I’m Rob — A Gold Prospector in Training

Digging for Legacy.

A complete beginner. A gold detector. And a stretch of the Western Australian outback that has been hiding gold since 1895. Follow along as I learn from scratch.

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THE STORY
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Why I started digging

25 years as a Subsea Remotely Operated Vehicle Supervisor. 3 years as a controls engineer in the Pilbara. Now retirement is approaching. So what does a man do next? Buys a Miner’s Right, enrolls in a gold prospecting course in Leonora, and hires a metal detector worth more than his first car. Not for the gold. For the story. For the adventure. And frankly, to prove there’s plenty of life left in him yet.
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Latest from the Field

Field notes from a beginner. Updated when something’s actually happened.

White Toyota Prado with a stripe of red mud along the side, a metal detector leaning against the rear wheel

One Piece of Fence Wire

Day four: soaking and fed up, then a bloke called Terry, a salt flat, one piece of fence wire, and the best day since I got here.
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The Gwalia ghost town under a black storm cloud

Rain Stopped Play

Day three, and the goldfields are under water. A washed-out day in Leonora: paperwork on the veranda, lunch in Herbert Hoover’s house, and a proper English sulk.
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