My Biggest panned GOLD nugget in the Sofala Hill End district

[@philbophilbo4945]

Hi Glen, enjoyed my biggest day panning ever today. 2.8 grams with a 0.28 gram nugget. I have learnt so much from your videos. Thank you.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Great stuff congrats

[@inquisitivealbertan1712]

Great video, Glen, Matt and Donna. That large nugget is gorgeous!! Grats to all of you on the gold.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks just me and Donna that trip ,should have seen her face when that one started to appear priceless lol

[@WheelieShinyGold]

Wow, that should make any day, looks really cool too. Cleaning up the river you got some good karma gold too, impressive! You can find the source... Prospect it out! Noticed the pictures right away, very cool, Great video

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Wheelie it did look great in the pan as it sat upright and the water washing the dirt away we both just watched and boy our eyes were big lol

[@WheelieShinyGold]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting I bet haha, what a feeling

[@GSProspecting]

great day out fam. keep on living the dream. nice AU fam. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks GS

[@mitchsimpson2384]

We did some panning for the first time ever with friends in Hill End today. Loved finding this video and many of your other ones this evening - we are hooked! Love your work, putting in the hard yards is worth it 😎 that’s prospecting! Looking forward to the next video and may catch you out there one day 👍🏻- Mitch and Larn

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks your lucky to still have water in the creeks there I would have thought dry

[@paulroberts665]

Always enjoy your shows Glen thank you very much

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching Paul 😎👍

[@neilstleon6251]

Wow Glen you've done it again. Beautiful gold and doesn't look like it's travelled far as you say. That spot just keeps on producing. Well deserved mate. And great job picking up the rubbish. Pity more people aren't as respectful towards nature as you are. I spent the whole of last fortnight trekking along my home beaches each day before work filling garbage bags full of plastic rubbish washed up after the floods. Called the EPA last week to ask if they could help collect the heavy bulky stuff I'd piled up and they were extremely unhelpful and rude. These govt departments are nothing more than a farsical front with no true regard for nature stewardship. Keep up the great work Glen. Always really enjoy your productions 👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

good on u Neil well if its on the road they will have to pick it up and its the same here in Forster

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Outstanding! Really nice to see you collecting the trash as well. Bags for rubbish are always in my kit 👍🏻

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Insolent the only thing I leave is toilet paper lol

[@goldsucheselbstdarstellung]

Such a beautiful piece Wow congratulations Have fun with the hobby 😀

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching and wow it was great seeing it in the pan

[@SonntagsamBach]

Make my day (Clint Eastwood) - what a huge nugget, so great. Thank you for sharing, Glenno! Best greeting from Munich, Jens

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Jens its only taken 50 years to get one that big in the pan

[@philbophilbo4945]

Good on you Glen. Really appreciate your great videos.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching 👍😎

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Well done Glenno. Congrats on the nugget. That would have been brilliant to find in a pan. Very happy for you. Take care mate 😁👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks it’s taken 50 years panning to get one that big lol

[@peterokeefe1463]

What a cracka day Glenn, great haul and a very nice nugget indeed. Well done to you all👍👍👍Your absolutely right in the approach to cleaning up. I believe if you can carry it there then carry it home!! Its in all our best interests to keep the bush better than when we found it. Keep up the good work!!!!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Peter it was a nice surprise that day cheers Glenno.

[@ChasingGoldAustralia]

What a piece of gold Glenn, congratulations mate unbelievable 💪🤠⛏️🇦🇺

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Josh that's my biggest for 50 years of panning lol

[@ChasingGoldAustralia]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting bloody unbelievable spot mate

[@Oklahomabackroadexplorer]

Congratulations! Cheers 🍻

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching 👍😎

[@bobcansee]

Wow! You did fantastic! That nug was a beautiful find in your pan. That dont happen everyday! Thanks for sharing!!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Bob its only taken 50 years to get one that big in the pan lol

[@GramCanyonSam]

Wonderful lump of gold

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks it did look great in the pan 👍😎

[@ClarksCoveDetecting]

Wow what a great day and a sweet nugget, thanks for sharing.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Clark thanks for watching 👍😎

[@tincuptimmetaldetecting9259]

