Clermont, with its strong mining heritage, has long been the recreational prospecting capital of Queensland, with 11 public prospecting areas set aside on State Forest and Council managed land (GPAs),…
When gold was discovered in a creek by two shepherds in the Peak Downs district in 1861, who'd have thought that 160 years later, people from all over Australia would still be flocking to the town tha…
Luke and his brother Blake have been visiting Clermont for a few weeks now, braving the heat but getting good results with their GPZ 7000's. Luke has been trying hard to cross off a nugget over a…
I love it when a plan comes together, I got up early and hit the ground just on 7am, there was a nice breeze, I was in the ZONE and the GPZ 19 coil was my weapon of choice.
Last night I mad…
This is what happens when you're a customer of The Outback Prospector here in Clermont Central QLD. Leighton smashed it yesterday with his brand new GPZ19 coil after we walked him through the pro…
Before there were big rigs, explosives and buckets of coal, there were miners who wandered through the bush looking for glimmers of gold among the red soil. This type of miner still exists....Read mor…