next adventure! Cheers 👍
Well done mate love the new pan it proves you can use anything to catch gold keep the video's comeing 👌👍
Thanks Marky, the esky worked awesome, hard to loose half gram nuggets out of anything. Josh said you had a great day on the creek the other day, well done.
Cheers, Pete
great videos, keep up the good work ,i have watched them all .well done
Thanks John, great work watching them all, thanks for your support.
Cheers, Pete
Awesome vid brother! Haha go the mighty Monster, pluckn that bit out ⛏🤙
Thanks mate, the iron stone was giving the monster a hard time but It was onto it, just to many hot rocks, if i had stuck the 4500 in the esky it would have gone off, but all good in the end.
Cheers, Pete
Great video mate 👍 Hope you had a good Christmas and good luck in the new year.⛏️👍😊
Thanks Matty, That was a fun day out. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you, happy hunting.
Cheers, Pete
Well done Pete another awesome day out.
For sure, it was cool to find nuggets like that, going to hit it up again tomorrow, hopefully there's a couple more there.
Cheers, Pete
Take a couple of buckets and take all the material from that spot back home to work. Too many pieces in a small area to pass up the opportunity for fines and pickers. Take a crowbar to the bedrock, break it up and see what is in the crevices there mate. Nice finds, glad you had a good day out. Keep it up, thanks Pete.
Thanks Joel, I went out there today and got some dirt to run, scratched out some crevices and sucked up some material with a PVC pump I knocked up. Tried to run it but there was to much clay so it's gone into the cement mixer, just have to put it through the sluice now.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures Top job mate, hope you find some goodies. Pretty sure I drove past the spot you were looking at in that video today. I was up in Bendigo for a doctor's appointment. Enjoying your work mate. Would love to come out with you at some point down the line. Keep those videos coming mate.
Hopefully there's somthing in the gravel, I also ran the last tub off monster pay dirt through the cement mixer while I had it going, so a bit of extra gravel to run to finish off that video. We could arrange a day out bush once these restrictions ease, I take it your down Castlemaine way? And run a 7000.
What area of bush were you driving through today?
Hey Pete doing ok with your detector work. It’s buzzzzing 🤟
Thanks mate, it's been a good little hot spot, hope it continues.
Cheers Pete👍
You weren't joking man, awesome section for sure especially for only 3 hours. Looks like solid bedrock with great fissures in between!
It's a good little creek and I'm only about 10 minutes away from it, bad thing it doesn't hold water very long, all good just have to take it to a dam to wash. Thanks for watching.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures water is more useful than people think!
Good job mate good to see you out and about enjoy
Thanks Scott, It's good to get out, I'm lucky living close to these areas i'm prospecting, i can just head out for 2 or 3 hours and get a good gold hunt in.
Cheers, Pete
Nicely done Pete and loved that crevice spot find! I can't wait to get over again once this covid stuff calms down 🤞🏻⛏. Very nice tally you got all up and well done mate 🥂
Thanks Drew, hopefully there will be more there and in other parts of the creek, might be able to get onto some more. When ever you do get back get in contact and I'll get you on some good ground.
Cheers, Pete
Great finds
Thanks mate, it's been a fun little creek that one. Thanks for watching.
Cheers, Pete
What a great play in the creek.
It's been fun in there, heap of flood gravel came down last week, so might go give it another hit up.
Cheers, Pete
Well done Pete mate,
I'm just a coin and relics guy but I'm seriously considering getting the monster, it's a great little machine
Cracking finds mate 👍
Thanks mate, The monster is great in the right ground and that's limited around Bendigo, but as you can see the boys down Ballarat do really well due to the low mineralised ground, great bit of equipment to have in the kit, I have to mainly use the 4500 which works anywhere. Thanks for watching.
Cheers Pete
Fantastic work Pete, definitely dig that whole area out mate, some beautiful gold congratulations 🤠🇦🇺⛏️
Thanks Josh, I'll have to head back and give it a dig, the water will be almost gone now so I'll have to take it to a dam and wash it, but run the 4500 over it as I go and hopefully there's a couple more.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures absolutely mate, looking forward to seeing what you can get out of it
Good one, that's why I like panning!
