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Nugget-Hunter		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:42:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 18/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 74 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 52 time(s) in 20 post(s)		Just spent 29 days tramping on the West Coast. Had to come out twice to get more food as im not much of a culler or fisher-man. Even so i saw plenty of food walking around, from Whio to Chemois and some Aussies too. I have topped up my Winter-diggings camp with food and fuel. The Keas laught there heads off about that packpack and me under it. So i carried on exploring the wilderness. One afternoon i came down of a spur straight onto some good looking bedrock, and who would believe that, but there was a wee nugget stuck in some black schist bedrock. It ended up being a 1.4 gram nuggy. The tent went up and the trusty old X-Terra70 with the standard 9 inch 7.5 kHz coil came out of the backpack. Over the next 2 hours i have picked up 7 bits for 111.0 grams. the biggest one weighed in at 66.34 grams, a 2 ouncer, all about 3-4 inches down. What a delight. I spent a whole week on that spot and ended up with 18 bits for 153.93 grams. It was a trip of a lifetime. Only had one night of heavy rain, another night with strong wind which shredded the fly over the tent, the rest was just blue sky, low river levels and the best: no sandflys, too dry i guess. Sad is after i downloaded the photos i dropped the laptop and it died, and no one was able to recover the photos. I had to sell halfe an ounce to buy a new computer and will get an external harddrive. Anyway the memories are fantastic, and finally an other spot to put onto my to visit yearly list, since i have lost so many places to claim holders. Then over the last 2 years i have only found 10 grams. My last bonanza was in 2005 with 3.5 ounces on a 2 square meter patch. Cheers&Beers Peter File Attachment(s): Nuggets 001.JPG Nugget-Hunter attached the following image(s):

crisyboy		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:53:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 233 Location: whangarei Thanks: 39 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 69 post(s)		holy crap thats beautiful Edited by user Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:54:14 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 2:14:09 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)		Wow! You must be having trouble wiping the smile off your face! Well done!
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tillerman01		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 5:11:45 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)		Nice going Nugget-Hunter, it's good to see that there is still decent gold to be found if you get out there and hunt for it.

kiwikeith		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 8:30:43 AM(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)		great going there nugget vhunter you sure live up to your name

gavin		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 8:50:04 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)		Wow - that's an awesome haul! Love stories like yours - nice to know there's still some great spots out there! Thanks for sharing :)
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overdog		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 8:56:57 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Bloody hell... I think I just wet myself!That my friend is awesome-your 2 ouncer,a 4 ouncer from the Arrow,just goes to show its still out there... Sod it I'm calling in sick and heading to the river! Oh and congratulations-I was in remission from the fever but now its back worse than ever-and its all your fault! (",)

NUGGY		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 9:46:41 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)		Stunning nuggets - You had a great trip. Would say more but I'm rushing off to pack my gear :-) Congratulations NUGGY

Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 11:08:21 AM(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)		Absolutely spot on and I am sure for you the creation of happy memories with dreams of what might be yet to come - keep it quiet and keep it to yourself - not a hint and may you find many more bits.

Shelia		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:22:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 20/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 45 Location: Dunedin/Arrowtown Thanks: 20 times Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		What an inspiring adventure. Thank you.

Free Fossicker Forster		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 1:25:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 35 Location: Oxford, New Zealand Thanks: 17 times Was thanked: 16 time(s) in 8 post(s)		29 days tramping! I dream of it (Saying that I did manage a week cycle-tour-fossick-prospecting on the west coast - maybe not so far off the beaten track). Been the best weather for it. Thanks and well done.

digahole!!		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 1:58:31 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)		Holy Crap!!! That's freakin awesome!! 153 grams/ 5 ounces, It will be a fair while before we see a haul like that on here again, and a 2 ouncer to boot!! I don't know how you managed to drag yourself away from a spot like that, I'd be half way to China by now if I found a spot like that. Bloody well done/congrats!! You deserve it, 29 days in the bush, AMAZING!!

madsonicboating		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 2:33:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 674 Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 157 time(s) in 127 post(s)		awesome story and wow thats some nice gold! Love it and thanks for sharing the yarn :)
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Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 3:16:03 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)		Nice chunky nuggets!! Well done-a great result of what sounds like a great month out in the bush!
		There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!

Cleggie		Posted : Thursday, 7 March 2013 5:13:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 24/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 88 times Was thanked: 59 time(s) in 31 post(s)		Great going there Peter, pity about the laptop... but the gold finds would help ease the pain, looks like you are making the most of the fine weather. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

1864hatter		Posted : Friday, 8 March 2013 2:32:58 PM(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)		Well done Peter, we all dream of a patch like that.
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

bittenbythebug		Posted : Friday, 8 March 2013 9:49:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 27/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 56 Location: Wellington Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Nice, nice, nice!

sycotoad		Posted : Saturday, 9 March 2013 2:41:49 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)		great stuff - what a great story
		Makro - Nokta - deteknix - GoldFinder
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number8wire		Posted : Saturday, 9 March 2013 6:09:33 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		The "how it all happened" story is almost as fascinating as the results there Peter. WTG.
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McKennas Gold		Posted : Saturday, 9 March 2013 6:21:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 23/04/2011(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: Otago Thanks: 5 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Awesome stuff mate. When you spotted that big fellow what was your first thought ?Be interested.

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