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danseys pass/livingstone

big miner		Posted : Tuesday, 7 May 2013 6:24:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi there i am a beginner to gold fossicking and am planning a trip to the danseys pass area so was wondering if anyone knows of any places that would suit a beginner around there. I will be paning and running a sluice box. Any ideas would be great
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Juggie		Posted : Wednesday, 8 May 2013 1:52:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 4/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 32 Location: Wellington Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 9 post(s)		Contact my dad on 03 437 0224 ... ask for Mike He lives in Oamaru & goes out to the Dansey.

big miner		Posted : Saturday, 11 May 2013 6:50:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Oh yeah thanks for that might give him a ring sometime soon
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big miner		Posted : Sunday, 12 May 2013 8:47:14 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Ended up making a trip down to danseys anyway and got a few flakes and some very fine gold not far up from the camp so i was quite impressed with my results for my first time out with a sluice box. Notice from another post that someone has submitted a claim over the area i will be totaly pissed if it goes through
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gingerbreadman		Posted : Sunday, 12 May 2013 9:53:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		Crown Minerals will almost certainly grant the permit......maybe if there is so many upset people you should get together and eather work out some sort of arraignment with the claim owner for panning only on a small section of river ''perhaps'' the claim owner has no interest in the area infront the camping ground. just an idea. and if that dosnt work you could just drown him or maybe a good group fossicking bludgeoning to death lol.....you should mention the latter first then start the negotiating !

nafcd		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 11:08:20 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: ashburton Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 34 post(s)		I think the bludgeoning part should be left until after the negotiating. sort of a back up plan if the negotiating fails. I would certainly be a starter to try to work out an area for fossicking with the owner. is it possible to get a contact number or email add. for him though. I see the crown minerals gives a name but that's about it. how many would be prepared to pay a fee for the rights to do it. possible he may want a bit of cash in exchange and what sort of $ do you think it would be worth. if you go for an area around the camping ground would that not piss the owner off having people using his grounds purely to get access. maybe an area up or downstream would be better.

Shilo		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 11:17:22 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 29/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 573 Location: Kawhia Thanks: 17 times Was thanked: 285 time(s) in 185 post(s)		Or better still why not work in with the camping ground owner. He advertises the fossicking so uses the fact that there is gold in the stream it to attract custom - to me he will be missing out on a good marketing ploy if he does not work something out with the permit holders. In fact personally if in his situation I would have tried for a permit years ago to secure this.
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big miner		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 12:27:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		yes some not bad ideas the holiday park owner will be definately annoyed if his marketing ploy gold panning is taken away. just looking at the proposed area and that claim is going to be massive. how long does it take for a permit to be approved?
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nafcd		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 12:53:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: ashburton Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 34 post(s)		I would think that for a fairly remote location for a camping ground a claim cost would be far more than he would recoup from campers coming to fossick. I guess he would have done it if it was commercially practical.

Juggie		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 2:00:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 4/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 32 Location: Wellington Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 9 post(s)		In my opinion ... I don't think the camp owner would care about the claim. He probably makes very little out of people coming for that reason & those that do, won't be his concern ... it'll be them working on the claim, not him. I suspect he gets more customers for the fishing or using the pass. Talking to me dad last night, the local farmers & fishing people are not happy at all.

big miner		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 3:32:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yeah thats true. i can sure see why the fishermen are not happy with the thought of a dredge disturbing all the bottom killing of the feed.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 4:27:03 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: big miner Yeah thats true. i can sure see why the fishermen are not happy with the thought of a dredge disturbing all the bottom killing of the feed. Not true and indeed very far from it - do you know about dredging? My family were involved heavily in dredging in the 1960s right through to the present and together with a couple of others were pioneers it might be said in modern underwater dredging then floating dredges. When we were dredging Eels loved to come and hover around near the area of disturbance to get the worms, insects and larvae that were exposed by the operation. I would be interested to know where you got the information that dredging kills of the feed. If dredging kills off any feed at all then rest assured a flood would render rivers uninhabitable!

pc5001		Posted : Monday, 13 May 2013 9:47:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 5/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 26 Location: central otago nz Was thanked: 13 time(s) in 8 post(s)		Lammerlaws quite right,I have often had fish hanging round the nozzle while dredging and any disturbance to the river bed is soon sorted out in the next fresh. destroying fish habitat is just another load of BS the hand ringing sandal wearers will try to use to keep everything the way they want it, no vehicles, no dogs, no fires,no dredging,no hunting and eventually, no access.Claim holders in the Nevis had problems with the historic places trust...we dont want gold mining here because of all the gold mining history in the valley, they said.gold dredgers will always be up against it,we have few friends outside our little community

gingerbreadman		Posted : Tuesday, 14 May 2013 2:21:42 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		I dredge in a very popular fishing spot and to my surprise in 3 years have not had 1 person complain at 1 point I had a guide operating on the same strech of river as me for a summer and no trouble at all infact they liked to look at it working ...any1 asks me if somehow I'm damaging the river which Iv only been asked about maybe 1c or twice by randoms answer is simple look at how much river bed gets moved in a flood let alone a real big event that can last for weeks .

big miner		Posted : Tuesday, 14 May 2013 1:50:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		oh yeah thanks for putting me right people its just that i come from a family of keen fisherman and they say how dredging kills off the feed and im more into the gold mining and fossicking myself.
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nafcd		Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 7:42:20 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: ashburton Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 34 post(s)		does anyone here go to the danseys pass area at this time of year. thought if weather and road conditions permit it might be worth a quick look during queens birthday weekend.

big miner		Posted : Wednesday, 29 May 2013 1:42:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yes I do although it does get bloody cold there in winter and snow falls on the peaks around there. Do you go there often?
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nafcd		Posted : Wednesday, 29 May 2013 8:03:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: ashburton Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 34 post(s)		no. haven't been there. thought it might be worth a look and easier to get to than going to the coast.

big miner		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 11:36:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: Waimate NZ Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yes there is definitely plenty of gold there but its only very fine stuff.
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nafcd		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 9:07:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: ashburton Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 34 post(s)		thanks BM. got me curious now. just hope the weather holds out.

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