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oroplata		Posted : Monday, 3 September 2012 5:05:36 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)		Anyone in CHCH happen to have a bucket of ironsands I can borrow for some experiments, please?
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Metal Mikey		Posted : Monday, 3 September 2012 10:06:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 29/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 120 Location: Rangiora Thanks: 17 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		No.

gavin		Posted : Monday, 3 September 2012 11:08:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		I have a friend in Rangiora who I believe has some. I'm up to Amberley for work tomorrow. I'll see if he doesn't mind me taking some. Not sure if he was keeping it to extract fines though as will be from his dredge. Hopefully he's in on my way back to Chch.
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sycotoad		Posted : Monday, 3 September 2012 11:19:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 9/08/2012(UTC) Posts: 569 Location: downunder Thanks: 120 times Was thanked: 126 time(s) in 97 post(s)		send you a 10lt bucket of orepuki black sand if you like - hate to pay for the shipping ;)
		Makro - Nokta - deteknix - GoldFinder
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oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 4 September 2012 12:21:13 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: Metal Mikey No. About as helpful as something that's not very helpful at all. :) We'll keep you on.
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oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 4 September 2012 12:22:18 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: gavin I have a friend in Rangiora who I believe has some. I'm up to Amberley for work tomorrow. I'll see if he doesn't mind me taking some. Not sure if he was keeping it to extract fines though as will be from his dredge. Hopefully he's in on my way back to Chch. I'll take it with or without the fines. :) That would be great. Thanks!
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oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 4 September 2012 12:23:35 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: sycotoad send you a 10lt bucket of orepuki black sand if you like - hate to pay for the shipping ;) Hopefully I'll locate some a little closer, but if not, we'll see if we can find someone heading up from that way who can chuck it in the boot. :)
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gavin		Posted : Tuesday, 4 September 2012 4:33:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Sorry, couldn't get hold of my Rangiora mate today. Might be heading off on a mission this weekend with a friend so if I do I'll try him again.
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oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 4 September 2012 4:41:49 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)		Thanks Gavin!
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expat		Posted : Tuesday, 4 September 2012 8:08:43 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 26/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 499 Location: Rangiora Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 91 time(s) in 76 post(s)		If there's anything I can do re collecting from Rangiora and dropping into the city where I work, let me know.
		My greatest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my collection for what I told her it cost me.

Golddigger7		Posted : Thursday, 6 September 2012 1:43:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 6/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 252 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 35 post(s)		Almost had a claim on the coast, could have given u some from that, but didnt eventuate sorry

oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 6 September 2012 2:35:39 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)		Yeah. What I'm interested in doing is testing the various black sands from the west coast to see how easy it is to locate the underlying black sands using magnetic methods. I have discovered that the further north you go, the less magnetite and more ilmenite is in the ironsand so it makes it harder to do so. Which is a bugger.
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oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 6 September 2012 2:49:26 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)		Originally Posted by: expat If there's anything I can do re collecting from Rangiora and dropping into the city where I work, let me know. Very kind of you, squire.
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gavin		Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 10:46:15 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		@expat - Cheers for the offer but I figured best to turn up and collect it myself so I can have a natter with him. @oroplata - Just had an email off my friend asking why I hadn't replied to his text or picked up the blacksand he left outside for me. Apparently he's got a new phone and just discovered the text message he thought he'd sent me is still sitting in his "outbox". Was wondering why I hadn't heard from him! Hopefully I'll get a chance to pick it up tomorrow as looking a bit wet to go bush on a gold mission.
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gavin		Posted : Saturday, 8 September 2012 6:20:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Hi oroplate - mission accomplished. I have some black sands waiting outside my door for you in an old ice cream tub. I'll PM you my address so you can help yourself ;)
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oroplata		Posted : Sunday, 9 September 2012 3:05:06 AM(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)		Thanks Mate!
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chrischch		Posted : Monday, 10 September 2012 8:13:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		I'm doin' a round trip from here to the coast to central otago to dunedin then up the coast (may miss dunedin and shoot up through omarama tho) if you need/want any from those locations. How much would you want from each place? Could start to get heavy!
		Fisher Goldbug Pro, Fisher F2, Garrett Propointer.

gavin		Posted : Monday, 10 September 2012 10:06:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Still sitting outside my front door. Just help yourself anytime ;)
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oroplata		Posted : Wednesday, 12 September 2012 1:35:28 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: chrischch I'm doin' a round trip from here to the coast to central otago to dunedin then up the coast (may miss dunedin and shoot up through omarama tho) if you need/want any from those locations. How much would you want from each place? Could start to get heavy! Cool! 1/2 an icecream tub from beach locations in north and south west coast would be very handy. Just stop whenever you see someone working a beach claim and ask them for a sample. :)
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oroplata		Posted : Wednesday, 12 September 2012 1:37:33 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: gavin Still sitting outside my front door. Just help yourself anytime ;) Thanks for that, mate. Very handy!
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