I don't pan or sluice much, but this has been fun so I might move a few rocks and see whats hiding there. I've got the parts to make my yabbie pump now, but the water will be gone so I might have to take some there to do the pumping.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures Should still be some strong spring rains to come o just hit the gully soon after, a lot to be said for the sound of flowing water as you work away. Enjoy!
Got to love the monster they ping them cheers heading out to a new creek tomorrow hope there is some yellow
The monster is awesome in the right ground, that area is a bit too hot but it come up with the goods. Good luck on your new creek, hope it turns out to be as good as this one.
Cheers, Pete
Nice nuggy mate . Go the monster :)
Thanks Grant, the monster is a good little machine, but the ground there is a bit hot for it. Heading back there tomorrow to give it another crack.
Cheers, Pete
Perfect trappers I would be digging that whole area Pete
Have to do a bit more digging for sure and take a bigger tub or two. Thanks for watching.
Cheers, Pete
Great work Pete 👏
Thanks, it's turning into a good spot, hopefully it continues.
Cheers, Pete
Nice finds.. Like the improvised gold pan 👍 That NF Sadie >> how much gold have they found over the years..
Thanks mate. The Sadie coils are great, it made the .08g sing there was no missing it, I wish I swung it over the esky before I paned it, it would have picked it up no worries, all good in the end.
Cheers, Pete
Great work Pete that was a great find mate well done. Been hitting up the local fields myself and it amazes me how much is still out there. 👍
Thanks Shane, I was surprised that gold was there, there is detector holes in the creek. I guess you have that 6000 working well then, get your 4500 back out and see if its the machine or the knowledge and the way your going about it now. How ever you find gold it's a great way to spend time in the aussie bush.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures yeh the 6 is going great. Unfortunately I don't have the 45 anymore but am really enjoying getting out locally with the 6000.
@@Shane_Chappy Shows you don't have to travel too far, i'm finding gold from 800m out to 2ks from my house, makes it easy for a quick session.
Unreal good job 👍 I do know a fella that use to dredge the creeks years ago one place he got a gold sovereign
Thanks Leigh, finding a sovereign is a bucket list find, I was lucky enough to find one years ago, sold it for $7.5k and bought a brand new GP3000, a photo of it is in the intro.
Cheers Pete
New Subscriber- I like the fact that you show the ground at the beginning, you are creative in the field and you show the weight of your finds. Also as an American, I like the fact that I can understand you through your accent, not every uploader can hit on all the things I just mentioned and look for in videos.
Thankyou for your kind words and I appreciate you subscribing to the channel. I have tried to make this channel a bit different from the others, I'm trying to show all sides of prospecting and that it's not always peaches and cream and you will have days where you will just have to enjoy a walk in the bush. I'm not about showing looking at the ground just digging gold, I film my video's in a day mostly and hopefully I can find some gold. I enjoy what I do and would like to share my adventures with like minded people that might just learn something new or just enjoy the video's.
Cheers, Pete
Hey mate, your message didn't come through on ep 37, re post if you like and I'll get back to you.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures was that the testing gold thingy vid?
@@saltynugmonster2235 Yes, for some reason some comments are in my notifications and I can only read half of the message, but don't make it onto the video's comments where I could read the whole thing.
@@PetesGoldAdventures the main point of my comment was that the pump with the bucket fill attachment is missing valves. The pump with the reservoir did better than I thought it would.
Nice work Pete 👌
Thanks mate, it's turning out to be a good spot, hopefully it continues.
Cheers, Pete
Hello mate. Besides the monster what was the other detector you were using and what is a sadie coil?
Hi Simon, the other detector is a Minelab GPX 4500 and the Sadie coil is from Nugget Finder it's there 8x6 inch from there Advantage range. Thanks for watching.
Cheers, Pete
Hey that’s awesome work mate, 3’s a patch isn’t it hey I called it👍
That's what they say on that TV show, but the highbank nugget came out of the same spot so 4 confirms it, its a creek patch. I've never come across anything like it, you would'nt think they would be there these days.
@@PetesGoldAdventures I know that’s why it’s so awesomely funny & cool hey.
