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kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 13 February 2012 6:51:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Detected gold from my trip down south. JW :)

gjj109		Posted : Monday, 13 February 2012 6:59:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 464 Location: Thames Thanks: 217 times Was thanked: 194 time(s) in 115 post(s)		Well done JW. I was wondering when you were going to post your finds. Sure looks a tad prettier than the stuff from your own back yard.

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 13 February 2012 8:40:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Nice! Looks like golden rice bubbles :)
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shaneo		Posted : Monday, 13 February 2012 11:56:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 1/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: Timaru/ waimate Thanks: 6 times		Now thats nice!!! Very well done!!

DrunkBrother		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 12:28:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 27/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 911 Location: Auckland Thanks: 21 times Was thanked: 206 time(s) in 161 post(s)		Nice ,very nice. May i ask, when you posted "Detected gold" did you find it with detector or were you Dr/pan/SL ? i hope my Q is ok to be answered :D
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madsonicboating		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:29:45 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 674 Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 157 time(s) in 127 post(s)		You certainly know your stuff man that is some fantastic finds and thanks for showing us...now I have withdrawls lol might go stare at my flakes in the bottle and dream a bit.. Dan
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simon		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:56:19 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		nice work there john. an interesting assortment of gold. i note that there are a couple of really water worn pieces. how confined an area where you in? the rest doesn't look too water worn at all. that said, i've been working a bit of water and obviously it's all water worn. except by last piece. got absolutely nothing but dust for a few hours then a really rough piece that looked like it just fell out of a reef. was hardly shiny and has quartz in it. the only piece i've found like that in that area. just goes to show you don't know what you'll come across.
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Ash_T		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:57:19 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Very nice alright! :) WTG!
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kiwijw		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 6:19:18 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Hi guys, Drunkenbrother. As stated, DETECTED gold. I run an older model Minelab GP3000. which is a pulse induction detector & not a VLF. 4 generations old now but still a very capable detector & the mother board & circuitry is probably still very similalr, if not the same as the latest. The latest have a digital menu & progamming read out with those detectors having more user adjustable fine tuning & sensitive timing options that are internaly factory set in my model. From what I understand these extra fine tuning adjustment are a lot more benefical to our cousins across the ditch in there much more heavily mineralised soils. In NZ not so much of an advantage as our soils are very mild compared to theres. Madsonicboating, Thanks for your kind words. It appears that my many hours of research & time out in the field following up on that research has paid off for me in the last few years. Both down south & up here in the Coromandel. Truth is, no gold is easy gold. It isnt always about the gold or the having of the gold. It is also about the finding of the gold & the adventures it takes you on, the beautiful places it takes you to & the whole journey. The people you meet, gold of another kind. You will know what l mean, as I have seen a few of your clips & adventures. All good fun, even if little to no gold is found. If you keep at & do the time you will be rewarded. Law of averages I guess. Good luck out there. Simon, I was going to contact you when in QT but I only really flew in & flew out from QT & spent no time there. Picked up my rental car & I was off down country. The gold I found was an assortment from 5 different places. 4 of them being either in creeks or working high & dry old river terrace deposits. So those are the water worn pieces you will see amongst that lot. The rough, shotty, dirty quartzy looking gold is from high up on a mountain side. It is here that I am trying to source the reef that it came from. It is big country out there.So here is hoping...one day. Funny thing is I also found a few water worn pieces up there as well. So two different lots of deposits. I hear from Rex that you & he did some time up Macetown way. That would have been a hell of a walk & a hard day out. Shame you werent rewarded. As I said to Rex, I know a chap who spent a few days up there. Camped out over a long weekend & gave those hills a good looking over. He is no slouch with a detector & he too found nothing. Gosh....you would have to think there is gold coming down from up there somewhere. Especially with all the hard rock mining done there as well as the alluvial. Weather was pretty radical with hot, cold, heavy rain & wind. Had 63mm in just over 24 hours one day. Unheard of in these parts. Even had snow down to the valley floor on 27th january. Locals couldnt recall in there living memory of snow here at that time of the year. Detecting slope with snow Good luck out there & happy hunting Regards John :) Edited by user Thursday, 16 February 2012 1:07:14 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Stealth		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 7:31:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 1/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: East Auckland		Oh man that's awesome. I off around the SI for a week in april, will hopefully have moved on from the F2 by then. BUT, my brother is a mountaineer/back country guide and has a geology, blasting and mining back ground. He'll be my guide for that week, he's pretty hot on trying out detecting as well.

cavey		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 8:26:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 145 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		John Thanks for the great photos and very well done mate you deserve what you find with the amount of research you put in . Thanks Stuart.

Metal Kiwi		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 9:53:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Every now and then there is a post that is really enjoyable to read and view. This is another. Thanks for sharing.
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DrunkBrother		Posted : Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:11:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 27/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 911 Location: Auckland Thanks: 21 times Was thanked: 206 time(s) in 161 post(s)		Will +1 to Chris's note that this post is really enjoyable to read. I really hope i can go Gold detecting soon with my gold bug. but will need to start with public area in order not to get to someones claim. :D Once again, very very nice.
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