victoria

G’day guys! Veg here, veggin out 😁 heading up to Daylesford (probably Sailors creek) for a hiking trip in a week, but taking an extra 10kg of tools to have a hunt for some nice gemstones and hopefully pick up my first few pieces of gold 🤞 Usually just a crystal hunter with the sieves but...

We are wondering about taking a mine detecting tour in Victoria. Has anyone participated in these and if so was it worthwhile? We are about to purchase a Minelab 5000 and thought it might be a good introduction to gold detecting and a great way to spend a few days in Victorian bush....?

The mystery of the missing gold nugget Found near Wedderburn in 1981, the ‘Pride of Australia‘ was once the largest Victorian gold nugget on display in Australia and was housed in the State Library of Victoria. One fateful night in 1991, the nugget was stolen from its case in the Library's...

Hi there! My Fiance and I have recently started a YouTube for our fossicking adventures. We have been prospecting for gold for around 7 years and started fossicking for gems and minerals in past 2 years. We are focusing on Victorian gems, gold and minerals at the moment and we absolutely love...

Hi, I’m ben. I’m ten years old and quite new to fossicking (I’ve only found one gem\mineral, a beautiful Smokey citrine) and the only good fossicking place near me is fifty-ish minutes away, so not a regular thing for now. I was wondering if you guys could help me? here's some pictures of my Smokey:

I'm heading out to Apollo bay next week and was just wondering if anyone could help with some tips for a first timer to the area and craft planning on going to wreck beach at moonlight heads and the Otways any advice would be brilliant thanks

Hey guys, I've just created a new website for overlaying VIC Gov gold data (from https://datashare.maps.vic.gov.au/) on top of Open Street Maps. The URL is: https://victoriangoldmaps.com/ Let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback. Cheers.

Hello all, was wondering if someone would be able to help me identify some of my bullet, cartridges and buttons please, very interested in learning about them! Have tried my own net search but haven’t had much luck with most of them lol All have been found in vic in the last few months...

I was wondering if anyone of the forum members has attended one of Andrew Bales's 1 day geology training coures he runs in the GT. Any feedback would be great appreciate, I was considering putting my name down for one. AuTitch

"A large number of Clubs and societies exist in Australia that cater for Lapidary, Fossil collection, Gold prospecting and similar interests." http://mineral.org.au/clubs/clubs.html

https://earthresources.vic.gov.au/geology-exploration/maps-reports-data/geovic

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and new to prospecting, I will be going out for the first time early next week to the Heathcote Graytown National Park. I have a GPX5000 with an 15" commander mono coil, I'm not expecting to find any gold on my first time out, just try to get used to the...

Can anyone tell me if you are allowed to detect in Bushland reserves.

Hi everyone, was wanting some advice please on where to detect in Vic on mild ground (not hot / heavily mineralised ground). I have a couple of nice mono coils I want to really give a good crack at (without doing my head in on the hot ground when I use them). Any specific areas would be greatly...

Hi Victorian prospectors. The family and I are heading to Vic at Christmas for a visit and a wedding. I have made stipulations that I am able to do a 2 day detecting/fossicking trip. Can anyone tell me if there is any places that do tours etc. at that time. Dunolly sounds good? I have no idea of...

Hi everyone, I'm heading out to Meredith for work tomorrow and thought I might try out my new gold monster in the Brisbane rangers Yankee Gully area. Has anyone had any luck around this area?

Hi Gang, looking at camping out at Slatey or Sailors in the next week or so is water still running there or should I bring my own..

I have a question about prospecting on Unreserved Crown Land that is held under just a General licence. The land in question has a dirty great 'Keep Out' sign on it. It's a parcel of unreserved crown that someone has seen fit to take a general licence on and now refuses to allow access to an...

A Victorian Miners Right was previously $33.10 for a 2 year and $92.70 for a 10 year Miners Right. Now, there is no choice, just a 10 year Miners Right which will cost $17.20. We're not complaining! Their website, however, has not been updated yet to reflect the new prices.

Can anyone recommend the best detecting tour companies in Victoria and Qld you can PM me if its easier