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Members Get together weekend

cluthapete		Posted : Thursday, 1 November 2012 9:51:15 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2012(UTC) Posts: 50 Location: balclutha Thanks: 51 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 17 post(s)		That's great news poohbear, as there was a 6 hour period I was having difficulty working out how I could entertain you all . We are very traditional in our ways down this part of the country and tradition mandates that the individual celebrating their day of birth, shouts for family and friends at the closest watering hole. In years past, the amount shouted was 1 drink per person per year on this earth, but with todays high pub prices, it has been reduced to 1 drink per 10 years. It may be prudent on your behalf to bring proof of age, (birth certificate, passport etc.). as the recipients of your shout will demand 1 drink per 10 years and without proof of age, they will dictate how old you look. That will satisfy your request of somewhere good to be taken to, and as for the something good to take home, I can imagine that after the above, you will have many fond memories to return home with Are there any other members attending that have their birthday falling over the weekend or 1 week either side? What the heck! lets make it 2 weeks either side. If there are, it may be necessary to book the Coach & Horses out for the entire weekend. It’s a little unfortunate that mine was 3 weeks ago, as I would have gladly shouted for you all. But we cant change tradition, can we. But seriously, now that I am aware it’s your Birthday Poohbear, I guarantee, you will locate an article of immense value that will take pride of place on the shelf in the Pool Room. (The Castle) May only be sentimental value, but that is often more important than monetary value.

rgmcbrid		Posted : Thursday, 1 November 2012 10:37:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 3/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 583 Location: Southland Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 140 post(s)		Poohbear here at roberts place...lol....i dont drink so no need to go to a bar,hahahahahahaahahaha thank god my Bday is on weds next week so i dont have to shout...lol.. will see you tomorrow night pete..
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cluthapete		Posted : Thursday, 1 November 2012 10:39:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2012(UTC) Posts: 50 Location: balclutha Thanks: 51 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 17 post(s)		What a Bummer

Good to go		Posted : Friday, 2 November 2012 12:25:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 8/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 121 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 57 times Was thanked: 21 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Looking forward to meeting up, 1st time down that way catchyall at 7pm

madsonicboating		Posted : Friday, 2 November 2012 1:21:22 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)		lucky buggers..hope ya's have great weather and have some cool yarns for those of us who can't come.
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cyberhub		Posted : Friday, 2 November 2012 9:13:36 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 3		Hi, I have come down to Christchurch to go on a gold prospecting weekend and I called Robert McBride to see if he knew of anywhere I could hire a detector for the weekend and he told me about this weekend. Me and my mate Jeff are real keen to come along, we have book the accommodation so see you tonight at Lawrence. Dan and Jeff are the names if I have to be added to a list :)

LepreSean		Posted : Friday, 2 November 2012 2:05:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 8/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 171 Location: Wherever I may roam Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 130 time(s) in 78 post(s)		Originally Posted by: cyberhub Hi, I have come down to Christchurch to go on a gold prospecting weekend and I called Robert McBride to see if he knew of anywhere I could hire a detector for the weekend and he told me about this weekend. Me and my mate Jeff are real keen to come along, we have book the accommodation so see you tonight at Lawrence. Dan and Jeff are the names if I have to be added to a list :) Hi mate, ya can rent an x-terra 30 somethingarather from hirquip dunedin for something like $20-$36 a day, 2 day for one weekend special, you get a small rebate on it's return. Have a great weekend people....:) I will try make it if I can but it a case of two places/same time, the Lawrence museum is great and haunted up stairs, so is the Gabriels, some good colour now starting to show finally at the gold fossicking reserve, thanks to whoever dug the holes and made the dams to run the sluice boxes, you have to move a bit of gravel but it is easy digging. Clue :1..a small stream runs in a gully with a particular name, both are called the same....whoever pm me first with the correct name of the gully and stream will be sent a small prize...clue :2..it's on a road that also has the same name.....good luck and if you figure out where I am alluding to, right beside the road is the place to look. Edited by user Friday, 2 November 2012 2:28:34 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Bazza		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 9:24:22 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 20/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 15 Location: Auckland Thanks: 7 times		Many thanks to CluthaPete for organising a fantastic weekend at Lawrence, I believe that you could have done a better job with the weather - but thanks mate - a weekend out of the box. And I got some gold! Thanks also to all the other fossickers there for making it such a memorable weekend and for sharing your knowledge so generously. Special thanks also to Robert McBride of Puiaki Supply, mate, I don't know your forum name but thanks for organising the detector competition and for your generosity with the prize of a Lesche Digging Tool. It has already dug a few bottle tops and tear tabs, and Poobear also for helping set it up. All you other fossickers out there who didn't make it - tough luck, you missed a brilliant weekend, I hope that you can make it next time. Even if no-one else makes it, in the words of Arnie - "I'll be back."

