gold prospecting in south west WA

Ross
You want to hope the price of scrap metal goes up. I live at Daylesford in Victoria and last week purchased myself a Mine Lab GPS 4500. I works just fine especially at finding old bullets and shot gun pellets. No gold so far but its only early days. All the best in WA.

Ross, I live in the southwest and am an avid detectorist, have just returned from north of Cue and did OK, but although I have done some research on Donnybrook. The problem are that the grounds are all on private property, so you need to strike a deal with the freehold owners prior to entering the grounds. I believe the gold was not plentiful and was called "Fern Gold".
The goldfields of the midwest and east are all on Pastoral leases and can be accessed as long as you have a miners right and let the pastoralist know when and where (and of course you must not go on any mining leases without written permission)
I'd stick to the main goldfields if I were you, its much more fun. Good luck

Good luck to you too Skippype.
Thanks for the info Goldfind. Are you sure it's all private property? I didn't think it was, but you may know more than me.
I wonder if there's any gold at the back of Dardanup on Pile Road. I know a guy out there with 40 acres. You think it's worth a look?

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Thank you for the comments Greg. It's not looking too good for my area.

Hey again,
Just wondering, if the gold around here is fine, could I pan for it? I will be happy if I can locate 1 flake. :)

Thanks for posting Peter. Is gaining permission from a farmer the only way to look around the Donnybrook area? To me, a flake is a flake! I would be stoked if I were able to find some.