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turonhippy		Posted : Thursday, 5 May 2011 4:22:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi all, heres a few baby nuggets i panned from a creek near here [img[IMG]http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr90/Dogman_040/home087.jpg[/IMG ]][/img]

turonhippy		Posted : Thursday, 5 May 2011 4:28:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Sorry about the pic all, will try uploading again after work today cheers steve turonhippy attached the following image(s):

turonhippy		Posted : Sunday, 8 May 2011 3:00:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		OK looks like ive got the pic thing sussed, duhhh.. Anyways, had fun panning em cheers steve

gavin		Posted : Sunday, 8 May 2011 3:12:09 PM(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)		Some nice little pieces there!
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turonhippy		Posted : Sunday, 8 May 2011 3:29:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Thanks Gavin, all up weight a tad over 3/4 of a gram , so i wont be quitting me job jusst yet he he,, Also found 23 grams from the same place over 10 months weekend panning Very relaxing panning with with my missus, ill have to post some pics of her finds, puts me to shame lol turonhippy attached the following image(s):

starflash		Posted : Sunday, 8 May 2011 3:38:01 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)		hi turonhippy you come from the golden country, you lucky bugger 23 grams looks pretty good. is that flakey gold in the vile/

turonhippy		Posted : Sunday, 8 May 2011 3:50:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yep Starflash, the gold is very flakey in the creek were pannin, nuggetty stuff is rare , underneath the flakes in the large vial is a lot of gold dust cheers steve

kiwijw		Posted : Sunday, 8 May 2011 6:12:46 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)		Well done Steve. Great reward for all your effort, 23 grams, nice one. What better way to while away some weekend time than with your missus panning some gold. A lot of blokes partners arent in to the gold thing, lucky for you & me that ours are. My first wife wasnt, maybe thats why she aint my wife any more. Happy hunting JW :)

turonhippy		Posted : Monday, 9 May 2011 1:53:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Yep we are lucky JW, My ex wife wasnt into it either, but my new partner can read a creek like a book ! Heres a pic of the little creek were working cheers steve turonhippy attached the following image(s):

petetsw		Posted : Monday, 9 May 2011 4:35:12 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 28 Location: nelson Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		nice gold hippy. nice little creek looks perfect to use a box in there

petetsw		Posted : Monday, 9 May 2011 4:38:50 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 28 Location: nelson Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		where abouts in aust is turon?

turonhippy		Posted : Monday, 9 May 2011 5:33:47 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 3/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: upper turon australia Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi Pete, yep have used my highbanker there, the pic of my mrs and dog was taken just before xmas, very little water in the creek now. I live about 200 ks west of sydney, and about 50ks north of bathurst the place where they have the car race on the mount each year. cheers steve

Lammerlaw		Posted : Wednesday, 1 June 2011 12:38:55 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)		Great going - I have a soft spot for fine gold - all I had for years was nuggety stuff as our claims had nothing fine really in them and in order to get some fine stuff I had to buy some from Canvastown and later on went to Lindis to get more. I certainly like your 23 grammes - it is a great reward for your patience and a great way to spend a day.

simon		Posted : Wednesday, 1 June 2011 3:00:07 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)		nice work on the fines. you must have a lot of patience to recover with just the trusty old pan. i spent a few summers when i started out sluicing fine gold and know how careful you need to be to recover the stuff without losing it. that was how i got good at setting up my sluicebox correctly. each day the river would go up and down so the water wasn't a constant flow by any means. kept you on your toes.
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