# Southern Raiders.. Arrrrr **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [1 August 2026 10:16 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629 "2026-08-01T10:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drystone](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Drystone](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Drystone)\ **Post date:** [1 August 2026 10:16 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/1 "2026-08-01T10:16:21Z")
It’s about that time of year when the Tassie contingent relieved the northeners of their golden burden heh heh ![20260801_183248](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cc1704777a207a7ee86e89a0a16872d9550d5ae1.jpeg) ![20260801_174458](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0f1ed2569ae411aad40eed6ee7f0b6e5f6b49a86.jpeg) ![20260801_164830](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c056b7ada15a68930374522c63e69d91c6aa9b40.jpeg) ![20260731_162233](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fbffeeaf80a493f55675bfb0956e5b0d9a21f784.jpeg) ![20260801_143939](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f7809ab73c8cccdeea5704615db4be20d7d569ba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Shinybits](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@Shinybits](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Shinybits)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2026 07:42 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/2 "2026-08-02T07:42:06Z")
Best of luck mate, good setup and a Mrs to keep you warm πŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![Wilsonag](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/wilsonag/32/1422_2.png) [@Wilsonag](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Wilsonag)\ **Post date:** [2 August 2026 08:51 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/3 "2026-08-02T08:51:40Z")
Good luck mate have a great trip 😁 ---
**Author:** ![miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/miguel/32/9_2.png) [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 03:14 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/4 "2026-08-03T03:14:41Z")
Slightly hugely jealous ---
**Author:** ![Wizard\_Smith](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Wizard\_Smith](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Wizard_Smith)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 08:56 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/5 "2026-08-03T08:56:22Z")
Have a great trip Andrew πŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![ratters](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@ratters](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/ratters)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2026 11:54 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/6 "2026-08-12T11:54:31Z")
All the best mate! Go hard! ---
**Author:** ![Drystone](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Drystone](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Drystone)\ **Post date:** [13 August 2026 08:58 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/7 "2026-08-13T08:58:52Z")
Raider Update: After playing tourist for a week in Vic we headed off north to the dry wastes of Broken Hill and Corner Country NSW. For fossickers and mineral collectors, Broken Hill is amecca of sorts: some wicked minerals come or of the mines and area generally. I highly recommend the Geo Centre and the Mineral shop in Argent St (yes, all the streets are named after minerals πŸ˜†) ~4hrs Nth is Tibooburra: funny little town with nice pubs and a reputation for gold. Well, we battled windstorms on beautiful Gumvale Station and managed to snag a couple of bits to open the account! Anyway, we are heading south now to start more serious detecting in the β€˜Triangle’ Aaaaarrr! ![20260811_081339](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0b10cae279262e675e5670e423d38a05a60aadb0.jpeg) ![20260809_145959](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39ef3ddbe80c9aa003cfa7ac4849f69e30b7aab1.jpeg) ![20260810_112824](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bdd6dc3901c4fd2ca8a9b50c4e3f6f7a185542d6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Drystone](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Drystone](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Drystone)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2026 00:42 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/southern-raiders-arrrrr/1629/8 "2026-09-01T00:42:50Z")
Raiders Return Well, all good things must come to an end it seems, so now back home to the green island under down under. We spent the final stage chasing the yellow amongst the goldfields along the western edge of the GT. Alluvial diggings, reefs, deep leads, hard rock shows in abundance, unlike the heavy yellow metal which proved to be a challenge. The gentle terrain, open bush and good access via tracks to every digging means that they have been heavily detected πŸ˜’ We managed to scare up a few grams between the SDC2300 and the GPX4500, with the SDC marginally ahead but also finding all the birdshot πŸ˜… I would suggest future raiders do plenty of research, get good maps and target areas away from the diggings. If you can get access to private property, then that would be advantageous. All said, the Vic bush is thriving after good rains and a pleasure to camp in. but Vic sealed roads are full of potholes 😬 and are shiiiite ![20260901_095602](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/a/abffb7d1f8f42d26a39e23b734068043b0e5148c.jpeg) ![20260816_182955](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/5/59f7b90077a071c048cbfbe5f8b005fcaa5db2f1.jpeg) ![20260827_144250](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2bb6758a48b35d3dd9e009f874fe5b861f4a0f20.jpeg) ![20260828_170436](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/0/05a7d7a38df5dd55c56eec52dc0583f1649b18f2.jpeg) ![20260825_135912](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3af3064ba27d29d488925b7fdb5253104ee118f7.jpeg) ![20260818_124915](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/2/26f0c3b05ab3f4e35bc6b285c7cce000e1937e81.jpeg)