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danseys pass/livingstone

Hunting Guide		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 9:56:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 29/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 13 Location: Timaru		Would be going myself queens bday weekend , but am off hunting. Another time soon. PM me if anybody wants a ride there another weekend , and share costs. Edited by user Thursday, 30 May 2013 9:56:51 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
		Member of NZ Professional Hunting Guides Assn , SCI NZ

nafcd		Posted : Monday, 3 June 2013 3:28:36 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)		just a quick question for the more experienced fossickers. when you pan/sluice the danseys area do you have more success if you dig deep or just scoop off the top layer of sand and sluice it. had a wee bit of luck down there but still very little for a days work. thought maybe i'm doing it wrong.

big miner		Posted : Wednesday, 5 June 2013 9:52:49 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)		HI Im not all that experienced but i dig down deep. Good to hear you had some luck how much did you get for the day?
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nafcd		Posted : Wednesday, 5 June 2013 7:28:07 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)		got very little. maybe a matchhead worth. but still better than I did at the shamrock fossicking area and a lot less travelling. Edited by user Wednesday, 5 June 2013 7:29:49 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

richmanpoorman		Posted : Wednesday, 5 June 2013 9:42:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 4/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 4 Location: dunos Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		I havent been up the danseys for a couple of years, got ok colour just doing quick pans off the surface gravel in cracks, I hope to get back up that way during the middle of winter, hope to come back with all of my fingers!

nafcd		Posted : Wednesday, 5 June 2013 10:24:40 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 will definitely be going back within the next few weeks for a last hunt before winter really sets in. weather was pretty good last weekend and water wasn't too cold.

nugget8hunter		Posted : Thursday, 6 June 2013 3:47:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 5/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 6 Location: Otago Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Anyone doing a trip up those ways any time soon?

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