Map / Books by Stephen Barnham

The manual looks at aspects of panning, sluicing, cradles, trommels, hard rock prospecting & stone crushing, mercury amalgamation and windlass construction and numerous small tips and ideas from the point of view of learning, experimenting and 'doing it yourself'.
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This book contains material about procedures and attitudes to help advance yourself to become a confident and successful prospector.
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This book is aimed at people with very little to no experience in prospecting for gold. Item# SBM09 Learn More

Set of 3 maps covering the Little Bendigo Goldfield (Nerrina) to the north east of Ballarat. It covers the Nerrina area, White Swan reservoir and the heads of Slaty Creek. It contains a collection of brief notes and maps showing gold areas around Nerrina (Little Bendigo).
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This book provides a set of seven maps and notes on several areas around Ballarat to go gold panning as well as how to use a pan and what to look for.
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This guide of seven maps and notes covers some of the gold producing areas around Bealiba.
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This guide of 5 maps and notes seeks to fill in the 'hole' left by guides covering the surrounding areas. It was not originally intended to cover this area but there is a belt of reefs and a history of rich finds. (Not detecting). Contains GPS References.
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Set of 9 maps and notes on areas around Creswick to go gold detecting. The maps are a basic mud map style designed to get you into the areas. There is a reference map that explains how to find your way from the central business area of Creswick and onto the map of your choice.
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This book is about gold panning in the Daylesford area and is aimed at people with no experience and upwards. It has sections on using a gold pan and what features to look for about where to actually dig for the best results.
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This second edition book is a set of 11 basic maps and notes covering the gold areas around Daylesford. It is basically the same except for more details and a few minor gold area inclusions. It provides notes on how to find these areas using the Daylesford Post Office as a reference point.
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This title looks at understanding how a gold pan works.It covers how to pan, how to prospect, useful tips, other uses for gold pans other than panning and much more. 
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This is the second edition, still with 4 maps but now centred on Leonards Hill and Barkstead; an area located between Daylesford and Ballan.
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This guide is a set of 10 basic maps and notes covering the gold areas around Maldon and Newstead. The area that has a history of rich nugget gold.
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Porcupine Ridge Gold Detecting Guide (Vaughan-Daylesford): With Gps References: a Set of 5 Basic Maps Covering Some Gold Areas Between Vaughan & Daylesford.
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Five maps and notes covering Bacchus Marsh (Goodman Creek), Mt Doran between Ballarat & Geelong, Clydesdale near Yandoit, Cambelltown between Newstead and Creswick and the Barfold Ranges reefing field north of Kyneton.
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Trentham & Blackwood Gold Prospecting Guide with GPS References: A Set of 9 Basic Maps Covering Some Gold Areas Around Trentham and Blackwood.
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This book provides a set of 4 maps and notes on areas around Taradale & Malmsbury to go gold detecting. The maps are of a basic mud map style designed to get you into the areas.
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