Pretty good character on that piece Glenn. Congrats on the Gold! Good job grabbing some rubbish on the way out, we do the same. All the best!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Great good on u Tincup its so easy to grab it and bin it

[@danhodgins4015]

Beautiful gold, what a thrill. After 4 years of panning (no detecting) I still haven't found a nugget. Biggest piece ever is a coarse, flat picker that weighs 0.4 grams. Can't wait for the moment when my first nugget reveals itself in the pan. We're moving to an area with coarse gold, so a nugget will be happening in the near future.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Good stuff Dan I hope u do its only taken 50 years to get one this size

[@paulroberts665]

For user pattern I hope it goes for you

[@ninjamoves3642]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting whats the biggest nugget you've seen? my mate took one out of the northern Pilbara went 7.9 Kg solid gold out of a caprock divot

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Not sure of weight maybe 30 ounces

[@PetesGoldAdventures]

Nice one Glenno, that is a cracker, I've had a half gram nugget in a pan, but a 2g that is crazy, great work.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Pete that's my biggest

[@PetesGoldAdventures]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting That is awesome. You might have to jump out of the creek and start working up the slope, where you are might be where the gold is feeding into the creek, especially if the gold is rough and not to worn.

[@pattywickson9046]

What a score. Congrats mate. And always good gold karma to clean up the rubbish. Nice work.👍👌

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Patty and always putting something in the bag on the way home

[@donnablackler3543]

Yes it was a great day panning Glenn and yes it was so exciting to see you pan the nugget 😊

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I'm glad u had a break to watch me pan that one 😎👍

[@bgreeny212012]

Holy crap, awesome nugget! That must have made your heart skip a beat lol Really enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for sharing this with us all 🍻🤠👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

U never expect to get one that size in the pan taken me 50 years of panning to get one that size lol

[@bgreeny212012]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting just amazing 🤩👍congrats

[@TheFishingcartel]

Solid nugget

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Matt your 2 at that spot were great

[@Josh-ut9fp]

That gold nugget on your T-shirt is nice and resembles a human body part

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

The Koala Nugget is a big detected nugget and on that patch in NSW I have found over 100 and that one the biggest

[@MitchelMarshall-dr1qo]

Well done Glen! I enjoy watching your videos. I’m new to prospecting so watching your videos has helped me. I am from Mudgee so I have been trying the Meroo river with a little bit of success. I might have to try the Turon or hill end soon. All the best

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I remember getting some good gold on the Meroo river from the turn-off following the river west it was about halfway down near a house .I was told about a long running creek near Mudgee that is good that I have not tried I will have to look up the name

[@MitchelMarshall-dr1qo]

I think that’s where I have been going… house on the right hand side coming from Mudgee, turn left at the house and in through a gate. I just got back from a morning prospect and got a nice 0.27g specimen and another bit of quartz that looks to have a piece inside it. Not sure how to show photos of them. Are you on any forums I could post photos? Cheers

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

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[@texasj49]

That nugget looks like a butterfly! Nice find!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I do have one like a butterfly this one is so fat and won't fly lol

[@jonowindred6746]

Awesome 👏 Glenn

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Jono 👍😎

[@TheSluicers]

Awesome bro that is an epic nugget by any standards let alone just panning! Another awesome day out at the spot! Keep up the great work!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks the Sluicers that's my biggest

[@andrewpearson8778]

Nice find mate. I’m going to hill end with the family for the Easter long weekend and can’t wait

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

go hard and enjoy

[@speckprospecting9931]

Top find 👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

thanks for watching Shane

[@killmozzies]

Thanks. Nice rewards.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks

[@shanemiller667]

I'm loving your videos- pls keep up the great work - I've ben out sofala way but had very little luck- i'll have to go back

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching shall try lol

[@thuanle5836]

Chia sẻ rất hay, cảm ơn bạn thân mến nha

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@mattboyd8090]

That's so good I had to watch it twice. Awesome nuggy, looks like a butterfly

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Matt u don't get to many nuggets that big panning lol👍😎

[@mattboyd8090]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting I wish I even got that .1 in a single pan. Let alone a nugget like that! Awesome work!

