If we go back about eight months in time I ventured out to a new area. I’d never explored it before and I was just looking for gold at the time after a few days of hard work getting into the area I stumbled across an extremely unique deposit. The gold wasn’t large by any means but it was extremely plentiful. The only problem is the tools and equipment that I was using to find it weren't fit for the job.
      Sniping for gold in Tasmania has typically been a bread-and-butter for success. However this time the extreme amount of clay and sediment in the crevices made the process and visibility painfully slow.
So on a return trip I switched up the arsenal and took in a home-made yabby pump and typical crevicing tools this time the trip was much more successful with more gold in a single pan than the whole previous trip.
I decided to head back in the third time and this time I took the aid of a river sluice which turned out was the most efficient way to work the concentrates for gold. I had outstanding results but on the last day of my adventure while venturing further upstream I stumbled across something I never expected. I had never expected the area being so remote and undocumented in Tasmania‘s history got me thinking that the old timers hadn’t spent time on this creek when an actual fact on the third day, I walked into some of the largest diggings I’d ever occurred in Tasmania.
         There was an old water race used to run the sluices and their rocker boxes and mullock heaps and shafts stretched as far as the eye could see.  
  As the year pushed on for me I ended up in a different area sniping in the larger rivers during the summer monthsr. Eventually the winter months came about and I'd left the area idle for far too long but now it’s time to return,  This time I’ll be using the ultimate gold machine the GPX 6000 detector these working being remote and totally overlooked by any modern prospector’s allows for huge potential. It’s a treasure chest waiting to be open but I’ve now got the keys to unlock it, I'm excited to be sharing this adventure with you guys and I hope you enjoy the trip just as much as I did.

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