Prospecting Australia - Gold Prospecting & Fossicking Forum

Hi folks see lots of new faces and still plenty of old ones and the odd ugly one like Rockhunter62….welcome back too Dougie!

Just letting people know I am no longer at Erlistoun station. So when sending 40E’s please send them to their Perth address, not to my email or post box.
It seems I’ve been there since before I was born, so time to move on.

Still in ...

Sometimes I wonder how likely am I to puncture a tyre driving on the rocks at Oallen Ford. I see other vehicles driving on there but they're mostly larger vehicles with larger tyres than those on my little hatchback.

There's no mobile reception anywhere nearby so if I got two punctures and no one else is around I'm up the creek. You know the creek about which I speak. <...

Alluvial Mining Plant For Sale:
Suitable for Gold, Sapphires, Rubies, Tin, Diamonds, other Gemstones and heavy Minerals.

▪︎ Only Used once
▪︎ Stored in Northern NSW.
▪︎ POA

Video of mining plant working is available by clicking

(Front End Loader is not included in the sale)

Please send DM to express interest in purchasing, to reque...

Across Australia, people are continuing to get lost and die in the outback, despite the availability of cheap and easy emergency equipment making almost every incident preventable:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Hi, been interested in prospecting for long time, I have a bit more time to pursue the activity. Anything shiny will do. I have managed to find some very small flakes of gold from a popular spot, bought paydirt (to make sure my panning technique didn't put all the gold back in the creek) found colour but it wasn't a guaranteed qty so I haven't quantified my technique.

H...