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kiwijw		Posted : Saturday, 16 February 2013 10:40:11 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, Went back this afternoon to where I left off last night & snaged a few more littlies on the same face. Just below the detector is a signal I was working on. You can see how the lay of the schist is more than 45 degrees from horozontial & the gold is caught deep in the layers of the schist. You can also see how the schist has perfect crevice gold traps. In the next pic I had actually smashed out a block of the schist to try & get to the target. I placed the block back again for the photo Once the schist was smashed out & worked on a bit more I uncovered a crevice where the signal was booming from A sassy little piece of gold to add to the bottle Think I even found the one that escaped me last night. I then crossed over to the other side of the tail race & my luck continued. And continued Total of 15 bits for 5 grams. Smallest .07 Biggest .84 Good luck out there JW :)

Foiled again		Posted : Saturday, 16 February 2013 10:49:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		great pics JW, cheers for sharing! Im off to Goldsborough early tomorrow morn for 2 days on my second mission. Ill be happy with some more specks n flakes in the pan but will be taking the goldbug to see if i can find me a small nugget! Seeing ya pics if all helpful info and encouragement cheers!
		There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!

NUGGY		Posted : Sunday, 17 February 2013 8:42:57 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)		Nice chunky bits JW, great photos too. Strange how us detectorists are attracted to a bit of exposed bottom lol. NUGGY

kiwijw		Posted : Sunday, 17 February 2013 12:13:11 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)		Originally Posted by: NUGGY Strange how us detectorists are attracted to a bit of exposed bottom lol. NUGGY G'day Nuggy. LOL mate :) Yep....nothing wrong with a bit of exposed bottom. Cheers :) Thanks Foiled Again, Probably a bit late but good luck at Goldsborough. :) JW :)

digahole!!		Posted : Sunday, 17 February 2013 4:41:39 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)		Good going, it annoys me not being able to get out as often as I'd like, especially when I see good gold coming out of the ground, hopefully I should be able to get away this Thurs. for a long weekend as long as nothing changes. Keep the photos coming.

kiwijw		Posted : Tuesday, 19 February 2013 6:13:45 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 digahole, Being in Chch you are a good hour or two away from gold fields. Me being in the QT area it is only a matter of half an hour to an hour & can be at many places. Went out for a few hours on sunday, boy was it hot, & got 4 little bits for 1.7 grams This was our sunset on sunday evening Good luck if you get away for a long weekend JW :)

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:13:45 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: kiwijw Hi there digahole, Being in Chch you are a good hour or two away from gold fields. Me being in the QT area it is only a matter of half an hour to an hour & can be at many places. Went out for a few hours on sunday, boy was it hot, & got 4 little bits for 1.7 grams This was our sunset on sunday evening Good luck if you get away for a long weekend JW :) Hi jw I was down in QT in the week end. came back on sunday around Tekapo see the same sunset, look great a

gavin		Posted : Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:03:36 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 JW, just back from my hols so just noticed your post. Always great to hear about the gold you're recovering, and even better this time - got some photos of the type of ground you're digging these pieces out of - nice to see the sort of ground that's producing :)
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kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:19:10 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)		Thanks Gav, The ground in Otago doesnt change much from schist. Either bed rock schist or crushed up schist. LOL:) How did you get on detecting during your hloidays ? Good luck out there JW :)

gavin		Posted : Thursday, 21 February 2013 11:18:58 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)		Originally Posted by: kiwijw Thanks Gav, The ground in Otago doesnt change much from schist. Either bed rock schist or crushed up schist. LOL:) Lol. Still like seeing the sort of ground they're getting dug out of though, gives the nuggets you share a nice context. You look like you're hitting mainly high and dry areas while over west coast I've always been closer to the water, but that's mainly because it's so overgrown and the leaf litter is so thick over that way. Detecting on holiday... nah, I prefer the gold detecting so didn't take it with me. Was over in Rarotonga with my visiting parents. Spent most of my time snorkelling and worrying the sealife :P
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