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Queentown - dredge

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Sunday, 10 February 2013 11:04:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi all,, Head down to the back of queentown for a few days. get there on sunday about 0ne,s good day a bit late to dredge, soon went for a walk down the creek to look at the old dam,, great walk & same good pic,s Monday came & rain,,. went for a look at the creek no good dirtied & high. soon back to bed,& had a good sleep.. that day ( I need it ) Tuesday got up the creek looked good.. soon jump in for a couple of days. got same colour, bleeder hard work.. home for a rest,, down next week hopefully more luck

kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 11 February 2013 7:33:09 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 there Moonlight Picker, Do you have a claim to operate your dredge in?? If not then you at least need to make sure you arent on some one elses claim. There is very little around QT that isnt claimed. Good luck out there JW :)

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Monday, 11 February 2013 7:45:50 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Originally Posted by: kiwijw Hi there Moonlight Picker, Do you have a claim to operate your dredge in?? If not then you at least need to make sure you arent on some one elses claim. There is very little around QT that isnt claimed. Good luck out there JW :) Hi Kiwijw yip I have. there are four of us Edited by user Monday, 11 February 2013 10:13:11 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified Moonlight Picker attached the following image(s):

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:08:14 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi all back down to QT on saturday shit the bed at 5.00am, down ther about 10.30 get to the hunt had same lunch, get my gear ready, drove down to the spot. this is where the fun began. left my hat back at the hut, so drove back , 20 or 30 mins late. walk down the river , slaped the dregde together , tried ziping my wet suit up ( zip in the back) & more fun Riping the zip apart, no onces but twice. so i need help, back up the river to the logde & found same one to zip me up. back down the river & yes same dredging for 2 or 3 hours. at end of this me boody was saying I,m stuffed,, up to the hut, made a bit of tea, one beer & Im out for the count,, next day not so bad, tried dredging in a new spot , no much luck for the two days. cleaned up headed home, stoping that cromwell at Shark & Taties for a cheese burger,, Nice burgers .. no much colour put still the fines to clean up hard work digging for gold,, MY bed soon Nice PS can same one help how to put photo & video on here Cheers Edited by user Thursday, 28 March 2013 1:57:48 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

kiwikeith		Posted : Wednesday, 27 February 2013 9:30:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 28/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 648 Location: hector Thanks: 359 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 154 post(s)		hi moonlight picker good to hear you have a claim its alot more relaxing not having to worry about been caught shot gun up the nose one barrel for each nostrel not much fun but sometimes its the only way to stop poaches pitty i dont own a shot gun just kidding

simon		Posted : Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:14:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		shit that sucks. long way to go and get no gold. hope theres gold in your claim somewhere!
		WWW

Lammerlaw		Posted : Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:35:09 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)		To put a photo on and I daresay my instructions will be garbled and as clear as mud! Write up what you want to write up then down in the left hand corner click the 'attach files to this post' box to put a tick in it Then click on 'post' This will bring up the department where you insert your photograph. Click on 'Choose file' and then select your photograph and click upload. When you have finished uploading your photos simply cick the word 'Back' and Bob's your uncle...hopefully...maybe...perhaps! To put the actual photo on then resize it to less than 500 what ever it is...say 450 by 400 or whatever. That will give you the actual photograph for people to perve at rather than words to click on. Hope that makes sense sort of! Edited by user Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:39:25 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:17:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Originally Posted by: simon shit that sucks. long way to go and get no gold. hope theres gold in your claim somewhere! Thanks Simon just a bad day. I did get some gold still learning

simon		Posted : Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:44:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		trust me it does get easier with experience. i never seem to stop learning. there's always spots though that should have gold but don't. you just have to wonder if someone else has beat you to it, or its just not obeying the laws of where gold is meant to deposit!
		WWW

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Saturday, 16 March 2013 11:07:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi All , off on monday , for a week to see if I can find the mother load. Ha ha looking forward to get down there. winters coming, not much time left,, Easter sould be a week end for all. so good hunting out there

garrymac		Posted : Sunday, 17 March 2013 12:03:53 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		are you on the moke@ moonlight

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Sunday, 24 March 2013 10:24:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yep

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Monday, 25 March 2013 10:41:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi all, I had my week down at QT dredging & found the mother load!,,, of stones , rocks & gravel,,, dug a hold about 13ft deep,, three days later & found the bottom! One thing though I'm impressed with my Keene dregde, in catching fine gold. Because thats all we where getting, I meen reel fine. One of the days I was having fun, I jumped in to the hole & I thought hum thats cold jump out & warmed up,, jump in & said bugger this, its to cold for me!!!!! I then realised my bloody zip was broken again, Buggar!! So that day we pulled the pin and went back to one of our old holes, alot easier,, found some colour nice,, & guess what, my zip went pop again HA, HA what a week hard work & a good laugh. beats working A

garrymac		Posted : Monday, 25 March 2013 11:07:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Hi Picker, the water on the moke wasn't cold, must be your suit, maybe you need a thicker one or try some lycra compression gear under wet suit. Bloody gold is never where it should be and only where it is.Some times their is just to much gravel mixed in with our colour. When is your next trip down

garrymac		Posted : Monday, 25 March 2013 11:09:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		ps, front zip or back-----next size up please

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Monday, 25 March 2013 11:23:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Originally Posted by: garrymac ps, front zip or back-----next size up please Hi garrymac no the wet suit fine just the bloody zip. it just needs a new zip put in. no sure maybe in two weeks. car show this weekend in chch, holden nationals thats why i need some gold, to finness my FJ

garrymac		Posted : Tuesday, 26 March 2013 7:44:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Hi picker; you need to ring me sometime soon!!!!!!!FJ what parts do you need ,I happen to have family that have fjs sitting around one that is partially disassembled but in very good nick

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Sunday, 21 April 2013 11:25:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi All Once again poped down to QT, drove down on friday , stoped at Omarama for the night, at the holiday park. PS the lady was very nice because I didn't have my sleeping bag, it was at the hut, bugger! , So the lovey lady went & found me some blankets Nice A! It was good, I didn't have to shit the bed in the morning got up about 8 ish , poped over to a cafe & had some breakfast & filtered coffee, nice filtered coffee, it was real good, drove to Cromwell, restock provisions milk & eggs. arived at the hut drop my gear off & down to the dredge, chuck my gear on & went to work, lol. about 2pm the sun started to hide behined the hills,, so I think time to get out. check the boxs. The top mat had same colour yar ho! So still same good light I thought, hay go for a walk, so pop down to a small creek & found same crakes but no luck, Back up to the hutt & cook up a big T/bone eggs & hash brown yum yum, still early so I thought I might pop back to QT, Had a look in same shops & to a bar for a beer or two, No a bad night. The next day it,s a bit cloudy. jump in the water, brrr its abit colded. worked to about 1.30 where the pump got blocked with old bloody didymow, so pulled the pin. the big job of packing up. Cleaned out the box & started stiping the dredge down, pulled the motor off etc. Cleaned up & all Good to go, down the track all good, untill, I tired putting the wagon in to 2 wheel drive, yep it would go in, Beep Beep think. It nearly wouldn't go in what a relief, So that's that now winter's coming, untill next summer, we will try it all again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW THAT THE MOTHER LOAD IS WAITING FOR ME SOME WHERE!!. LOF