𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁? What's the one bit of kit you never leave home without on a prospecting trip? Not the detector. The other thing. Tell us below.
The Dig Here map has a new look. Where data meets the dirt.
No single layer finds gold. It's where they line up that's worth a look.
Here's how the layers stack up, using Adelong in NSW:
1. Start with the rock. The pink is granite. Gold likes granite country: along its edges, and along the cracks running through it. 2. Add the faults. They're the cracks gold-bearing fluids travelled along, leaving quartz veins behind. 3. Now the old workings. At Adelong the old reefs run in a line through the granite, on the same trend as the faults. 4. Follow the creeks. Gold that weathers out of a reef ends up in the gully below. 5. Read the ground itself. Laser scans strip the trees away, so you can see every gully and bench.
Then tap the map for a plain yes or no on whether you can dig there.
𝗡𝗲𝘄: 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗢 New on the Dig Here map: every mining lease, claim and exploration licence in NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA and TAS, every mineral, updated weekly. Tap any spot and get a straight YES or NO, the reason, and whose permission you need. Plus: do you need a licence to fossick? Every state explained on the blog. dighere.com.au/blog
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸 Satellite vs 1m LiDAR at Adelong Creek, NSW. Strip away the grass and a line of old shafts appears up the hill east of the creek, right where our gold workings layer puts them. The fossicking district is the creek itself.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 Six steps to test-pan a creek: pull gravel off the bottom, empty it into a classifier on a bucket, wash and toss the rocks, shake the pan under water, wash the light stuff off the lip, and slow right down at the black sand. Footage shared with thanks to Stinky Pete Prospecting.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 12 places you can legally find gold in New South Wales. Ophir, Sofala, Hill End, Sunny Corner, Adelong and more, with LiDAR showing the ground under the trees. No fossicking licence needed. https://youtu.be/LCyhpK9j6dY
𝗡𝗲𝘄: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 First article: 17 places you can legally find gold in Queensland, with the video and a free guide for every area. dighere.com.au/blog
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱 Fast water on the outside of a bend scours the bank. On the inside it slows, and heavy gold drops out. Work the head of the inside bar, down to bedrock.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 Turn on Watercourses, zoom in until you see the flow arrows, then find where the water slows: inside bends, where a steep gully flattens out, behind bars and big rocks. That is where heavy gold drops. Stay inside the official boundary. Shown: Sofala Common on the Turon River, NSW.
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The Dig Here map has a new look. Where data meets the dirt.
No single layer finds gold. It's where they line up that's worth a look.
Here's how the layers stack up, using Adelong in NSW:
1. Start with the rock. The pink is granite. Gold likes granite country: along its edges, and along the cracks running through it.
2. Add the faults. They're the cracks gold-bearing fluids travelled along, leaving quartz veins behind.
3. Now the old workings. At Adelong the old reefs run in a line through the granite, on the same trend as the faults.
4. Follow the creeks. Gold that weathers out of a reef ends up in the gully below.
5. Read the ground itself. Laser scans strip the trees away, so you can see every gully and bench.
Then tap the map for a plain yes or no on whether you can dig there.
It's live now at dighere.com.au/map
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𝗡𝗲𝘄: 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗢
New on the Dig Here map: every mining lease, claim and exploration licence in NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA and TAS, every mineral, updated weekly. Tap any spot and get a straight YES or NO, the reason, and whose permission you need. Plus: do you need a licence to fossick? Every state explained on the blog. dighere.com.au/blog
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸
Satellite vs 1m LiDAR at Adelong Creek, NSW. Strip away the grass and a line of old shafts appears up the hill east of the creek, right where our gold workings layer puts them. The fossicking district is the creek itself.
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽
Six steps to test-pan a creek: pull gravel off the bottom, empty it into a classifier on a bucket, wash and toss the rocks, shake the pan under water, wash the light stuff off the lip, and slow right down at the black sand. Footage shared with thanks to Stinky Pete Prospecting.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽?
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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽
12 places you can legally find gold in New South Wales. Ophir, Sofala, Hill End, Sunny Corner, Adelong and more, with LiDAR showing the ground under the trees. No fossicking licence needed.
https://youtu.be/LCyhpK9j6dY
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𝗡𝗲𝘄: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴
First article: 17 places you can legally find gold in Queensland, with the video and a free guide for every area. dighere.com.au/blog
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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱
Fast water on the outside of a bend scours the bank. On the inside it slows, and heavy gold drops out. Work the head of the inside bar, down to bedrock.
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿
Turn on Watercourses, zoom in until you see the flow arrows, then find where the water slows: inside bends, where a steep gully flattens out, behind bars and big rocks. That is where heavy gold drops. Stay inside the official boundary. Shown: Sofala Common on the Turon River, NSW.
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