New Zealand Gold Prospecting & Metal Detecting Forums Archive

After driving across the bridge passing these guys in the tadmore river me and my wife and 2 kids decided to go back and be nosy what were these guys up to? well that was a year ago now each weekend and some times week days we are off looking for a new adventure. we moved from nelson to blenheim a few months back, yesterday we walked the doom track looking for gold and the day before it was whites bay with the metal dector on the beach. Altho we are new to this we love getting away, we read the forum lots but this is the 1st time we signed up, we have just been playing with the pan but now im moving up a scale and getting a small back pac dredge made any advice please, i was thinkin a folding tray that opens up to about 1500 longwith ripples and carpet ect and a 2 stroke motor small so it can be transported at easy so I can go durring the week into the mountains and play what do you guys think maybe 2inch, We were at butchers flat a few weeks ago and met a couple of guys from picton good fellas and plenty of advice thanks guys if you are reading , We went to cullensville and walked that track some nice sites lots to see, last weekend we went to the other side via blenheim their is a full working claim their diggers and all like the gold rush boys on sky, I have forgotten the name of that place, that was interesting altho we went with the kids and the claim was full of water and nothing happening that day we were being followed by a big stag and it wasnt a tame one full of head wear so that keept us on edge the hole time ,it would not leave us to enjoy some panning and since the kids were their too we decided to leave well thanks for reading were do we go to next ill let you know .jd

Hi yes I know were you are coming from we were in rolly untill the shaking started then we moved away after all was taken away house buisness and contents time to move to new adventures with a new start in nelson then blenheim as nelson didnt do it for us we enjoy the freedom of the outdoors and plenty of that up here jd

this afternoons adventure
Took us to hire quipt hired a second metal detector me the wife and 2 kids went to whites bay again till dark just got back had tea now letting you know found a sterring sway bar to an old car lots of tent pegs bottle tops and a horse shoe good luck coming our way we hope haha we found some coins last time on the beach nothing this time it was better on the lower camp site altho nothing of intrest jd

Hi well another day out me the wife and the kids went to cullensville took the 2 metal detectors and spent the day looking the best find was a bullet year 1943 ingraved just up past the mining area the flat grassed area to the right heading up lots of junk coke tabs steel bar tin ect no gold tho im thinking we need to get up higher in the hills why was their no gold sign would the detector pick up gold dust im not sure we came from nelson so we have covered lots of ground over their but not with the detector just the pan wangipeka is good lots of signs tadmore always get a flake or 2 and sherry river sounded promising as I had a couple of old fellas giving me advice they sounded like they knew what they were talking about but we did not find much but it kept us intrested has anyone looked for gold in the river with a detector the hired one works well dont know what it is tho I brought one from dick smith for my son late last year altho it works ok its real noisy and just a cheepy well gona try polard park tomorrow see what happens jd

Hay just another trip yesterday pollard park and the boar hunt in renwick nothing in the park just an old coin cut in half maybe by the mower early 2 cent coin and bottle tops jd

hay yes i will be keen for a catch up too i sold my xterra and was going to buy the gpx5000 but decided to go with a minelab eureka gold to see how it goes,i tested it out tonight on some little gold i have got seems to pick it up very good on the stock coil, cant wait to get the new coil it should be good

yeah the waka certainly worth a look after this latest fresh, may be there myself wed or thur. I havnt posted on here for a long time but have enjoyed reading a number of posts esp regarding buller river and tributaries. its amazing the knowledge of some ppl but im still enjoying playing with my shovel and pan, thanks. cabbydave

seems to be a number of us from blenheim on here now - time to organise a get together? a sunday up the waka or howard or the northbank maybe

Hay Im keen to meet the blenheim gold minners haha Iv been quiet lately hidding in chch work comitments but im home again well my sluce box is being made at the moment im wanting to set up a motorised dredge back pac model with about 2 1/2, 3 inch sucker I have also set up for cravis getting the gennie tomorrow so i want to get up in the hills and hunt Id love to meet up with someone who knows what they are doing and free durring the day to go for a gold hunt I think a gps may be a good investment to what do you think theirs no point going into this without the right gear a advice please jd

hay there yea be good for a meet up, we have spent a lot of time wandering the hills yet we always go back to our same spot after every flood there's usually gold in the same area ,going to take the detector out on Saturday and see whats poped up,there's only one creek up the north bank side we have found color in ,my mate (richie) on paydirt and i went miles up the river and found color just with the pan ,rich knows the guy who used to mine the area,got a lot of gold out of there.brook and i have just gone ahead with a claim and set up a nice dredge and a few other goodies getting all ready for summer fun,its starting to turn into an obsession lol a good one at that, i had a chat to a fulla the other day who used to have the claim up the howard he was getting good gold from there till the claim run out,it could be worth a look up there if you got a hole day to go looking its about a hour and half from blenheim just past lake rotoiti

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