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Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 1:27:17 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)		Am willing to exchange gold for certain antique guns - must be better than average and top collector items. Will exchange nuggety gold mainly for the right items. Must be better than average, all complete, original and unaltered. Edited by user Thursday, 9 June 2011 3:56:56 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

gavin		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 2:55:23 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)		I hope this isn't for use in "Get orf me land!" type scenarios ;)
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criticol		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 2:59:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/05/2010(UTC) Posts: 234 Location: coromandel Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 66 time(s) in 48 post(s)		Good reply Gavin. Now where can we get Lammerlaw a 'Stagecoach" Regards all---Colin. Edited by user Thursday, 9 June 2011 3:00:11 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 3:44:55 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)		criticol wrote: Good reply Gavin. Now where can we get Lammerlaw a 'Stagecoach" Regards all---Colin. Now I certainly wouldnt mind a stagecoach either as long as it was the older American type Concord style as used in Central Otago or the typical Australian type Cobb and Co one which was also used here. Now as for the guns - I collect good stuff - Sharps, Spencers, Colt 1851 and early Civil War and American West, early British, Adams, Tranter, Maori wars and Goldfields. One of the best investments money...and gold can buy is the right types of antique firearms...except that gold is a better bet right now! Edited by user Saturday, 11 June 2011 12:45:19 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 3:46:25 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)		gavin wrote: I hope this isn't for use in "Get orf me land!" type scenarios ;) All legal in that respect - it pays to give 'the right people' access!

criticol		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 4:04:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/05/2010(UTC) Posts: 234 Location: coromandel Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 66 time(s) in 48 post(s)		Hey Lammerlaw. I guess you would have known a charactor guy I knew years ago at (TVNZ.(Auckland) He was heavily into old "Powder" guns, a real fanatic he was, AND now,I cant even remember his name. But it`ll come to me.(sometime.) Regards---Colin.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 9 June 2011 4:20:44 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)		criticol wrote: Hey Lammerlaw. I guess you would have known a charactor guy I knew years ago at (TVNZ.(Auckland) He was heavily into old "Powder" guns, a real fanatic he was, AND now,I cant even remember his name. But it`ll come to me.(sometime.) Regards---Colin. I knew a fair few of the collectors. It is black powder firearms I prefer. I have a few which have definite gold fields provenance and these are my favourites. I also collect other goldfields collectibles - bottles, ingot mold, stamper name plate, Euorpeana nd Chinese scales, Chinese jars etc, etc, etc. Edited by user Saturday, 11 June 2011 12:44:09 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

toolio		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 10:11:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: Auckland		Yes Colin, I recall this TV series as well, I will search through and find the details and reply in short time. Cheers. http://pureprovenance.blogspot.com/

Lammerlaw		Posted : Saturday, 11 June 2011 6:57:02 AM(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)		Particularly want - Colt 1849 in .31cal, Colt 1851 Navy in .36cal, Adams and Tranter cap and ball pistols. Good gold offered in return for these items...amount negotiable according to condition.

simon		Posted : Sunday, 12 June 2011 6:15:00 AM(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)		there's a guy near queenstown that has a mountain of old coaches and wagons wheels and all sorts. as you drive out to the Kawarau suspension bridge the wagons are all up amongst the pine trees on the left at the end of the last straight before the Swiftburn. every time i drive past the collection seems to have grown larger. would be a bugger to shift if you sold up thats for sure.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Sunday, 12 June 2011 2:14:26 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)		simon wrote: there's a guy near queenstown that has a mountain of old coaches and wagons wheels and all sorts. as you drive out to the Kawarau suspension bridge the wagons are all up amongst the pine trees on the left at the end of the last straight before the Swiftburn. every time i drive past the collection seems to have grown larger. would be a bugger to shift if you sold up thats for sure. Yes I have seen them and yes I wouldnt mind them!