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Kumara old pub site??? - kumara old pub site???

goldstalker		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 9:06:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		ok i want to know who is the detectorist from christchurch that has made an offer to the owners of a paddock on the main road in kumara were there was a pub that burnt down years ago ?? i went there today as i live in kumara to see if i could detect it but they said some butt muncher from chch lol has made a them a good offer to detect it soon. i want to know who is claiming the little land i have to detect round my home town. the owners told me its been detected 3 times over the years, so i hope you get nothing hahaha

1864hatter		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 9:19:27 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)		Long way to go from chch! I'd imagine there would be far more junk than treasure considering the pub had burnt down. Funny how things go up in flames but burn down...
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gogold		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 9:21:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 217 Location: gore Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 56 time(s) in 45 post(s)		goldstalker resort to the chch detectors tactics, small headlamp in the middle of the night and give it a thrash lol. u seem to be having some good luck with that detector it might pay off..... just don't get caught

goldstalker		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 9:53:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: gogold goldstalker resort to the chch detectors tactics, small headlamp in the middle of the night and give it a thrash lol. u seem to be having some good luck with that detector it might pay off..... just don't get caught i go to chch and use my headlamp no sweat lol better than day hunting but i wont do it here were i live to small and lots of sticky beaks

goldstalker		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 9:56:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: 1864hatter Long way to go from chch! I'd imagine there would be far more junk than treasure considering the pub had burnt down. Funny how things go up in flames but burn down... were ever you go theres more junk than treasure, but 1 piece of treasure can be worth digging 1000 holes of trash, i will throw eggs at any detectorist i see at the paddock lol trust me i will lol

DGR		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 10:16:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 13/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: Christchurch Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Hey Not to sure if anyone has been up there for a look but the old pub site on the way upto the Big River gold mine would be well worth a look I would have thought.. Dgr

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 10:40:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Apparantly there's been some guy from Kumara doing our Hagley Park too. ;P
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goldstalker		Posted : Monday, 29 July 2013 11:58:06 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: DGR Hey Not to sure if anyone has been up there for a look but the old pub site on the way upto the Big River gold mine would be well worth a look I would have thought.. Dgr cheers DGR i will investigate

DGR		Posted : Tuesday, 30 July 2013 12:36:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 13/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: Christchurch Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Think it was called Merrijigs Hotel.. Not far up the big river road before the first of the gold workings... Well sign posted from memory.. Dgr

cwk_79		Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 3:47:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 4 Location: Melbourne Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Originally Posted by: DGR Hey Not to sure if anyone has been up there for a look but the old pub site on the way upto the Big River gold mine would be well worth a look I would have thought.. Dgr Ah, the Merrijigs Hotel site. When it was pulled down In the 50's they simply bulldozed it over the creek bank into the creek. Spent a couple of days detecting and bottle digging there in the late 90's. It had been well fossicked previously - holes & broken bottles all down the banks of the creek. They had also at some point widened the road right over the front part of where the Hotel buildings were. The Big River Hotel site would be worth looking at. But by god you need a solid 4-wheel drive to get into there. Must have been the most desolate place to live back in the early days. Progress Junction, which is at the foot of Globe Hill would be a good place to have a look. It had a sizeable Hotel there in the early days & quite a few houses etc. The school site is back towards Reefton about 1km away from the actual town site, off the road quite a bit. The road & area between Progress Junction to Big River (Soldiers road, I think it is) had boarding houses, accommodation stops & settlements all along it. In the earlier days that road used to go right through to Waiuta, think its a walking track now. Not to mention all the Mines that were in operation through there. You really could spend a lifetime exploring up there There's a fantastic book about Big River written a few years back by the late Les Wright. Just a shame that the site of the Globe/Progress Mine site & immediate settlement have been wiped off the map forever:(

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 2:25:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Well that's some damn good knowledge you have there CWK 79. You should definately post some more!
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