G’day, my name is Chris and with my big boxer boy Grizzly we are tackling a time-honored tradition of gold prospecting right here in North East Victoria, Australia.

My path to gold prospecting started in the hell fires of Black Saturday, Australia’s largest and most destructive fire on record. It took many years to get my diagnosis of PTSD, in those years I lost many things, including my passion for the Aussie Bush.

But as luck would have it a friend took it upon himself to introduce me to gold panning, sluicing and detecting. This kind act reignited my passion and overrode my fear of the bush, starting a journey out of hell and into a very bright, shiny future.