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kiwijw		Posted : Saturday, 9 February 2013 1:08:44 PM(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)		Hi Guys, Hadnt been for a detect in over a week as my eldest son & his girlfriend were down for a week & I was playing tour guide all over Central. I was very impressed with Lukes find of 22 pieces in one crevice & thought that would be bloody hard to better. Damn good find that lot. 3 hours to get all the bits together as well. I think my best was about 9 pieces in one crevice. I went out wednesday evening after work & was having no luck what so ever. Headed to a rocky outcrop of schist at 45 degrees just sticking above the surface. Got a very faint signal that didnt sound too positive, but as I dig all signals just to satisfy my conscience & curiosity so i can sleep well knowing what it was or wasnt. LOL :) As I scraped & dug down it still wasnt sounding like a good positive gold signal, but I kept at it. Well bugger me it was a little slug of sassy gold. What was that....another signal in the hole.....out pops another......& another. Bloody hell. I back up & scan the dig pile.....more signals.....more gold. It was about 8.15 pm.......Two hours later & with darkness getting darker & a long walk back to my truck I had 32 pieces of gold & still signals in the ground. I hated to walk away but had no choice. Didnt take my head lamp with me. So I bailed. Went back the next evening & got 8 more pieces out & that was the end of that little glory hole. All up 40 pieces for a total of just over 8 grams. Damn, 8 ounces would have been nice. Smallest was just .03 of a gram & the biggest was 2 at .78 of a gram. GPX 4500 & still the 11" commander mono. I took along the little joey mono to wack on to go back over the digging pile to get maybe some smaller bits that the 11" may have missed, but didnt bother putting it on. I think I will go back & put the dirt through my little 12 volt bilge pump powered highbanker. Just means taking in the water with me as well & recirculating it. Not really looking forward to doing that. What a blast I had getting all those little bits. My best haul for a while. The Glory Hole Good luck out there JW :)

Ash_T		Posted : Saturday, 9 February 2013 1:35:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Awesome lot there!
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digahole!!		Posted : Saturday, 9 February 2013 3:11:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 22/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 89 Location: chch Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 47 time(s) in 28 post(s)		Great going, I can't wait till I find one spot like that, you put in the time and get rewarded. Good to see.

luke		Posted : Saturday, 9 February 2013 9:26:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 14/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 54 Location: home Thanks: 7 times Was thanked: 41 time(s) in 13 post(s)		Great find. so now iv got to better 40 bits. i went back to the same spot i got the 22 pieces from the other day and had a bit more of a dig. got 15 more bits from the next crevice along. had no signal till i dug a few inches down. i will have to get a photo up.
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kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 13 February 2013 7:14:46 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)		Hi guys, Thanks for droping by & for your comments & feedback. Luke, yes it always pays to have a bit more of a dig & open up more of the crevice. Working along & down. It is amazing how deep the gold gets in them. The gold not being visable to the coil until you get down a bit. I went back over the weekend & opened up more of the crevice & got a further 4.5 grams out of the area. Good luck out there JW :) Edited by user Wednesday, 13 February 2013 7:16:06 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

NUGGY		Posted : Wednesday, 13 February 2013 10:17:47 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Great stuff, total of 12.5 grams from from one crevice, wooo hooo - good hourly rate that! My mate is having to do almost 3 days dredging for about the same amount of gold. Well done - NUGGY

kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 13 February 2013 11:07:14 PM(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)		G'day Nuggy, Thanks mate. I went back again tonight with the 10 x 5 mono coil & snagged one more piece from the crevice that weighed in at .05 of a gram. I went off detecting elsewhere & got another 6 for a total of 7 bits & 1.3 grams. Good luck out there JW :) Edited by user Wednesday, 13 February 2013 11:21:11 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

tillerman01		Posted : Thursday, 14 February 2013 5:10:44 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 14 Location: Arkles Bay, NZ Thanks: 90 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Thanks JW, what an impressive spot! I'd love to find something like that. I'm guessing that the 4500 has paid for itself aready?