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One handful of dirt - the results

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 1:18:55 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)		This is one of three handfuls of dirt taken in half a minute - half a pound of gold of which this is one third. The Colt was actually used on the Goldfields of Otago and the scales belonged to the son of the manager of the Sandhills dredge at Skippers Edited by user Tuesday, 17 January 2012 9:42:00 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified Lammerlaw attached the following image(s):

chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 1:26:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		weres the picture? is it 3 handfuls of dirt you picked up?

chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 1:30:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		wow some nice things in that photo

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 1:38:32 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)		chchfossiker wrote: weres the picture? is it 3 handfuls of dirt you picked up? The gold is one third of three handfuls of dirt all picked up in half a minute - half a pound of gold in thirty seconds! 9th December 1984.

Maverick		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:00:13 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 78 Location: ChCh Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 9 time(s) in 9 post(s)		are you a gold magnet or something? well done and thanks again for letting us get envious LOL!!.

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:10:30 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)		Maverick wrote: are you a gold magnet or something? well done and thanks again for letting us get envious LOL!!. No it was a funny year 1984 - My girlfriend had given me the bums rush a year before and her last words were "Who would want you - youve got nothing" - All of a sudden I was into gold and in 25 days got more gold than I got wages for an entire year. It does prove though that the gold is still there and each and every one of us can get it. We fail to get gold because we persist in the same places, we dont know where or how to look. Nowdays my son uses my metal detector - he knows how to use it, he has good ears for the different tones it makes and above all he knows where to look - he goes to places he has never been to and gets good gold - you can do it as well, anyone can. So no I am not a gold magnet - I just knew where to look! Edited by user Friday, 10 June 2011 2:11:45 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

x-terra steve		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:11:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 224 Location: Nelson NZ Thanks: 103 times Was thanked: 69 time(s) in 42 post(s)		Nice going Lammerlaw, great photo!!!! keep up the posts, Steve

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:15:01 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)		x-terra steve wrote: Nice going Lammerlaw, great photo!!!! keep up the posts, Steve As soon as my son is around and I have my gold out of safe deposit I will get a photo of a sixth of the gold (1 ounce) we got at Arrowtown. This spot I am thinking of declaring as I believe the Arrow river should be a public fossicking spot. I am sure there is more gold there - a lot of it. We got half a pound there in an afternoon.

chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:42:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		so envious hopefully thatll be my finds one day.

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:50:01 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)		chchfossiker wrote: so envious hopefully thatll be my finds one day. No reason it cant be - I liked the way you went to Danseys - an entire day from Christchurch deserves some reward methinks. One thing I learnt was that if I didnt get anything in one spot then to quickly pass on to the next. If you open a crevice and get nothing then dont work it all - open it up along its length in different spots to see what might turn up, go to different places - if you find a few colours somewhere then keep that place in mind but look at other places as well. Keep looking until you find somewhere which gives regular and reasonable returns - keep it quiet, share photos by all means but dont let anyone know where it came from...until its all worked out. The reason for that lies in the fact that the forums are followed by many a stalker who would capitalise on YOUR success - leak the location when you have finished then their reward is merely the curds and whey and you have the cream.

chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:54:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Lammerlaw wrote: chchfossiker wrote: so envious hopefully thatll be my finds one day. No reason it cant be - I liked the way you went to Danseys - an entire day from Christchurch deserves some reward methinks. One thing I learnt was that if I didnt get anything in one spot then to quickly pass on to the next. If you open a crevice and get nothing then dont work it all - open it up along its length in different spots to see what might turn up, go to different places - if you find a few colours somewhere then keep that place in mind but look at other places as well. Keep looking until you find somewhere which gives regular and reasonable returns - keep it quiet, share photos by all means but dont let anyone know where it came from...until its all worked out. The reason for that lies in the fact that the forums are followed by many a stalker who would capitalise on YOUR success - leak the location when you have finished then their reward is merely the curds and whey and you have the cream.[/quote very gud post .inspirational to say the least cheers carl

criticol		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 2:57:04 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)		Lammerlaw wrote: Maverick wrote: are you a gold magnet or something? well done and thanks again for letting us get envious LOL!!. No it was a funny year 1984 - My girlfriend had given me the bums rush a year before and her last words were "Who would want you - youve got nothing" - All of a sudden I was into gold and in 25 days got more gold than I got wages for an entire year. It does prove though that the gold is still there and each and every one of us can get it. We fail to get gold because we persist in the same places, we dont know where or how to look. Nowdays my son uses my metal detector - he knows how to use it, he has good ears for the different tones it makes and above all he knows where to look - he goes to places he has never been to and gets good gold - you can do it as well, anyone can. So no I am not a gold magnet - I just knew where to look! Hi Lammerlaw. I`ll "Second" your last 3 passages at least, as being "TRUER" words were never spoken. Regards---Colin.
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chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:03:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		lammerlaw you say you knew were to look , should it not be you know were to look or do you not get out in the feild much these days or have you extracted all the gold from "your spots" leaving no more ledft for you to dig up. me thinks the latter going by all your pictures

