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Cleaned out crevice
digger37  
Posted : Tuesday, 24 May 2011 3:58:19 AM(UTC)
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At it again in the weekend with GB2, found a small piece in a crevice, then cleaned the crevice completely out...After a couple of hours I got 3grams, biggest bit about 10mm long 0.75grams.
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petetsw  
Posted : Tuesday, 24 May 2011 4:41:49 AM(UTC)
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nice gold there digger, was it up the baton? im still waiting to find a good spot up there but 1 day i will its just a matter of time.
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digger37  
Posted : Tuesday, 24 May 2011 7:22:30 AM(UTC)
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Hi petetsw,
The batons a good place, The biggest nugget found there was 36oz..? wouldn't need a gold bottle for that beast! would need a bucket!....(http://www.findgoldnz.com/stories.html)
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Eagle  
Posted : Tuesday, 24 May 2011 10:15:18 AM(UTC)
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Nice looking pieces!! there Digger.

Were you using a gold bug detector to find the big piece??

Eagle
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