Has anyone found reef gold with a metal detector in Tassie?
Over in Victoria I’ve found a few pieces over reefs where there was no sign of alluvial transport of material, in shallow ground, but in Tasmania, even in places that have a high abundance of reefs (like Lefroy and Mathinna) I’ve never had any luck.
The closest I’ve come are hardly-waterworn nuggets from small leads in Lefroy and Back Creek, like this:
I should probably link to this other post of a nugget I found near Lefroy: Recent burn at Lefroy
It was almost right above a reef without much evidence of transport. I’ll give it a clean and post a better picture when I have a chance.
Couple of little bits that came from the gully below a big hole in the ground that used to be a reef.
Oops bad photo.
Really pretty specimens! Well done 
Really nice, that’s a keeper for the collection
Nice find , thankfully they left a little bit well done
Very nice specimen , quartz always gives more character.
The smallest bit I’ve found with the equinox and 6 " coil. From a mini patch found with the SDC. Found that the vlf machine is not great for prospecting new areas but will find small gold that PI machines miss.
very nice bit there dhawley
I should probably include this one here: it’s not at all waterworn and was found directly over one of the lines of reef, in alluvial/eluvial diggings. It’s from this thread.
a piece of found several months back with a great help of a fellow forum member so grateful for all his help
Two gold crystals, 1.53gm and 0.55 gm plus two specimens found in 1870’s era mullock heaps at Back Creek.
Very nice Howard ! P.i. or the Nox ?
Hi Curt, they were found with my old GPX 5000 and the SDC 2300 between 2014 and 2019.
Wow, some beautiful bits there. Should get everyone fired up for the field trip!
