Thanks mate! Would love to come back, unfortunately lost this place so would have to try do a recon trip and find access again :(

Rekon I should have tried to slide it next to the tree?

Hit me up on mine followingabrokencompass ill let ya know yeew

I wish I knew about this when I was younger growing up on the back of the state forest. I would have been in the creeks every day. Good luck with your leaf

“Lead”

Thanks! Some more crystal stuff coming soon

Hey mate, many years ago now and lost his contact sorry

@@FollowingABrokenCompass Thx for the reply😉👍

Thanks mate

Can’t ever scratch that gold itch enough

Thanks mate! All just a bit of fun!

I got no service to see the wave at that mark sorry man. But heading back for the same trip in 3 weeks myself same boat can’t wait!

Thanks mate

Cheap, durable and bright underwater

Good spot

I’m not an expert at all. From the reading I did, most of the risk comes when cleaning pigs and most the stuff that can cause you issues will die if you freeze then cook up to appropriate temperature. The pigs in dryer areas seem to have more issues and like anything check organs they can tell you allot and how healthy the animal looks

Thanks mate! Gold is super pretty raw isn’t it! Thanks for the comment

Hey mate I’m going back in 4 weeks to do it all again. I put the rod in with my board and yeah just took the reel off and wrapped it in my towel. I usually bubble wrap my board with hard cardboard on the rails like the stuff you get on a new fridge - go rain a bin at the hood guys or something. Just don’t take your reel carry on as they will make you strip the line as you can tie people up with it hahaha learnt that the hard way. I just took usual lures that work well in the tropics, laser pro 120 and a few skirts so if we were moving faster I could use those. I just love having a rod out while your moving so much fun

Thanks mate! Flick em around to a few mates I’d really appreciate it!

Thanks mate

Wasn’t expecting to find it to be honest…didn’t have all my gear had to run back and get gloves as I was getting sliced apart as you would know

That’s it ! Next ones a roller coaster of emotions - looking forward to editing it this week! Thanks for the comment as always Ian

Yeah nice! Yeah I defintaly think I’m such game rich places such as oz you need to be confident in being able to just pick the arrow back up and shoot. With mechanicals it’s not that often you can re use it. Thanks for sharing Tim!

Yeah haha I see the numbers drop and swap when I go from gold to hunting- I just love the challenge of bow hunting. Until people get out and try it they will never understand how hard it is and how hard you have to work to secure meat for food- self filming just adds a whole new harder dimension to it! Cheers mate- good luck in vic!

@@FollowingABrokenCompass yes I do know a little bit of it Yes mine too drops off when I do surfing movies and relics or a coin hunt Cheers. 🍻 just arrived in Vic bush start tomorrow with ShaneOz gold rush 40 yrs experience

Yeah I agree. It did smack the hell out of anything it hit and get straight pass throughs with some serious holes. I chose them originally as the feild point is deadset the exact same profile and they hit the same spot the matching feild points that come with them do on target. They however were no good once used- bent up and smashed. Also, like I said in the video….They freaking catch on the grass and trees, so when crawling in close they stuffed me a few times popping open, or getting caught and springing the arrow onto my bow making noise. I watched two nice deer on two seperate occasions just run due to this happening hahahahah. If I lived in America and had one shot a year I’d prob use them for deer, here you can loose a whole quiver in a day so you need something to do the job but last I rekon. Thanks for the discussion, I agree on the cheap and nastys everything else will be very similar for sure!

Yeah right, I’ll look into them. The footage is about a year old now, I’m running kayuga pilot cuts now with bleeders and I like them :)

Got some amazing footage of late can’t wait to share it all!!!

Sure did mate- I’m about 6 months behind in adventures but, some bowhunting from last year coming next week chasing pigs and Rusa- then heading to artic circle ice fishing, some more sniping and crystals and then we will be up to the rut! The rut was one of the most mental trips of my lifetime I can’t wait to share it, I put stuff on my Instagram a bit so you’ll see snippets there if your interested

Thanks mate

There’s allot of online apps and maps. Here in Australia they differentiate between states. All mining holes and drill logs are publically available, but yeah as I said in this video. Just cause there is no data doesn’t mean there isn’t gold. Some reefs are too small for big companies, and some were found and people never told anyone. I do allot of work in the popular gold regions but I also love the unknown explore!

God damn it was cold hahaha

That’s it mate always a great time when there’s a river and it’s remote. Good fun and never ever know what you will find. Thanks for the comment- hope you found a bit yourself

@FollowingABrokenCompass I sure did. My first trip I found gold(third trip out) I spent 5 hrs not finding anything. Almost gave up and but didn't. I moved up a little further and found a nice gold pocket with almost 2 grams. What a rush!

@bbunch44 yeah it’s hard to leave, you never know what lies 1m either side of you. I was struggling this trip you could see and just kept trying and trying hahaha

Thanks mate, yeah always wanted to have a crack at back pack camping finally brought a 200 buck tent and between gold and chasing deer starting to enjoy going further than you normally can and having to walk home by dark.

Thanks mate

Man it was a slog. Just want to get a bit more remote and have a bit more adventure. I’ll get back on the gold soon- really enjoyed pushing my body anyway and seeing spots most human eyes have never seen

Yeah first proper skunking I have had in years but that’s what you have to do to find the good spots. Hahaha thanks mate!

there are some that have seen yowies up there and most yowie are seen with orange hair

Would it them be called a oowie?

Yeah sick I’ll go check them out

To be honest they have been allot of places. But I am very open to any access if you are willing to share flick me a dm on Instagram or Facebook.

