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Date Posted: 25 July 2024

The Rocker Box or Cradle was a very simple piece of gear used by the miners of old, to wash gold bearing gravel during dry times or where access to water was minimal. It allowed them to process a surprizing amo

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Date Posted: 16 October 2020

The name ‘Forgotten Country’ is taken from the 1977 book by Isabel Wilkinson, about the goldfields of the Upper Clarence region of northern NSW. It is rough and unforgiving ground made up in parts by steep Gran

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Date Posted: 30 September 2020

This article is aimed at those starting on their GPZ journey, but those with experience may find some benefit also, as will other Minelab GPX and SDC users. Over many years in store, I was bombarded by new p

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Date Posted: 28 September 2020

Specific Gravity Test Instructions A specific gravity test is used to calculate the amount of Gold that is contained in a quartz and gold laced specimen. One method of conducting a specific gravity test w

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Date Posted: 2 September 2020

To prospect in Western Australia you will require a Western Australian Miners Right. These are available from any Mining Registrars' office in WA or download the form from The Department of Miners and P

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Date Posted: 4 August 2020

Software Upgrade 1.1. Get more from your VANQUISH. At Minelab, we understand your passion. Your need to hunt in all terrains and our pursuit of perfection, means VANQUISH is now better than ever. What

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Date Posted: 28 July 2020

Software Upgrade 3.0 What is new? A new Single Frequency of 4 kHz has been added to the existing 5, 10, 15, 20 and 40 kHz options. This new 4 kHz frequency enhances the detection of large deep ta

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Date Posted: 24 July 2020

A Miners Den Australia blog post from the Archives, originally posted on September 28th 2014. A customer recently came into BendigoGold to share his finds with us; It was a nice day and I decide

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