oroplata		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 12:41:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Good to hear it went so well. Pics or it didn't happen, of course.
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cluthapete		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 3:22:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2012(UTC) Posts: 50 Location: balclutha Thanks: 51 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Well the inorgrial Weekend Get Together passed without any major mishaps and by the feedback I received, everyone enjoyed themselves. Was expecting 20 at the most, and was surprised and a little concerned when over 30 turned up. Had to quickly organise a lot more tucker and hopefully no one went hungry I cant divulge how much Gold was found, but can confirm that everyone attending(and going by recent Trade me listings) had the opportunity of obtaining enough Gold to start their own auctions on TradeMe I’m probably not the best one to give an indication as to the success of the weekend, so will leave that to others that attended My most memorable moments of the weekend are as follows.(in no particular order) The look on the faces of the ladies when I told them to “shooooosh” ( Priceless) The response from the same ladies when I asked them to clean my dishes ( Un printable on a public forum) The change in the pitch of Jocks(camp owner) voice when he saw his 1st bit of Gold in his pan The motivation and enthusiasm shown by the 3 younger guy’s that turned up Don't get disillusioned Guys at not finding huge nuggets, You all have what it takes, and it’s only a matter of time till you will be posting heaps of photo’s of your finds on the forum Experienced dredgers & fossickers freely giving out information and advice to us novices. MDer’s excitement when showing off their finds The member (who’s name will remain anonymous . G) finishing his mug of coffee to find a sizeable amount of fine gold at the bottom of the mug. He had obviously placed some concentrates in the mug at some stage, forgotten about them, and made his coffee as normal. No one will ever know how much gold he drank and possibly the most expensive coffee he has drunk. There would be a way to retrieve the consumed Gold, but it doesn't bear thinking about. Whoops! I must have a wrapped sense of humour or too many coffee’s , as I just imagined (in not too much detail) , walking around the side of G’s campervan and seeing him squatting over a gold pan and asking him what he’s doing. And finally just the general atmosphere of the weekend – Absolutely brilliant. Even the crap weather didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm Never heard one angry word or negative comment, Thanks to Robert & Chris ( Puiaki Supplies) and Daniel (Goldrush Tours & supplies) for displaying their merchandise Another thanks to Robert & Chris for organizing the Detecting challenge with prizes Results: 1st Bazza 2nd--- Poohbear 3rd--- Pete N A special mention of the member who came in at a respectful 6th, who didn't even use a metal detector. I thought a prize was in order for his outstanding ability, but the powers that be, obviously thought otherwise I must apologize to everyone that noticed the misshapen bread at the meals . This was caused by one Fox Terrier who decided the tray of bread in the back of the truck was a lovely soft warm place to lie on the road trip to Lawrence. She has been reprimanded and has given her word , that it wont happen next year. Talking of next year, It looks as though this may become an annual event and plans and ideas have already started flowing. After working out the costing's for the weekend meals, there were a few $’s left over and rather than keeping it , I saw the little blue box at the bottom of the main page on the Forum.The extra funds will be going there. Thanks for all the time & effort you put into the Forum Gavin. It’s much appreciated by all the members Thanks everyone for making this one amazing weekend. Roll on next year.

Cleggie		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 5:06:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 24/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 88 times Was thanked: 59 time(s) in 31 post(s)		Yep, it was an awesome weekend. The weather was crap, I found very little gold, but had a great time anyway. So that just shows you the caliber of the people that turned up. Would do again next year for sure. A big thanks to Clutha Pete for a great job of organising

garrymac		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 7:16:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Hi all, I would like to say a big special thankyou to Clutha Pete for organizeing a very good get together of forum members and extras. Having been to the panning champs and spending hours conversing with like mined people and then doing it all over again this past weekend is very satisfying. To all the people at the get together thank you all. May next years event be as sucessful , even the snow in the hills didnt dampem my spirits, and to top it off the evening was a big success, Good luck all

jollyr		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 7:38:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 12/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 16 Location: New Zealand. South Island. In a motorhome ("HamHilton") Thanks: 20 times Was thanked: 7 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Thanks Pete for the great weekend. Great to catch up and meet others afflicted with the same fever. Learned a lot and made some good friends. Cheers

