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my recent queenstown trip

starflash		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 5:13:15 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		i will try again to post pictures didint work this time Edited by user Friday, 25 March 2011 5:16:13 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

starflash		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 5:23:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		someone help me to post photos from photobucket? Edited by user Friday, 25 March 2011 5:25:00 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

starflash		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 6:05:39 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		worked out what i was doing wrong A 5 day work trip turned out to be 3 days work and 2 days fossicking, one day sniping with friend from queenie and one day on the detector. awsome weather and low flows made for good sniping conditions. We had a full day sniping, in the water at 8.30, the overnight frost made the water a bit cool in the morning and the sun really never gets in there untill much later on in the day, typical queenstown streams, steep and cold. The above two phots show 4.5 grams by lunchtime, i took video of the place so my sd card became quickly full so could not photo all finds. all up 8.3 grams for the day between us which was pretty good for a stream that has been done to death. next day the detector was bought out mind you i was pretty keen to get back into the water. all up got 6 pieces from a small drainage area, The bigger ones are 3 and 3.1 grams, then 2.8, 2.4 and 1.8, the other smaller bit was a .5 gram I have some unfinished business with that drainage ditch and another alonside, but they will have to wait till next time. the detectors do seem to get the bigger gold. cheers starflash

1864hatter		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 7:30:00 AM(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)		Sounds like a few good days there mate. What sort of detector are you running? Nice pictures of some equally nice nuggets you have there. by drainage ditch you sureley dont mean a man made ditch?
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

starflash		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 8:51:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		hi 1864hatter no not man made just a dry water course. i have a gp3500

1864hatter		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 9:23:33 AM(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)		cool well done, Its a long trip down to QT from Auckland.... at least u got some nuggets for your troubles
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

Eagle		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 11:27:28 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 71 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Nice photos & nice nuggies Starflash. Looks like the 3500 is working a treat for ya.She is slowly getting a bit chilly down these parts,I am using my 9mm in the creeks now. Do ya get down this way often? Go hard Eagle

kiwijw		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 6:04:30 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)		Nice one Starflash. Well done. Nice smooth water worn nuggets. Not like the Shooty ones I got. Obviously a different source & laid down differently. Any quartz attached?? Happy hunting JW :)

Eagle		Posted : Sunday, 27 March 2011 3:16:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 71 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Gidday Starflash What coils were u using on the 3500? Eagle

gavin		Posted : Sunday, 27 March 2011 4:13:20 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)		Think I need to upgrade my detector! Nice finds! ;)
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gavin		Posted : Monday, 28 March 2011 2:20:50 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)		Hey starflash, out of curiosity... Do you get way off the beaten path for these spots or are they quite accessible?
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starflash		Posted : Monday, 28 March 2011 3:41:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		hi eagle i only used my 15x12 minelab mono this time, was working a treat and was running out of time, but i will have to go back over the area with different coils just to be sure i left nothing behind. hi jw nah no quartz at all, they were very water worn mind you a couple of the bits were actually fairly rough on the other side. hi gavin nah this time i was short on time so traveled no further than 20min from queenstown, all very close to humans suprisingly

Eagle		Posted : Monday, 28 March 2011 1:33:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 71 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Its amazing whats still being found so close to Queenie. Starflash I like to run my 3500 on deep mode except when searching shallow bed rock areas,how about you? Eagle

starflash		Posted : Monday, 28 March 2011 2:55:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		i run mine in normal deep for most places, and normal shallow for bed rock, do you find sensitive shallow can produce false signals in the small mono coils. i have spent alot of time chasing phantoms with the 8 inch mono on sensitive shallow? Edited by user Monday, 28 March 2011 4:35:25 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

stressless		Posted : Tuesday, 29 March 2011 6:14:58 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 28/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: Waihi Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi Starflash Sweeet finds, well done Where they all pretty shallow in the ground?

starflash		Posted : Tuesday, 29 March 2011 7:40:40 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		yeh very shallow between 5cm and about 12cm, they were however covered by large flat rocks.

Eagle		Posted : Wednesday, 30 March 2011 5:58:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 71 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Hi starflash I get this problem also when using my 10x5 mono coil in shallow & sensitive modes with the 3500 when searching bedrock.The threshold becomes unstable,however it is very sensitive to small gold. I have said this before, the gp3500 kicks arse. Eagle

starflash		Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:52:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: auckland, tairua Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)		hey eagle i feel a need to detect those spots again, whats the snow level at the moment? would it be a waste of time in the dead of winter?.

under the bedrock		Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:48:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 6/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 116 Location: invercargill Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 13 post(s)		was alot of snow around last week,ive been up a few times in the last week building.Seems to be lying in the hollows and sun less spots. Nice calm days but bloody cold......

simon		Posted : Thursday, 3 November 2011 11:09:41 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)		any chance of seeing the video? does this forum allow videos or just photos? love to see some underwater sniping. or does the vid give the local away? could always edit it a bit so only underwater. need to see some more gold on this forum. too many coins at present. coins interest me but its a bit hard to hit too many likely coin places around here. either too public or too many busybodys.
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