Past Events

The Prospectors and Miners Association of Tasmania will hold a field trip on Saturday the 2nd of December 2017, to the Lune River Fossicking Area. Since we will be in a designated Fossicking Area, no Prospecting License is needed. The Fossicking Area is around the junction of the Leprena Track and South Cape Road. For more information visit the MRT website. There is also a post about fossicking in Lune River here. There is no cost to attend, as long as…

AGM: The Annual General Meeting of the Prospectors and Miners Association of Tasmania (Inc.) will take place on Saturday the 10th of March at 9:00 a.m. at the Beechford Oval. Membership dues for 2018 are now payable. If you wish to keep supporting us, by far the easiest way is to pay on the day, but if you prefer to pay electronically or can't make it, please get in touch and we'll send you an electronic invoice. This notice should…

The next field trip of the Prospectors and Miners Association of Tasmania will take place at the Penguin Fossicking Area on Saturday 13th October 2018. This is a fairly safe and family-friendly field trip. As usual, we will meet at 9:00 first to briefly discuss any Association business, followed by the field trip. Access The Penguin Fossicking Area is along the foreshore just east of Penguin. Parking is difficult with only enough space for a couple of cars here and…

*** NOTE: The Corinna area is remote and hazardous. This trip will require RSVP so we can ensure proper head counts *** The Prospectors and Miners Association of Tasmania will hold a field trip to the Corinna / Savage River area on Sunday the 25th of November 2018. There are very few places in the Corinna area that can accommodate a group like ours, so we will meet at the large abandoned gravel quarry that is at the start of…

Just in time to ward-off the winter blues, Ron Gregory has kindly offered to host us for a field trip at his Back Creek gold lease on Saturday the 8th of June 2019. The trip is free for members, and if you're interested in joining up, you can do so on the day. Back Creek contains shallow historical workings and is a good location for detecting gold nuggets, and a few nuggets and specimens have been found in the last…

Join us for the third PMAT field trip of 2019 and quarterly meeting, this time to look for gemstones at the Weld River Fossicking Area in Moorina. There is no cost for PMAT members, if you're looking to join, you can do so on the day, and the membership is $20. The Weld and Frome Rivers in Moorina are a good place to look for sapphires, topaz, zircons, and occasional chrysoberyl. It's a great place to go especially if you've…

Hi Everyone, Due to the Moina trip having to be cancelled, the 30 November trip will be to Cradle and Tobacco Creeks, in Golconda, north of Lisle, from 9 am onwards. The rush to Cradle Creek, near the time that the Lisle goldfield was discovered, produced over 2,000 ounces of gold. The Cradle Creek diggings are mostly dry (I’ve never seen the creek run) and suitable for detecting, whereas Tobacco Creek usually has enough water to pan, and for a…