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MOONLIGHT GOLD
nathanial  
Posted : Monday, 21 February 2011 5:01:14 AM(UTC)
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First time on this forum, I was at moonlight, on the 18 and 19 of feb, this bridge is still out, it is only part of the problem however, the access road from the bridge up to the car park has been taken out by a series of large slips, no way to get a 4wd through. I did find a half gram nugget on the bedrock just a bit further up from the car park, as well as a 1835 silver shilling from the old days, using gpx4500.
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Posted : Monday, 21 February 2011 5:56:48 AM(UTC)
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Cheers for the update - much appreciated! :)

That's a good bit of luck you had there with your finds! May have a walk in myself and check the area out.
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Posted : Monday, 21 February 2011 6:00:08 AM(UTC)
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picks of the coin please nathanial
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Posted : Monday, 21 February 2011 7:33:58 AM(UTC)
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Be careful, starflash might claim he dropped it up there after seeing the photo! :P

I'd love to see a photo too - maybe of the gold as well if possible. Curious how big it was?
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kiwijw  
Posted : Monday, 21 February 2011 12:49:59 PM(UTC)
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Hi Nath, Well done mate. How the hell did I miss that coin????.....What sort of nick is it in? That is an oldy thats for sure. Were you in the river bed rock or the sluice workings??
I have a signal to go back to there & I know it is going to be gold because I got his brother but the water kept on beating me to un earth this sucker.

Happy hunting

JW :)
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nathanial  
Posted : Tuesday, 22 February 2011 4:39:17 AM(UTC)
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will try and get photos up soon, not so good with linking technology, nugget was half gram, both were found in the bedrock that has been exposed in the last couple of months.

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Posted : Tuesday, 22 February 2011 7:09:34 AM(UTC)
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the coin i lost at moonlight had a fat pricks head on one side and a crown on the other, could it be mine?
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nathanial  
Posted : Friday, 18 March 2011 4:56:42 AM(UTC)
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hi guys here is a photo of the half grammer and shilling I found up moonlight last time
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Posted : Friday, 18 March 2011 5:26:35 AM(UTC)
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Pretty cool! Quite an old shilling then!
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Posted : Friday, 18 March 2011 5:48:09 AM(UTC)
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thanks for posting the picks, nice coin well done
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kiwijw  
Posted : Friday, 18 March 2011 8:42:13 AM(UTC)
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Was that the coin you lost Starflash. LOL :)

Nice one Nathanial :)

JW :)
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nathanial  
Posted : Thursday, 30 June 2011 5:42:13 AM(UTC)
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Up the moonlight again, on the tops TALK ABOUT WIND CHILL!!! Just thought I'd let you all know, the bridge now has some planks placed on it to WALK across, all the slips past the bridge have been filled in or removed. I spoke to doc, they think maybe September till the bridge is fully restored.
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kiwijw  
Posted : Friday, 1 July 2011 10:55:56 AM(UTC)
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Thanks for that update Nat.

JW :)
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Posted : Friday, 1 July 2011 1:38:24 PM(UTC)
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cheers mate,moonlights one of my favorites is the old fella in a van still camped by the bridge near the ford access,hes always good for a yarn and a smoke.
cant wait to get my truck fitted out then its all on
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kiwijw  
Posted : Saturday, 2 July 2011 4:17:51 PM(UTC)
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cheers mate,moonlights one of my favorites is the old fella in a van still camped by the bridge near the ford access,hes always good for a yarn and a smoke.
cant wait to get my truck fitted out then its all on


Are you refering to a campervan or a caravan? If it is a caravan then I know who you are talking about & I crashed out in his caravan for 3 nights when I was there in october on my way back home from my winter stop over in QT. He sure is a very interesting chap & knows his stuff when it comes to gold. He used to work for the old Forestry Dept & knows a heap of gold spots.

JW :)
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Posted : Sunday, 3 July 2011 9:41:58 AM(UTC)
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na this was a guy in a highace the fella you stayed with was staying further down the track in a clearing with a couple of other vehicles.
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kiwijw  
Posted : Sunday, 3 July 2011 9:53:17 AM(UTC)
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A couple of other vehicles.....yep that sounds like him & the other crew. Great bunch. One was from Tauranga. He was running a gold bug & finding a bit too. They found some nice gold when I was with them in october just processing material through a sluice box.

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Posted : Sunday, 3 July 2011 10:03:19 AM(UTC)
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the fella i was talkin to said one of them got a nice ten grammer with his detector after a decent rain,i wouldnt mind havin a ping round those slips that blocked the road for a while.bet all those fellas wont be there in a couple of months,too busy with baiting to worry bout gold
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