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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 10:29:13 AM(UTC)
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Hi all out detecting last weekend and come up with this slug, not much under half an oz
All up detected 22 grams
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:13:38 AM(UTC)
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:22:57 AM(UTC)
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Good to see that 705 is working for you. Well I assume that's what you were using. Top of the South was it??
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:23:10 AM(UTC)
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That's a nice wee nug alright. Is that a bit of quartz still attached?
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 1:25:48 PM(UTC)
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Yep top of the south it was, the x-terra 70 is still doing me well,detected around 4.5 to 5 oz to date.
The nugget is pretty clean, found in about 4inches of water,sitting loosely in the bedrock think it may have been tossed out in the big flood last year,said a few choice words when i got flicked it out!!
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 3:56:21 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 5:01:36 PM(UTC)
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Very impressive! There is still those sized nuggets up the top of the south island? Hmm, there is hope for me yet finding my first nugget :$ lol
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 6:35:19 PM(UTC)
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Wow, with X-terra 70?! total 22 grams?

I am defo booking a flight to south island to try my gold bug. :D

who would make me a company for a weekend ? :D i can fly to any spot :D

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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 9:43:54 PM(UTC)
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Nice work - I haunt found any nuggets with my xterra 70, what coil are you using? All I find is bullets
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Posted : Wednesday, 15 February 2012 9:55:28 PM(UTC)
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hey steve hows it going was good to meet ya up the river last month.good to see some of your results.was this nugget from up there?
you still up there or you gone back to work.im looking at buying a detector at the moment.ill have to come up for a swing when i learn how to use it haha
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Posted : Thursday, 16 February 2012 9:26:18 PM(UTC)
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Falcon, using 6inch DD 18.75khz coil, but would have found the slug with any set up.
Chcfossicker, yep nice to see you out and having a go,wee nuggie came from away up stream
Cheers steve
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Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 8:36:18 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: x-terra steve Go to Quoted Post
Hi all out detecting last weekend and come up with this slug, not much under half an oz
All up detected 22 grams
Steve


Hi Steve, Well done. Very nice. Have you finished at the camp ground up the firth of Thames there?

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John :)
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Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 5:43:29 PM(UTC)
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Hi JW,
cheers for that,
yep finished up north,

Been back for a few months now and enjoying the chase again to find the good stuff.

The nugget is me best to date,went back to the luck spot the next day found stuff all,such is gold!
Following day detected eight grams all in small area about 6m2,
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Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 10:22:04 PM(UTC)
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G'day Steve, Good on you mate. I am back home in Whanga now so my gold detecting is on hold until I head south again. Not sure when that may be. Have to settle for what the Coro can cough up to me in the mean time.

Good luck out there

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Posted : Friday, 22 July 2016 9:21:09 PM(UTC)
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