Maybe u should dig out the side walls a bit to follow that bedrock might be more.
Good luck great find 👍
Bits add up...👀✌️😎
They sure do, especially when you get a few bunched together, good fun.
Cheers, Pete
HI pete love your new gold pan awesome mate nice bit of gold but did you leave my bit there ? nice gold cheers ron
Thanks Ron, finish your lunch and then pan some gold with your esky, bit hard to swirl though. Plenty of gold out there, you just have to walk over it. I'll leave a piece in the creek for you, just have to head up a grab it.
Cheers, Pete
Thanks Pete i will give it a go with my esky LOL cheers ron
@@hookysprospecting3874 It's come in handy that esky, monster pay dirt one day and now a gold pan.
awesome finds
Thanks Rod, It was great I did not expect that at all, who would think 4 little nuggets in that one small area.
Cheers, Pete
Awesome
Cheers, thanks Steven
Is that at Enfield or closer to Bendigo like the Whipstick?
It's up at Bendigo, in the Kangaroo Flat area, that creek has produced some good gold since then. Cheers mate 👍
Great video mate, just subscribed 👍
Thanks Swen, glad you enjoyed the video, there's a heap more if you have the time. Thanks for the sub.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures will do champ, if you have time, check out my TH-cam channel 🙏
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Hey mate my mate and myself are extremely keen to start hunting for gold but don’t have any experience. So what advice would you give us beginners. Thanks mate
Hey Adam, That's great your getting into prospecting. First thing get the best gold detector your budget allows, you can use relic machines like the Nox 800 - 900 or Manticore, but dedicated gold machines are better. The best low range detector would be the Gold Monster 1000, great machine on low mineralised ground like pipeclay or quartz mullock heaps, not good on ironstone, next would be a GPX4500 or SDC 2300, but if you have a really good budget get a GPX 6000, if you watch my later video's you'll see how one of those go. To get experience you could join a club, you'll plenty of advice there and they'll put you on gold bearing ground. Watch youtube, you'll see the ground we work and that will give you a good idea where to look, but be patient, finding gold isn't easy, but you'll get there in the end. Hope this helps.
Cheers, Peet
@@PetesGoldAdventures thanks heaps Pete I truly appreciate your help. I’ve just built myself a sluice and have the basic equipment but I’m on the hunt for a dedicated gold detector and you just put me onto some great machines. Also I’ll be watching a lot more of your videos to help gain some knowledge.
@@adamsankey8702 Good stuff building your own sluice, great way to get consistent gold sluicing and panning. I have quite a few build video's, I've built highbankers, multi sluices, hammer mills and a jaw crusher, better build than buy, gives you a lot of satisfaction. Good luck mate and happy hunting.
At 8:44 in the video there was one sitting beside the one you got
Hi Rod, I had a look and if it was the one to the right of my finger, that was the nugget, looking through the camera it's a bit hard to point, i did take that dirt away and didn't find anymore. Thanks for watching.
Cheers, Pete
@@PetesGoldAdventures it looked so much like gold poking out of the clay ball right beside the little nug
@@rodwhitehand2102 I did take the gravel from that area and did get a little more fine stuff, but maybe I need to go get some more.
I’m retired and limited funds. Are the $100 detectors from Aldi any good ?
Is that a yes ??
I have heard and read reviews that prospectors have done ok with those Aldi detectors, it's all about buying the best detector to suit your budget, if you could afford a Gold Monster 1000 I would definitely go that way as they are great little detectors, watch my monster videos and you'll see they go really good in quiet ground, hope this helps.
Cheers Pete
I have never used one, but I did try and get one and they sell out quick, I have heard they can find gold, but it might have to be a good half gram or so and shallow, I would imagine it would be difficult to find gold being that it's not easy even using one of the GPX machines. I'd look for a used monster over the Aldi machine.
@@PetesGoldAdventures thanks very much
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Cheers mate, thanks for watching.
Hi Pete,
I don’t know how to work this technology stuff. I’m trying to message you about the hammer mill you built? Can you message me so we can discuss.
Kind Regards
Blu
Hi Blu, send me an email to petesgoldadventures@gmail.com and hopefully I'll be able to answer any questions you have. Cheers mate