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Queenstown trip

waka		Posted : Saturday, 14 September 2013 10:31:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 16/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: south island Thanks: 14 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 6 post(s)		Hi just got power back after 5 days with out.Any one interested in a look around on Wednesday.My wife and I are going to camp at 12mile for the week from tomorrow.Detecting or in the river.I own an exterre 705 and keen to give it a run,first time gold detecting.
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simon		Posted : Monday, 16 September 2013 2:26:43 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)		Hi Waka, I went out there a couple of times last week. its like spring and winter have swapped over. the water is lots colder now and all that fresh snow is melting. the rain lately has kept the creek up also. it's got that green tinge to it and a fair flow has put a lot of the stream bed underwater. theres still a few bits of gravel sticking out tho. You might be better off with a sluicebox at the oxen bridge beach on the shotover. at least there you always get flood gold. even if its up a bit theres always a heap of beach to dig. all fine stuff there. good luck. i'd come out for a dig too but i'm tied up elsewhere for a while.
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treeman		Posted : Sunday, 22 September 2013 9:27:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 1/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 32 Location: Arrowtown, Thanks: 10 times Was thanked: 16 time(s) in 11 post(s)		Bugger, got your post late, like today, would have come up for a cuppa. to late now cheers treeman.

waka		Posted : Saturday, 28 September 2013 10:43:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 16/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: south island Thanks: 14 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 6 post(s)		Hi to Simon and Treeman Back home now the week out there was awesome and the weather was fantastic. Well had my sluice pumping found really nice colour The return was 8gm`s.Some nice pieces. Hope to b back over in 2 weeks. Just bought a wee camper so b rood not to try it out. So that cuppa wouldn`t b a problem Treeman.
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k14		Posted : Saturday, 28 September 2013 8:14:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 4/09/2013(UTC) Posts: 0 Location: Central Otago		Originally Posted by: waka Hi to Simon and Treeman Back home now the week out there was awesome and the weather was fantastic. Well had my sluice pumping found really nice colour The return was 8gm`s.Some nice pieces. Hope to b back over in 2 weeks. Just bought a wee camper so b rood not to try it out. So that cuppa wouldn`t b a problem Treeman. Where did you go? Might pop over to Qtown for a trip this week and have a scrounge around the shotover.

waka		Posted : Saturday, 28 September 2013 8:26:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 16/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: south island Thanks: 14 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 6 post(s)		Yeah gaday k14.Just up to 12 mile. Found some nice iron sand deposits with colour.Worth a noisie.
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