2014 FORUM MUSTER

[CrazyPete]

First topic message reminder :

I'll set one up ifyaz come to Vic and wear floral dresses     

[Banjo]

I remember Hakey once sharing a story on Finders about swimming in a dam, life was good, out prospecting through the day and then cool down with a late afternoon swim, he went past the same dam in drought and the sight of all the dead carcasses in the bottom of the dam soon put an end to the brute prospectors dam swimming days.

[Nightjar]

  Originally built to supply water for the steam trains between Kalgoorlie and Laverton.  Just before it was completed, good supplies of artesian water were discovered in the region and so the dam never actually came into service.

[Moneybox]

Jase, I don't know wether to thank you or the gold gods unless you are one and the same but the drought has broken. We found our first bit of gold on the spot you suggested. We got one little 1.44g nugget about 100mm down in the rock. We continued to look for it's mummy or daddy but it must have been cast out alone. Now it has a family who love it

[madmav]

Awesome to hear guys, first gold is always special, will see you out on that lease tomorrow somewhere
Happy hunting
Steve, Lea and Buddy

[aussie18]

congrats guys, bloody awesome
I've got a little heads on some info, only happy to help
I'm heading off 6am in the morning to try some good sounding ground, cannot wait to get there.
I'll let you know if I'm a gold god on Sunday when I get home
cheers
jase

[martinjsto]

hi guys, just arrived safely home from a long 10 1/2 hr drive. what a great Muster, weather was perfect but gold allusive. I will post more with pics tomorrow, keen for a shower and sleep ATM. dont forget to email me the photo's guys,
martin_stone@mail.com
may be good to resize B4 sending.
goodnight

[madmav]

Great to hear you are home safe and sound m8, was a good muster for sure and awesome to catch up with you both again, take care and will send any pics I have when net is working better
Take care
Steve, Lea and Buddy

[toad]

A few bits from the first day.



Buddy guarding dinner.




Martin the Chef.

Around the campfire.




Some of the crew

[Banjo]

Great pics, especially the last one, thanks for sharing

Darren

[martinjsto]

great pics guys, and it was great meeting up with everyone, you guys did well considering the small amount of gold found by us all. i dont know about being a chef , those steaks turned out tough as. i will be getting some pics from Madmav i will post soon. keep safe and good hunting

[Jackthehound]

Great to see a good time was had by all. Thanks for the pic's wish I could of been there.

[Bignuggs]

Ya lucky buggers.  more pics coming up I hope.  tease me with some photo's of ya gold  
maybe there is some video of embarrassing moments    

[Moneybox]

Sorry guys and gals it's taken so long but we've just arrived in Leonora so have some internet. Here's a couple of photos taken of the group who made it..



From left to right: Martin, Beverley, Bob, Lauren, Sandra, Karen, Neil & Phil

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Karen, Martin, Buddy, Sandra, Phil, Lea & Steve

Thanks everybody for a great muster. We learned a lot and it was great to put names to faces. Hopefully we'll have some more photos to follow when we've put what we learned into practise.

[Moneybox]

Sandra managed to win the wooden spoon award  for returning without a rattle in the bottle... well the equivalent in the way of a prize from the DWAG sponsors.



Thanks to all the sponsors for the prizes. It was much appreciated. She's more determined than ever to prove those wrong who have told her that her little White's won't find gold.



Perhaps she's just looking for the wrong stuff..

[Moneybox]

When you can't find gold you just have to try to muster up some good luck any way you can...



Nine horse shoes so far

[Moneybox]

Seems there were more relics out there than gold. At least there're a few less pretty rocks in the boot



I've put in a request for the yellow stuff instead.

[Moneybox]

I found Sandra celebrating. She reckons she dug up a one carat chunk of gold.

[Guest]

good to see you all having fun--next season will be a winner and have planned time out so u never know.

u gotta luv that mut--forever vigilant..

regards
oneday

[Moneybox]

good to see you all having fun--next season will be a winner and have planned time out so u never know.

u gotta luv that mut--forever vigilant..

regards
oneday

We've already book the house sitter Ray. What date did you say it's on ?

[Guest]

we will sit done and come to a date and venue as early as possible and get all the necessary paper work in place etc--

regards
oneday

[Moneybox]

We're back in Leonora tonight and we have some internet so we have a bit of catching up to do.

I reckon Sandra was just holding out for the wooden spoon prize because as soon as the muster was over she dug her first nugget. It's a nice little 2.27g found with the White's Goldmaster.



She was tired of digging tiny little pieces of sieve wire, tacks and other junk. She nearly didn't bother but it was her last dig on the way back to the bus for a break after a long day of frustration. It was worth the dig!!

The same day I managed to dig up a little one as well. Not as good as Sandra's but 0.87g.

[martinjsto]

finally got the pics off the missus phone and resized for posting.
enjoy

[martinjsto]

some more

[martinjsto]

a few more











phew,,
next pics are of a parrot nest we found in a hollow part of the tree next to our camp, the mum always arrived just on dusk followed by the dad, he squarked around to distract whatever was around so the mum quickly ducked in to the hollow branch, thats how i found the nest, after she was settled the dad worked his way into the nest for the night. they headed off early morning and i waited for a few hrs then quietly took these shots of inside the log best i could with a phone. made great pics with the 4 or so chicks visible. great state we have eh.

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