nzpoohbear40		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 8:18:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		I to greatly enjoyed myself...i didnt get alot of gold but i got a little and thats what it is all about...The weekend company was great,,the knowledge on how to use a sluce was great and as everyone else said the general get together of all the members maid it a fantastic weekend... As a mater of fact next year i will have my own sluce box..... CluthaPete it was fantastic to meet you....you did a great job of organizing the weekend...cant wait till next year... Robert thank you for putting me up and putting up with my long hours awake..hahahahaha...hope your sleeping well now...i know how your not use to going to bed at midnight or later and getting up at 630 am..lol... To the couple that asked me about danseys pass and where to go i hope you have a great time there and find many specks of gold.. the holiday park there is very nice and always get gold... Dig deep just off the edge of the river..you will have big stones to move but will get gold..i guarentee it 100% And it was a pleasure to offer the info to you on how to get there. Bazza roberts forum name is rgmcbrid...lol... and congrats on your win of the competition.. It was great to see a few of the people down that i detect with both in CHCH and asburton... Good to go got her first ever bits of gold and is now hooked and looking at hitting danseys pass..lol..(my fault) My most memorable moments of the weekend were meeting every one ...and the beatufull countryside ..I got to see alot of it with all the traveling back and forth from roberts to Lawerence every day..hahaha My worst moment of the weekend was my decission not to go with the 4x4 guys up the hill because of the rain that moved in....i was looking forward to getting my truck more dirty...then right after they left the skys cleared up and stayed nice for the day..hahaha.. And Last of all i have to give pete a big big thanks for the Bday presant... receiving that coin with the bit of gold glued to it brought both parts of what we were there for together..the coin hunting and the gold panning..... it was fantastic of you...Im sorry my Bday wasnt accually on the weekend but as it is in 2 days i wanted to call it my Bday weekend as that was my treat to myself to be able to come down for the meet.. yup thats the gold on the head..lol Garrymac....if you are the one that took robert up the hill with the 4x4 can you check to see if there is a extra 11dd coil in your car..he missplaced his and thinks it may be there..hahahahaa Cheers Chris Edited by user Monday, 5 November 2012 9:41:19 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified nzpoohbear40 attached the following image(s):
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peteatpapaaroha		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 10:30:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 41 Location: Papa Aroha, Coromandel Thanks: 151 times Was thanked: 25 time(s) in 14 post(s)		A great weekend cluthapete, like the the previous posts we enjoyed meeting like minded people and the sharing of info. in arrowtown tonjght. Was wishing I had my 4wd today, 1km off the road up a farmers paddock rental car bellied down in about a foot of sloppy mud. Anita didnt ljke getting out to push in the mud and rain, after about 2 hours and a couple cubic meters of shingle shifted from the creek in the gold pan we got out. Dont you hate it when they tell you not to go there because you know what happened last time, and they are right. cost me a flash meal and wine and accomadation in a hotel for the night best room with special views over the river, and no treats Thanks again to everyone you made our weekend one that we will remember for a long time. Leave Otago for home on friday hope there isnt to much mud up Naesby way.

treeman		Posted : Monday, 5 November 2012 10:36:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 1/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 32 Location: Arrowtown, Thanks: 10 times Was thanked: 16 time(s) in 11 post(s)		vid to follow. just to show that there was snow. File Attachment(s): IMGA0001.JPG

Shelia		Posted : Tuesday, 6 November 2012 9:23:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 20/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 45 Location: Dunedin/Arrowtown Thanks: 20 times Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Yep, a good weekend. Thanks Pete & everyone else. I really enjoyed listening to the very knowledgeable Ernie on Sat night. Shelia

madsonicboating		Posted : Tuesday, 6 November 2012 3:18:39 PM(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)		Originally Posted by: peteatpapaaroha Dont you hate it when they tell you not to go there because you know what happened last time, and they are right. Yes. More than you can believe hahaa Wow everyone sounds like ya's had a fantastic weekend alright bugger I wish I'd tried harder to find a cover worker for myself...Well done To Pete and the others who organised it and cool that it sounds like an annual event.
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Nugget-Hunter		Posted : Tuesday, 6 November 2012 7:49:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 18/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 74 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 52 time(s) in 20 post(s)		Yep, it was a grand weekend. Thanks for coming up with that idee Pete, well done. It was the first time for me visiting the Otago gold fields. I am a bit shocked how locked up your part of the country is, all my experience is on the West Coast and Nelson area where we are spoiled with the freedom of conservation land. Anyway, i am already planing an other trip to the Roxborough area and i am sure there will be more. I love the scenery, the hills are smaller, just as steep but very little bush bashing. Gonna find that monster nugget next to that undiscovered mother load one yard of the 4wd track. You can pencil me in for next years do. Cheers Peter

tillerman01		Posted : Wednesday, 7 November 2012 11:15:09 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 14 Location: Arkles Bay, NZ Thanks: 90 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi Pete, Just a quick note to thank you for organising the weekend at Lawrence, Christine and I both learned a lot and enjoyed meeting all the other fossickers that attended. We stopped off at Danseys Pass Camp Ground for our final two nights and despite all my efforts in the frost and cold southerlies only managed to find one real nice flake and lots of tiny specks of gold. Seems we still need to buy some more gear - a crevice sucker and a sluice box - even got the approval of my wife as she has caught the bug too! Back home now and it's a hell of a lot warmer than down there. Thanks again, John

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