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Are you searching for the perfect gift for the gold prospector in your life? The following list offers a huge variety of gift ideas for anyone who's been struck with gold fever.
Gold Mine Company Prints
Gold Mine Company prints at Historical Gold Maps
These huge high quality prints show the Criterion, Prince of
Wales, and Black Hill mines in superb detail. We get a glimpse into the
historical workings of these mines with views of their above ground
structures, engine sheds, and underground workings, as well as
information about their operations, production amounts and shareholders.
Check them out at the Historical Gold Maps online shop.
Prospecting maps
- Doug Stone's Gold Atlases and Gold and Relic Maps - choose from VIC, NSW and WA
- John Tully's Goldfields Maps - 9 books for various regions across the Victorian Goldfields
- Signal Maps
Gold books
Several gold shops offer a wide variety of gold related books and guides in their online stores, click the following links to browse through their book sections.
CLOTHES AND GEAR for people with gold fever
Chicks with Picks Australia
Chicks with Picks Australia is a fantastic new clothing label created specifically for women with gold fever! Based right here in the Victorian Goldfields, Chicks with Picks offer a wide range of items including hoodies, rain jackets, t-shirts, singlets, gear bags, boot protectors, masks, and more.
GOLD DISPLAY CASES
Sharons Gold Boxes
Beautiful handmade gold display boxes, made of solid hardwood . No two boxes are the same, perfect way to store your gold in a neat wooden display box.
Membership for the PROSPECTORS AND MINERS ASSOCIATION VICTORIA
Gift someone the money for a membership to the PMAV where they will gain access to exclusive publication, field days, prospecting tips, discounts and competitions.
Established in 1980, the
Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria is a voluntary body
created to protect the rights and opportunities of those who wish to
prospect, fossick or mine in the State of Victoria, Australia.
Support the PMAV in their fight to uphold these rights by becoming a member.
Check out the PMAV website for more information.
Gift someone the money for a membership to the PMAV where they will gain access to exclusive publication, field days, prospecting tips, discounts and competitions.
Established in 1980, the
Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria is a voluntary body
created to protect the rights and opportunities of those who wish to
prospect, fossick or mine in the State of Victoria, Australia.
Support the PMAV in their fight to uphold these rights by becoming a member.
Check out the PMAV website for more information.
paydirt
Great for a novelty gift or for panning practice, paydirt is a small package of dirt which contains gold or other gems.
- The Old Mouldy paydirt by Vo-Gus Prospecting
- Chicks with Picks paydirt
- Miners Den paydirt
- Lucky Strike paydirt
- Dadbod Prospecting paydirt
- Gold Rat paydirt
- Dirtbag Gold paydirt
Historical goldfields maps, high quality prints
Historical Gold Maps, huge high quality prints! These remarkable maps display fascinating historical features of the Victorian Goldfields in superb detail.
Tyler Mahoney's online shop offers a huge selection of gorgeous gold nuggets, gold nugget jewellery and even a brilliant gold nugget subscription box!
Natural Gold Nuggets and Jewellery are Western Australia's premier source of high purity, ethically sourced natural gold nuggets. Their online collection features locally fashioned jewellery with designs hand wrought from local gold and gemstones.
Raw Gold Nuggets and Jewellery are a family-owned company who offer a wide range of stunning natural gold nuggets and jewellery. Each piece is unique and showcases gold's natural beauty.
gold rush: The game
Gold Rush is the first realistic gold-mining simulation game, available for PC (may also be coming soon on gaming consoles). You start as a wannabe gold miner, who uses basic equipment to dig his first gold nugget. With passing time, you will buy better mining machines and acquire new claims to dig through multiple gold parcels simultaneously and become the richest man in Alaska. Click here to preview / purchase Gold Rush: The Game on Steam.
When purchasing as a gift for someone else on Steam, locate the game you would like to gift on the Steam Storefront and then click the "Add to cart" button. Upon checking out, select the "Purchase as a gift" option to purchase the items in your cart for a friend. Be sure to check the system requirements for the game before purchasing.
