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Hey JW the bridge across the moonlight is indeed back, I have recently had my car (2WD) up to the roadend. The bridge is rather nice. I didnt find a lot up there this time around, mind you the snow and ice didnt help so much. Unless the track has been cleared expect some hurdles in your path. We had trees at a rate of at least one every ten metres across the track. Its unbelivable.

jw:

common sense is the way to go for sure. maybe the political system needs to be based on this concept also.

in regards to DOC - i know they gets the knocks from everyone but you are right - sometimes they are good to deal with, sometimes shocking to deal with. it all depends on who you deal with and the approach you take with them. niceties often go a long way to a good outcome. i know they can sure frustrate, but i guess they are just trying to stick to their agenda, whatever that may be.

the photo of the old wooden macetown dwelling annoys me every time i see it. sad stuff. it was a french guy i believe that destroyed the building. he got cold so decided to light a fire. i heard that he had lit it on the wooden floor. whatever manner it burnt down and he happily departed the country without consequence. this is the concerning part as if you got caught within a 100metres of that building with a detector you would probably be in the paper like the detectorist that got done digging up bullets and shite on doc land recently.

some nice little nuggets you've been finding lately. it's amazing how they are generally similar sized stuff and shaped similarly in that area. looks a lot like the stuff we have got. lots of little cylindrical bits out there, as opposed to the usual flat stuff i find in the river. you think on the bigger rivers it would still be flat. when i have found cylindrical stuff in the river itself it has been in whitewater leading into pools. maybe this is the case here too. the river was so big and powerful the flat bigger stuff got deposited in other spots (like the bottom of the current channel).

Common Sense?

Did you not read the paper.

OBITUARY

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was as his birth records were lost long ago in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticking plaster to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents Truth and Trust, his wife Discretion, his daughter Responsibility and his son Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers: I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame and I'm A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

Hi there Simon, The loss of that timber building was a crying shame. I couldnt believe my eyes when I drove up there one day & saw the pile of ashes & twisted iron. I had detected around the outside of it a few years earlier & found a complete old latch lock complete with brass knobs & a silver fob watch. My memories now of that old building along with a few photos which are now priceless to me.

A mate of mine went for a snorkle in one of your favourite little creeks in the weekend. I couldnt believe it when he told me. He said it wasnt much fun getting into his wetsuit in the snow with iceicles hanging off the bank into the creek. He lasted 1.5 hours. BUGGER THAT. Its bad enough detecting but it looks like we have a small window of milder temps making for more pleasant conditions.

It is funny how the gold I am finding is of very similar size. The bigger ones I guess have been found years ago. It is the smaller ones that get missed & are the real challenge to find. Comes down to a low & slow coil sweep Have the detector perfectly ground balanced & running as sensitive & smooth as possible & really focusing on what the threshold is telling you. It comes down to the mear faintist of whispers at times.

Good luck out there

JW :)

I noticed the article about the Harvard motor and thought to myself that this guy is maybe giving away more than he should just for a bit of media exposure - maybe a foolish move - but we all make them.

As for detectors on DOC land - kiwijw I think above somewhere said that the relics which were obvious are long gone and that is quite true. When I used to spend two weeks every January and every Easter at Macetown there was the complete chassis of a nice four wheel horse drawn wagon, the chassis and part of a gig, a set of light railway switches and a length of railway line - all gone now. New Zeland is a police state and the Nazi Party who run it under the pseudonym 'National' have found many willing dickheads to act as their Gestapo and SS - whiners, moaners, whingers - those who tell tales and report you when they see you with a detector or pan and shovel and feel good about getting others into strife. Best to do your own thing - find land owners who will let you have a potter, dont allow yourself to be seen, dont go on reserves. It is difficult really as the money and goodies are usually on Parks, reserves and other places where people frequent and when you are observed by others they seem to take grim delight in potting you...the country is full of arseholes so it is best not to be seen at all - and unlike the guy who found the motor - see all and say nothing...and pillage!.


When I saw the photo of the school, since burnt down I remember that within the scope of the photograph of it I have been deep under ground as I could access tunnels under there once upon a time - there was no sign of them last time I was there though.

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