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I just got a miners rights license, and now I need some cheap tools. A pick? Or a hammer and chisel (or a big screw driver instead of a chisel)? What kind of hammer?

Where to look for cheap screens/filters?

>> No.1964345
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>>1964341
a bit of miner / prospector talk on /pmg/

>>24375316

>> No.1964346

>>1964345
>>>/biz/24375316

>> No.1964419

>>1964346
>>1964345
Thays discussion of biz side yeah? I wanna talk about the actual doing it part, tools, etc

>> No.1964424

>>1964341
Unless there's more to prospecting than I think there is, You'll probably want to use a geologist's hammer (pick / hammer hybrid) . You'll also definitely want a chisel over a screwdriver because the end is tapered on the chisel to drive it in better.

>> No.1964433

>>1964424
>geologists hammer
Oh that looks quite handy, I’ll see if Bunnings has something like that

>> No.1964638

>>1964419
Though it's mostly the economic side, there's a good chunk of actual miners who lurk it (one of the regulars (PAN MAN) for the stock side of it does a mini-blog of him doing mining shit in Canada) so it's the best place to go for that kinda stuff.
/diy/ is more making shit, over mining or gathering shit regardless, don't sweat it too much.

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>>1964341
what do you want to know?

your tools should be the following
>shovel / pickaxe
>10 gallon buckets
>spoons (serious kitchen spoons)
>wide steel gold pan (lasts longer than plastic)
>a screw driver (bend the end to a 45* angle)
>sniffer bottle for collecting your gold dust in the pan

Before you go digging, learn where and how the gold in your district was deposited, and which spots the old timers mined. Study this info and work from there to find gold, the old boys did 99% of the brutal labor for you.

If you need anymore info ask away, its winter here in Leafland and I have precious little to do.

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Heres a simple cut away design for riffles in a stream sluice. Usable for commercial or hobby mining.

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more sluices

>> No.1965094

>>1964655
Not OP but thanks for the info and pics!

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>>1965094
always happy to give my info out, prospecting and its techniques are a dieing art making a major come back in the run up to these latest gold rushes over the last few years.

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>> No.1966312

>>1964433
BUY AUSTRALIAN