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“Prospecting For Gold other minerals and precious stones” by Ion L Idriess $150 or best offer Also includes a well read copy of “The Tin Scratchers” by the same Author If you have any interest please use gumtree message to confirm details thank you

Gold & Ghosts Vol 1 is the original and definitive prospectors guide for metal detecting in WA. It is highly sort after for its coverage of historical goldfields in WA. This copy is in really good condition, no tears or missing pages, a few notations on a couple of pages but otherwise an excellent buy. Don't go prospecting without it. Price is firm. Shipping offered at $20.

Ion Idriess, Australia's favourite adventure writer, went to North Queensland prospecting at a time when the fabulous country ack ocairns was being opened up. It was a time when the great jungle scrubs were falling to the settler's axe, new towns were springing up as mineral wealth was discovered and the new railway pushed inland. It was a time when the talk around the campfires was full of the exciting exploits of the great pathfinders - men like Mulligan, Doyle, Atherton and Palmerston - and