Haha nice work mate, the bottle is got those hard to get to places, and a smaller coke bottle or the likes works better! Happy hunting!

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

Cheers. Yes, I can see how a smaller and maybe slightly thicker plastic bottle would work.

Thanks for sharing the vid and the tips on better crevicing. Simple things can make the experience much more rewarding.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

They sure do. Makes me wonder how much I've missed in the past.

That yabbie pump extension with the heavies trap you then empty is a great innovation that, as you say, also overcomes losses from the usual big opening, we are thinking of a simple way for that to close on the upstroke when it reaches a certain point like a heart valve, or Dune sandworm! That would aid in volume, and the inner heavies or gravel trap can be modified to suit the materials expected, a tip seen via AndyPandy, "The Poverty Prospector". As ii goes in the Bohemian language, "ahoy" means goodbye, & happy-go-lucky to you from Gabi of Narre Warren.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

Heh heh, love the sandworm analogy. Yes, having a valve would be unreal. I'll check out the tip. Cheers, Gabi.

The entrance is down near the boiler. History says that last time the mine was sold, it was salted as the gold had run out. There is also a mine entrance back up the track a bit. Did you see the ore carts and wheels amount the black berries in the gully near the boiler.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, i feel I missed some interesting aspects. Some areas look like they had collapsed but were obviously cut into the rock face.

If you have not seen it Andrew from Adventure gold has a video on Lagoon creek.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

Will check it out.

@mocaman99

2 ай бұрын

Adventure Gold vids are not up anymore sadly :(

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

Oh no! I had seen some of them. Andrew revealed he had been ill in a very philosophical way. Do you know why they aren’t there anymore?

@mocaman99

2 ай бұрын

@@InSearchOf...Australia I guess the channel has either been made private or deleted. It's a shame, they were an great resource for noob NSW prospectors like me, and entertaining as well

@tonyhayward1234

2 ай бұрын

@@mocaman99😢😢😢

Lagoon creek mine

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

Yes, that's the name I discovered it was after I made the video. When I looked it up on maps I typed in Sunny Corner mine and it took me there.

@scottpearce4072

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, there are a few more interesting old mine sites around the area to the north that still have a few relics from the past, unfortunately Lagoon creek was not a great producer they thought it might have been.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

@@scottpearce4072 Cool. I'd certainly check them out. They are interesting. That's a hell of a lot of effort to set up for a mine that doesn't produce a lot.

Lyrebird

@InSearchOf...Australia

22 күн бұрын

Is it the natural call or mimicry? There were a few different sounds from different places.

@L0U1SE

22 күн бұрын

@@InSearchOf...Australiai thought the variety sounded a lot like a lyrebird does but yeah I don’t think they can throw their calls across distances 😊

@InSearchOf...Australia

22 күн бұрын

@@L0U1SE it wouldn’t surprise me if at least one of the sounds was a lyrebird. It’s a strong possibility. Was a great natural soundscape to experience regardless.

3 degrees, thankfully you were at Sunny Corner.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

I was misled by the car thermometer. When I arrived it said that, but after I a while the real temperature became apparent.

I'd detect that "gully" in the track going down to the mine.

@InSearchOf...Australia

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking about that. There was areas of quartz and granite emerging down the trail.