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matto  
Posted : Tuesday, 10 April 2012 9:09:25 AM(UTC)
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hi guys ,has anyone had any success panning or detecting in the karangahake gorge? i have had a go at panning and got black sand but nothing else.thanks
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Posted : Tuesday, 10 April 2012 10:15:33 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: matto Go to Quoted Post
hi guys ,has anyone had any success panning or detecting in the karangahake gorge? i have had a go at panning and got black sand but nothing else.thanks


Good on you for having a go Matto.
Did you know that if DOC see you they will probably have things to say.
Lots of Doc land through there.

MK
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Posted : Tuesday, 10 April 2012 3:50:32 PM(UTC)
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Gidday Matto,

Had a couple of visits. The only stuff I can find is very fine, I guess it passed over the tables before they got the cyanide process up and running.

Separating it is like sorting salt and pepper.

There has to be worthwhile stuff somewhere there. It would be interesting to hear how successful the area has been for dredging.
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matto  
Posted : Tuesday, 10 April 2012 6:28:35 PM(UTC)
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true ,i haven't even seen a single speck but i have never tried for bedrock,where did you go gjj109?cheers
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Posted : Tuesday, 10 April 2012 9:41:30 PM(UTC)
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A couple of hundred metres upstream from the old hall, or where it was, as it is now burnt down. The opposite side of the river from the highway.

There are a couple of large lumps of rock there.

You will need to scrape and suck the cracks and depressions and pan it carefully, because it is really fine.
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Posted : Wednesday, 11 April 2012 6:39:58 PM(UTC)
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thanks for that, ill give it a go
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Posted : Wednesday, 11 April 2012 8:00:14 PM(UTC)
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hi matto
last time i visited the gorge was about 40 years ago
we went up the waitawheta stream there used to be a stamper there some where. i remeber picking up some rocks that had gold speaks in them if its the right place there is a walk way carved in the rock face with a water pipe running round it we swam up the gorge there were old boilers in the deep pools at the end of the walk way it goes into a drive and under ground there was all the working machinery
at the time i had a plan of all the tunnels and shafts i recall there been heaps of rats

i have a book that may interest you "thames gold fields miners guide"
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Posted : Wednesday, 11 April 2012 8:57:36 PM(UTC)
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i have found heaps of rocks with dark bands running through them and shiny silver and gold looking specks all through it but i think it is fools gold.cheers
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