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chchfossiker		Posted : Monday, 24 September 2012 9:47:29 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		am i crazy or at 3minutes.10seconds in this video do i spot a gold nugget in the river. a tributary of the waimak???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhNr9T-T0dM

Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 24 September 2012 10:01:15 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Very interesting indeed and one never knows - it has 'that' look about it - and nothing is impossible - other than getting money out of my wife.

GoldnNuggz		Posted : Monday, 24 September 2012 10:26:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 2/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 25 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 7 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Great spotting! Certainly looks like one to me, crazy not... ;) Wife reckons could be a shell, but I don't think there would be any shells up in the Waimak???

chchfossiker		Posted : Monday, 24 September 2012 10:31:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Originally Posted by: GoldnNuggz Great spotting! Certainly looks like one to me, crazy not... ;) Wife reckons could be a shell, but I don't think there would be any shells up in the Waimak??? dont think there would be shells "that far up the waimak. but hey i didnt think ther would be gold up the waimal either?

Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 24 September 2012 11:12:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: chchfossiker Originally Posted by: GoldnNuggz Great spotting! Certainly looks like one to me, crazy not... ;) Wife reckons could be a shell, but I don't think there would be any shells up in the Waimak??? dont think there would be shells "that far up the waimak. but hey i didnt think ther would be gold up the waimal either? Wanna bet - I can vouch for the fact that there are a fair few bullet shells up there! We were talking about bullets shells werent we?

1NEWBIE		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:02:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 29/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: chch Thanks: 30 times		wow that is crazy if only they had stop to investgate. iit looks just like a nugget good spotting
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icemaneli		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:12:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 5/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: Darfield Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Thats neat, but i have my suspicions, more likely it's a yellowish rock and the video quality is not great either. In regards to having shells in the upper Waimak theres no reason why you could'nt, the rock is 99.9% greywacke which as a marine sandstone has the possibility for fossils. In fact i have a fossil i found in greywacke up on castle hill peak, its not in the upper waimak but its the same rock. Oh unless you did mean shells as in casing's.

1864hatter		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 1:15:16 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Originally Posted by: icemaneli Thats neat, but i have my suspicions, more likely it's a yellowish rock and the video quality is not great either. In regards to having shells in the upper Waimak theres no reason why you could'nt, the rock is 99.9% greywacke which as a marine sandstone has the possibility for fossils. In fact i have a fossil i found in greywacke up on castle hill peak, its not in the upper waimak but its the same rock. Oh unless you did mean shells as in casing's. Yeah I think they may mean a shell from a bullet. Recently someone said -if you think it MIGHT be gold then its most likely NOT. I recon thats mostly true
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 3:22:50 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)		Woot. oroplata attached the following image(s):
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kiwijw		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 7:40:16 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		If it is a nugget it seems strange that a nugget of that size would be sitting on top of loose alluvium., unless it was dropped by someone. But then what would someone be doing carrying a nugget like that up there? JW :)

Golddigger7		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 9:10:09 AM(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)		its a GOLD RUSH to the waimak, set up your stalls now

Metal Kiwi		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 9:50:20 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Well if it is not photoshopped it looks like it is just waiting to be plucked by some lucky bugger.
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Golddigger7		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 10:06:00 AM(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)		and the fish looks good to

1864hatter		Posted : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 10:30:56 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Originally Posted by: kiwijw If it is a nugget it seems strange that a nugget of that size would be sitting on top of loose alluvium., unless it was dropped by someone. But then what would someone be doing carrying a nugget like that up there? JW :) Good point mate.
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!