GOLD PROSPECTING TOURS
Give the gift of a day out in the field with an experienced and knowledgeable prospecting guide, learning new tips and tricks along the way. There are many places throughout the Victorian Goldfields that offer gold prospecting tours:
- Bendigo Bendigo Miners Den, Demo Days and Training Sessions
- Bendigo/Eaglehawk Gold Finger Historic Tours and Prospecting Workshops
- Creswick Gold and Relics - Gold Prospecting Adventures
- Maryborough Coiltek Gold Centre, Gold Prospecting Tours
- Raywood Golden Triangle Tours, Detecting Tours and Sluicing & Panning Workshops
- Bendigo Bendigo Miners Den, Demo Days and Training Sessions
- Bendigo/Eaglehawk Gold Finger Historic Tours and Prospecting Workshops
- Creswick Gold and Relics - Gold Prospecting Adventures
- Maryborough Coiltek Gold Centre, Gold Prospecting Tours
- Raywood Golden Triangle Tours, Detecting Tours and Sluicing & Panning Workshops
GOLD DETECTOR HIRE
A detector for a day makes a fantastic gift for anyone who doesn't have their own, or if they already own a detector then they can try out a different one. There are a couple of gold shops in the Victorian Goldfields who offer detector hire:
- Ballarat Gold Ballarat
- Bendigo/Eaglehawk Gold Finger Historic Tours and Prospecting Workshops - hire detectors as well as sluices, dry blowers, trommels and highbankers.
- Maryborough Coiltek Gold Centre
GOLD PROSPECTING EQUIPMENT
Gold pans, sluices, detectors, pinpointers, digging and crevicing tools, sieves, and more can be purchased from gold shops throughout the Victorian Goldfields.
- Ballarat Gold Ballarat
- Castlemaine Rural & Outdoors
- Bendigo Bendigo Miners Den
- Maryborough Coiltek Gold Centre
GOLD DETECTOR HIRE
A detector for a day makes a fantastic gift for anyone who doesn't have their own, or if they already own a detector then they can try out a different one. There are a couple of gold shops in the Victorian Goldfields who offer detector hire:
- Ballarat Gold Ballarat
- Bendigo/Eaglehawk Gold Finger Historic Tours and Prospecting Workshops - hire detectors as well as sluices, dry blowers, trommels and highbankers.
- Maryborough Coiltek Gold Centre
GOLD PROSPECTING EQUIPMENT
Gold pans, sluices, detectors, pinpointers, digging and crevicing tools, sieves, and more can be purchased from gold shops throughout the Victorian Goldfields.
- Ballarat Gold Ballarat
- Castlemaine Rural & Outdoors
- Bendigo Bendigo Miners Den
- Maryborough Coiltek Gold Centre
TICKETS FOR UNDERGROUND MINE TOURS
Guided underground mine tours offer a unique, unforgettable experience where you can immerse yourself in Victoria's mining history in an exciting and engaging environment. A couple of tickets in a card could be the perfect gift for the gold enthusiast in your life. Check out this list of underground mine adventures throughout Victoria.
TICKETS FOR GOLD THEME PARKS
- Sovereign Hill in Ballarat VIC. Sovereign Hill is Australia's foremost outdoor museum, which re-creates Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold in 1851 when thousands of international adventurers rushed to the Australian goldfields in search of fortune. At Sovereign Hill, you can see a spectacular $160,000 gold pour, venture underground on a fully-guided gold mine tour or catch a horse-drawn coach and tour the town. Go shopping 1850s-style and visit hotels, schools and a theatre with goldfields entertainers. See steam-driven machinery in action and chat with our wheelwrights, candlemakers and confectioners as they ply their trades. On our streets and in our theatre, you will be entertained by costumed goldfields characters who are happy to pose for a great photo.
novelty gifts
You can find lots of great novelty gifts for gold prospectors online! Click here to browse a range of gold-related items on Etsy.
Do you have any other great gift ideas for gold prospectors? Let us know in the comments below!
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