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The Golden Fleece

kiwikeith		Posted : Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:02:03 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)		good to see a landie in the photos what every good gold miner should own basic believe it or not I know the area of waggon creek great place for goats and take your pan if you have a quad or dirt bike I can get you there with only a couple of hours walk caz and I were in the area last xmas for a break a very secret spot but it seems no longer send me a pm as I also live in hector and we could arrange a walk there is another creek that carries gold that we camped beside last year about 30 min from the quad also have a track in the area (general) that takes one into the head of the fox river as you may have gathered I know the area well

bittenbythebug		Posted : Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:08:53 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)		Haha I though you might Kiwikeith!

The Hatter		Posted : Thursday, 23 May 2013 3:38:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 259 Location: Westport Thanks: 62 times Was thanked: 320 time(s) in 125 post(s)		Drat I have blown your secret Keith. But to be trueful I got onto waggon Creek about 26 years ago, of course overtime I told a few mining mates hoping for someone to give it a really good go, and maybe find the source. Somewhere the brown glassy rock obviously outcrops But where oh where. And if one was to find it, buggar its in Paparoa National Park. I shared Waggon Creek here, as it can't be claimed. And I reckon the guys on here that travel many hours to get to the Coast, deserve a bit better than a few colours. And Waggon Creek should deliver slightly better than that. And as you know access is a bit of a hike. So only the real keen fell'as will take on that adventure, definitely not one for arm chair prospectors. One of these days we must meet up to exchange tall storys. Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

creamer		Posted : Friday, 24 May 2013 9:12:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Hi The Hatter. Welcome to the forum, great starting posts, keep them coming. .
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simon		Posted : Friday, 24 May 2013 9:46:00 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)		that's some good knowledge you're sharing hatter. i hope kiwikeith hasn't lost too many of his secrets. i read his posts and wish i was on the coast. Can't complain too much as i'm in Queenstown, so still in amongst some action. I'm only 35 so still a few years left yet hopefully. Mining has already produced a great back. Nowadays i'm just as much into the exploring and the rocks so have spent a lot of time walking/climbing new routes up thru the locals spots plus a few unknown areas. I would love to see a photo of the glass like rock you have found in this creek. I found a similar like rock near where i found a 18 gram lone nugget. I'm still trying to work out where its friends are.
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Cleggie		Posted : Friday, 24 May 2013 5:46:37 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)		Some great pics of your beach operation Hatter, and some good info. I'd love to get into some untouched gold bearing ground, but Waggon creek sounds like a mission and probably too much for me on my own... maybe I can con Keith to letting me come along with him some time? What beer do you drink Keith?

simon		Posted : Monday, 27 May 2013 11:59:00 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)		"DID YOU KNOW THIS. In the Blackball Creek, of course at Blackball. A meteorite the size of a large boulder was discovered laying in the creek bed. It was like the size of a Austin Mini. There was even a photo of it. And a group of ooh ahhas looking at it and prodding it. Now that was about 1953 when no value apart from scientific value was placed on a meteorite. I found the reference in an obscure NZ geology book at the Hamilton Library. And yes chip samples proved it was a genuine meteorite. Now we all know they are metalic in nature, so a Detector will really sing on a lump that size. I have no idea of where in the creek it is. But in the photo doing some prodding were pony tailed members of the fairer sex, most likely from the Canturbury University Geology Course, and they weren't wearing back packs. So it cant be to far up the Creek. And in those days they didn't have heavy lift helicopters, and that thing would have weighed a few ton. And as I have said there was no value on them space balls then. My guess is, it is still laying there. And many a prospector in search of gold complacently walks past it. " How come there is no record of this on govt websites. there seems to be only a few recorded meteorites in nz. any chance is seeing the photo from the library book? you'd think someone would have already had an encounter with the thing with a detector. you sure it would still be there. i'm always hearings stories of some very large and heavy objects being removed in times past from some very remote goldfields. could this have run into a similar fate. perhaps ended up as someone's garden feature?
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The Hatter		Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 11:30:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 259 Location: Westport Thanks: 62 times Was thanked: 320 time(s) in 125 post(s)		How come there is no record of this on govt websites. there seems to be only a few recorded meteorites in nz. any chance is seeing the photo from the library book? you'd think someone would have already had an encounter with the thing with a detector. you sure it would still be there. i'm always hearings stories of some very large and heavy objects being removed in times past from some very remote goldfields. could this have run into a similar fate. perhaps ended up as someone's garden feature? Well Simon. Like you I have done a search on the web to see if this occurence has been documented and there is nothing. However there is no obligation to report a meteorite find to the authorities.(That I know of) I found the book that documented it, in the Hamilton Library, that was in about 1980. It would have been in either the geology/minerals section, or the New Zealand Section. It was a black and white photo, a group was gathered around the meteorite, which was quite visible in the photo. And they kinda looked like geology students.If they were, then I would suggest they probably came from Canterbury University and maybe were on a field trip with the tutor. As I recall it was in the 1950's. And thinking back the clothing suited that era. I am inclined to believe that it was a geology book on NZ that I saw it in. As I recall the section of the creek looked pretty narrow and had a bit of fall, which suggests it was in the upper reaches of the creek, and not on the flats. As to its possible extraction. Well like I said in those days there were no heavy lift helicopters. And if it was in the upper part of the creek, well no road either. Now anybody with a geology background wouldn't even think about trying to blow it apart. Being fused and metalic I actually doubt you could blow it apart. Perhaps you may dent it slightly. Is it still there, who knows. Being a reference publication, the book is probably still in the Hamilton Public Library. Anyone from Hamilton here with a bit of time on their hands. If it was somehow extracted, then it would be sitting in a musem somewhere, and would have been documented. A meteor that size, well who knows what price it would command. Here are a few big space rocks. The largest found. http://www.environmental...e-meteorites-earth/17225 Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter "

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