Mental hey! Glad you got to go see some of the cool stuff I left out of the video! Can’t show them everything hey hahaha

Got to start somewhere, and also always remember that sometimes it’s not to far from failures where you find the big ones….you just keep your eyes peeled as something bigs coming soon 😉

imagine some guy goes much further in just thongs and even barefoot. He says it's more natural and when you are from the bush you have no fear of it. A few incy winky spiders went up the water spout.

They are hunters element venom gators, all hunting shops sell them online

Kmart upgrade - that sounds right up my ally hahaha! Yeah sweet I’ll have a look at the pack! Cheers Marty

Yeah was a fun adventure, there’s def gold there I just need to find the right crack and it’s big gold. Lots more of this action coming- good luck with the canoe trip- sounds allot nicer than walking on slippery rocks

other side has plenty it's on private property and they are green a guy was up there getting average 2oz days but using a 5 inch

Thanks mate, you’ll want in on the next one yeah?

@@FollowingABrokenCompass definitely keen mate!

I’d say so, pretty funny that any of the rivers I can drive too I seem to do better. But I suppose they made roads to the better spots. I’m gunna find a gully somewhere loaded- got a few good ones coming up where I did pretty good it’s getting closer. Amazing country

@@FollowingABrokenCompass anywhere north or south of where you are is good, although I'm not as experienced so I'm not totally sure. A good website for looking at gold localities is called Minview. minview.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/#/?lon=154.3658&lat=-29.33834&z=8&bm=bm3&l=mg9:y:100

Yeah mate, got a program I use for this. I did just take the comment off as we can’t spoon feed the new starters that much hahaha. But yeah I use similar data sets and see what they got- funny thing is allot of data never made it. I have found gold in mountain ranges where it’s not even marked on any maps. I’m hoping that using snipping I find a deposit this year that no one has really got into or in the last 100 years anyway

oops, sorry mate, yeah good point.

Harry did you see the yowie

Where there is some there has got to be more- it’s just a matter of time before I figure this one out 😉

@@FollowingABrokenCompass Just hope the oldtimers didn´t clean it out. Loved the video.

@Anashadk nah they never get it all, and allot of knowledge was lost or people were shot before going back to clean out the smaller creeks. Trust me, there’s more to come! The method I’m using you find all the stuff they miss and all you need is one big crack full and your on!

@@FollowingABrokenCompass Me, I dont hunt gold, so I only have thoughts that are based on uneducated evaluations of the real situation. I have always thought that if a person looks at the biggest producing areas (historical), and follow both modern and ancient waterways out away from the land, the first 100 meters of depth (given that the ocean level has increased 100m) will reveal deposits that man has never seen.

All I do is hit the rivers below the hills I know hold gold and it works pretty much the same way- I like your philosophy but practically same principles. All this area is along way about sea levels in aus

Three trips to nz and took one shot at 20m on a doe and one 45m frontal like they practically all present to you in the rut. And a clean heart shot from here is fatal. I did 8 weeks hunting total this year and wouldn’t really call that flinging arrows left right and center. Practice all year at 50m tennis ball groupings. I get what your saying but your telling me a gun shot from 150m- 350m over a ridge when you can’t even see a stick is better? Each to there own man, I have to live with the guilt of this and not finding him- that is hunting and it blows, and I hate I never found him. I do start to get frustrated about the bow calls but, as gun shots go of it’s always three or 4 in a row of a running deer getting peppered from a distance and I see the same beast running miles over the hills in the distance still hobbling away- or only a head and cape coming home no meat, there’s allot of crappy things about hunting. I appreciate your take on it, but with the amount of arrows I let fly and most hunts I go not even knocking an arrow it’s a little insulting.

@@FollowingABrokenCompass Tennis balls don't move. Y?our ethics are yours.

They move when Rodger Federer hits them hahah. But this tennis ball (deer heart ) pulled up and was stationary, it’s just all placement. Each to there own mate, I practice that shot day after day and didn’t attempt it for 4 years, now I really favour it I. The rut especially as they will pull up like that and push there cheat out, I am actaully currently sitting here now after the fallow rut in Australia cleaning an animal from the exact same shot. Clean hear pass through, your right….I made the decision to shoot and I have to live with that. It does still haunt me never getting the meat of that guy- I hate that for any hunt but these things happen gun or bow you just hope he died fast and by the crash I heard I’m the bush to silence he did. I think I’m very ethical in my approaches, I eat everything I kill while others hunt the rut and claim the meat to be rutty and just take heads and meat. Guys with guns on the distance rarely ring one shot, I hear 2/3/4 and still see the deer run away. Appreciate your comment, but on such large animals the frontal shot is a devastating blow. You just need the correct broadheads and weighted arrows to make sure you hit with a punch. Happy hunting to you- cheers 🍻

Nah was all shallow if it can remeber mate, in the weed:$

Sorry :) deep in the bush hunting can’t really remember but I think shallow like tidal pools almost. If the weathers good you have a good chance

Thanks mate! Appreciate it

I think I have enough hobbies hahaha I’ll keep that one for 50-60 hahaha

Thanks mate, got to have a crack! Plus they are too pretty not too use them !

Hey mate, great video. I’m in the middle of drying a skin using the same kit. I followed their instructions, salt, soaked the skin in the purple solution. How important are the two steps you did before soaking it?

I just do it the way I was shown sorry mate. I think salt does the same. Pickling is an added step, just ensures all the bacteria is dead for long lasting skins is my understanding. I always just salt first as I’m never close to home. Happy for anyone to jump in the comments if they are a taxidermist…. Have a google of pickling solutions in tanning hides and do some reading. Sorry I can’t help more, hopefully it still turns out epic for ya