Detecting Spinefex country

boobook wrote:
Just one other thing, be wary driving over it. An under vehicle accumulation has caused more than one vehicle fire.  
Mike

Nightjar wrote:

boobook wrote:
Just one other thing, be wary driving over it. An under vehicle accumulation has caused more than one vehicle fire.  
Mike

Also the younger saplings (name of tree slips mind) burn off leaving a bayonet sticking up, real tyre bangers.

pilko wrote:depends on where you are....work the creeks...and where there are sharp walls leading into the creeks work up the sides at least 6-8 foot. Again depending on where you are....get onto some high ground above the flat areas and look for the old tree lines. These will be your old creek lines...don't worry about the surface geology...follow the trees.

Flouro wrote:Hi All,

Need to do this and because we have never ventured to far north I thought we would ask for some advise

Quite a few questions, I spose the first would be would a quad work in amongst the spinny and can you pull out, dig up the spinny to detect

No ya can't, at least not legally. ANY surface disturbance needs a POW from DMIRS (Mines Dept) or a Native Vegatation Clearing Permit from the EPA.

Quad bikes are a PIA in spinfex, I got seasick doing it! You'll be doing a tyre every 30 seconds!

A lot of places out there have no roads, tracks so can a raised caravan clear the spinny or are we stuck to the tracks

What would be the indicators for yellow, is it the same as elsewhere or are we dealing with different geological stuff

See Pilko's comment below

One place we have visited is Edgerton and were told to look for black quartz a bit like obsidian, it also came with the normal quartz as well

Native tital land, can you get permissions or is it a waiste of time or a long drawn out process

Depend if it's EXCLUSIVE native title or just non-exclusive. If its the former you will need an access permit from the NT tribe involved. If its the latter you don't need a permit. However, places like Yandeeyarra are huge areas listed as "UBA" ground. That means "Use and Benefit of Aborigines" and good luck getting on there and staying long enough to have pee!

Water hole between Nullingine and Karratha, are they full all year or do they only occur in the wet season

Just about everything is bone dry in winter and underwater in summer! Skull Springs Road vanishes during the wet as does the Mt Newman to Nullagine Rd

Ive checked and most old timers gold strikes don't have gradings so does that mean that most don't have alluvial gold

No, it means they never declared the gold so the grades were never reported to "the authorities". That was common practice back then

What am I looking for, is it all what they call greenfields work

"Greenfeilds" means no other bugger has been on that ground. Not much of that left either!

Gee, I'm starting to sound like a mug{beginner}

Cheers, if you can help

Ron, Sherri and Yoda