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

@@mattboyd8090 Test pans and u will for sure Matt

[@mattboyd8090]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting let's hope 🤞

[@adzoutnabout888]

Nice bright piece Glenno, well done mate 😎👍🇦🇺🍺

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks its taken fifty years to get one that big panning lol

[@adzoutnabout888]

That line of reefs stretches from south of the Turon, over Hawkins Hill, through Hill End and then all the way to East of Burrendong. The gold is all very similar, especially at H*******s. Looks just like that piece you panned, almost crystalline. I have panned half gram bits at Ration point, but nothing like that. Hope its not another 50 yrs until your next one mate 👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Found a great spot there on the creek at H……..s I panned 2 nice nugs and then they dropped the old creek bridge on my spot now all silted up with these long reeds

[@adzoutnabout888]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting there was a local there they used to call the human backhoe lol. He dug some super trenches along the creek, but never found much. All the ground behind the shops and around the tip was surfaced down to the shale. Was super rich. East across to Boiga and pyramul is great country. A mate got a 40 oz virgin patch there years ago, was shedding from an ironstone stringer adjacent to the main lines. The old boys missed it.

[@adzoutnabout888]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting they are the same lines that start at wyagdon, through wattle flat, crudine,pyramul and the back of windyer.

[@wattiewatwat]

Two things: 1: me screaming at the TV, "ABOUT A GRAM? MATE, THAT'S GOTTA BE CLOSE TO TWO!" 🤣 2: love that some muppet's rubbish became an accidental sluice and paid you for picking it up.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks and u were right near 2 g and that rubbish had been there for maybe more than 20 years collecting gold

[@winniebprospecting1250]

Beautiful little nugget mate and great work with collecting the trash. We always try and do the same

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks and glad to hear that u do 👍😎

[@RbnWebSolutions]

this is so good work my friend

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for watching

[@phillreid1827]

I haven't been panning long but I doubt something that size will turn up in my pan. Congrats on the find

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I hope it does but that is my biggest for 50 years of panning lol

[@phillreid1827]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting I'm a couple hrs from sofala maybe you can give me a few hints.. I did a video of my panning session an uploaded it a while back

[@Swingin_wit_Willy]

Try loaming samples up the hill on the left hand side of the screen from the nugget clip... I get a feeling theres a hidden reef up the hill that is untouched... Cracking location mate. Good Luck & Happy Prospecting.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I think maybe on the right going up creek there is some quartz leaders near Matts 2 nuggets some of the pickers were very prickly its only 2 feet away

[@Swingin_wit_Willy]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting I would be chasing that mate... still go up the hill that was behind you in that clip, i know your not a mountian goat, but I would drag a detector up there to make sure theres no bench deposits up there even??? Maybe more likely a bench rather than reef. They all have shape to them so a reef is still a possibility... I look forward to seeing how you go and if you give it a crack. Cheers for sharing Glenno.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

@@Swingin_wit_Willy next time I'm up

[@Ltn.Immelmann]

What a huge nugget. I'd like to get my hands on something like that. It is a point of honor for prospectors to take the rubbish with them. And you were rewarded. Well done Glenno 🤠🇩🇪👍🍻

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

thanks Peter ,thanks for supporting the take the rubbish home campaign

[@donaldnicol8415]

Vogus Prospecting would be foaming at the mouth if he was to find such a great amount.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks he is great at what he does and it’s not always the amount of gold that counts but I do like getting heaps lol 😆

[@goldpinprospecting9170]

Hell yeh what a slug! Just under 2g. That is more then a season for me :P Keep it up, you are on a good spot

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

that's my biggest for panning and that's 50 years lol

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

nice little nugget mate , well done.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks Rodney it took 50 years of panning to get that one lol

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting Wow !!

[@orixxboy]

could it be possible that the deposit was laid down by an old channel flowing at a sharp angle to the creek you are now working? I'm sure the old timers would of changed the direction of the watercourse maybe very drastically. Still prickly as I could of travelled quite the distance balled up in clay. just a theory. love the content❤ from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Where Matt got his nuggets and pickers the area is about 2 feet and about it was some quartz veins so I will take some home next time

[@pearllllllll]

Awsome 👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks I’m getting over this weather lol

[@pearllllllll]

@@getdownanddirtyprospecting 1mt 100 + So far this year Where I work Kangaroo Valley

[@johnsmith-xh8yn]

Yeah dead right mate. Yalwal is in qld. So anyone thinking its not. Well listen to this fella ! Expert 😂

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Not quite sure of comment but would love to find some Boulder opal lol

[@cindyb5462]

Looks like a bow 👍

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

it does a fat bow

[@GR19611]

Awesome nugget and fines. Can't remember of you said in the past but have you loamed up the banks at the cut out point for a reef ? You did say that there was rough bits in one spot .

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Where Matt detected the nuggets and pickers there was quartz only 2 feet away might check it out next time I'm there for sure

[@fun7423]

It's only good for renditions and food! Sweet deal

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

U got me on that one Q

[@DesertTuna]

You doubled your take against the metal detector just getting down and dirty very good

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

That was a good day Donna's eyes nearly popped out of her head lol

[@ranman5501]

If I was gold like that, my wife wouldn’t see me for a long time!😄

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

LOL thanks for watching

[@ninjamoves3642]

Yalwal's at the Shoalhaven headwaters, Hillgrove is still an active mine north of Armidale.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks for that 👍👍👍

[@colinrule7606]

Hi. A mate and I (first-timers) have just been to Sofala twice in in the last few weeks and got a few very fine flakes about 500m downstream area. We are going back this weekend to have a look upstream or maybe Little Oaky area. I read that a lot of the area is inaccessible due to private land issues. Can you give us any advice on where it is safe to go (don’t wan’t to upset anyone, or get shot at)! I wasn’t sure if I just bought a map that it would be up to date and wonder if we are allowed to follow the river through private land if we we just stick to the riverbed? Raining this week so that may not be possible anyway I guess. Thanks for cleaning up after the litterbugs, will follow your example on that and take some bins with us. Subscribed a few weeks ago, enjoy your videos a lot. Cheers Colin

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

As long as u stay on the banks of rivers and creeks it’s all good the farmers don’t own rivers and creeks it’s just a little hard getting over barb wire lol lots of test pans and leg work will get u on good gold

[@franklee3800]

I'd love to help clean the rubbish out of that creek. Where was it again?

[@mohammednovalija]

LOL

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Hill End lol 😂

[@paulroberts665]

Us detectorists we're always cleaning others rubbish

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Good on u that’s great the only thing I leave is toilet paper lol

[@dougalmunro260]

I think a lot of the coarse gold is shedding out of Palmer's Oakey creek. That stretch has always yielded good sized coarse gold like your bigger pieces.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I have tried Big Oaky Little Oaky and many other creeks and gully's in the area but still have not tried Palmers Oaky maybe someday I will its a super long creek though

[@adzoutnabout888]

The gold comes down from the Mt Horrible area. Biggest problem is the best detecting land is all privately owned.

[@benmacrae4784]

Didn’t find much when I went out there last with the kids , any tips on where to look

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

If your in Hill End or Sofala and in the creeks u have to get on bedrock or clay no good just playing in the gravel that can work in the Turon river for flood gold but test pans are the only go anywhere

[@thisisbeyondajoke6748]

The "bow-tie nugget"

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

second for that name the fat bow tie nugget it is lol

[@andrewdalzell99]

You need to get yourself a yabbie pump

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

I have 4 lol

[@philbophilbo4945]

Hi Glen, again, do you ever find good Gold on the Outside bend?

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Yep as I say gold is where u find it .had one of my best days on an outside bend

[@kevindonaghey8483]

I really hate it when people trash our bushland they do it to our beaches as well

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

So do I and I do see others that just pick it up as I do and just take home

[@DesertTuna]

Chunky lil 🦋 nug beautiful

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks

[@shaneslade5202]

Nice place where is it at

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Sofala and Hill End area

[@charlieporteous8960]

🆒🇦🇺🤑⛏️💰😁🤩

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Thanks 👍😎

[@thesurfingprospector6345]

Wow what a pan Glenn yeeehaarrrr Bloody ripper mate Yea pity you did not have the camera on ya misses lol lol Yes always take some or all the rubbish back out that u find peeps I do it all the time I even went to Cape York cleaned up 2 kilometres of beach we got 2-1/2 tones in 4 days Cost me $1000 to do it but worth it Check my vid on it Cheers 🍻 Glenn’s CrouchOz

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Good on u Crouch easy to grab it and bin it