criticol		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:07:28 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)		chchfossiker wrote: Lammerlaw wrote: chchfossiker wrote: so envious hopefully thatll be my finds one day. No reason it cant be - I liked the way you went to Danseys - an entire day from Christchurch deserves some reward methinks. One thing I learnt was that if I didnt get anything in one spot then to quickly pass on to the next. If you open a crevice and get nothing then dont work it all - open it up along its length in different spots to see what might turn up, go to different places - if you find a few colours somewhere then keep that place in mind but look at other places as well. Keep looking until you find somewhere which gives regular and reasonable returns - keep it quiet, share photos by all means but dont let anyone know where it came from...until its all worked out. The reason for that lies in the fact that the forums are followed by many a stalker who would capitalise on YOUR success - leak the location when you have finished then their reward is merely the curds and whey and you have the cream.[/quote very gud post .inspirational to say the least cheers carl ============================== Hi Carl. What`s with all these "Truthful" posts turning up now throughout the forums? maybe the Worlds reverting to its "HONEST" past??? Cheers---Colin.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:08:29 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)		chchfossiker wrote: lammerlaw you say you knew were to look , should it not be you know were to look or do you not get out in the feild much these days or have you extracted all the gold from "your spots" leaving no more ledft for you to dig up. me thinks the latter going by all your pictures I know where to look but the one thing that defeats us and will always defeat us...is age and health! At the end of any day time runs out...I sit here right now and think of spots throughout Central Otago where I know theres good gold BUT it is one thing to know it is another to get there to work it. If I move a few rocks I am buggered so the spirits willing but the body aint so enthusiastic! Time takes care of everything!

chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:19:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Lammerlaw wrote: chchfossiker wrote: lammerlaw you say you knew were to look , should it not be you know were to look or do you not get out in the feild much these days or have you extracted all the gold from "your spots" leaving no more ledft for you to dig up. me thinks the latter going by all your pictures I know where to look but the one thing that defeats us and will always defeat us...is age and health! At the end of any day time runs out...I sit here right now and think of spots throughout Central Otago where I know theres good gold BUT it is one thing to know it is another to get there to work it. If I move a few rocks I am buggered so the spirits willing but the body aint so enthusiastic! Time takes care of everything! well it sounds like you made a good dent while you were more able..by reading your other posts i see your son is right into digging up the yellow stuff also. this is great in any sitution in any area of life were you can pass down your knowledge to the ones you no. and in my experience great to be the one recieving that knowledge as im a young fella. the knowledge ive been handed is to do with property not the yellow stuff, but thats another story.but there is also nothing more rewarding than learning your own knowledge threw trial and error which i am slowly but surley learing. plus thee old tip from the more experienced fossickers on here go a long way

chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:22:33 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		============================== Hi Carl. What`s with all these "Truthful" posts turning up now throughout the forums? maybe the Worlds reverting to its "HONEST" past??? Cheers---Colin. i don't know but me likes.

criticol		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:41:10 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)		chchfossiker wrote: lammerlaw you say you knew were to look , should it not be you know were to look or do you not get out in the feild much these days or have you extracted all the gold from "your spots" leaving no more ledft for you to dig up. me thinks the latter going by all your pictures ============================= Hi chchfossiker. This is sort of a play on words? Good fossickers/prospectors, study to know the best likely places to look for gold, so that when they go searching, and find some, they can say, “Because I studied the terrain first, I knew where to look.” And here’s a tip: “Nobody gets all the gold from a location,” As all grounds contain a certain P.P.M (Parts per million) of extremely finely disseminated gold particles that have been thoroughly blended into all the earths of this world, Because all land was under the oceans at some point! And seawater contains approximately 6 grains of gold per square kilometer of water! Feel free to correct me, as memory is being relied upon here. Regards---Colin.
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chchfossiker		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:52:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		there is some bloody good post latlytrying to soak up as much as possible keep em coming guys haha cheers

criticol		Posted : Friday, 10 June 2011 3:54:01 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)		chchfossiker wrote: Lammerlaw wrote: chchfossiker wrote: lammerlaw you say you knew were to look , should it not be you know were to look or do you not get out in the feild much these days or have you extracted all the gold from "your spots" leaving no more ledft for you to dig up. me thinks the latter going by all your pictures I know where to look but the one thing that defeats us and will always defeat us...is age and health! At the end of any day time runs out...I sit here right now and think of spots throughout Central Otago where I know theres good gold BUT it is one thing to know it is another to get there to work it. If I move a few rocks I am buggered so the spirits willing but the body aint so enthusiastic! Time takes care of everything! well it sounds like you made a good dent while you were more able..by reading your other posts i see your son is right into digging up the yellow stuff also. this is great in any sitution in any area of life were you can pass down your knowledge to the ones you no. and in my experience great to be the one recieving that knowledge as im a young fella. the knowledge ive been handed is to do with property not the yellow stuff, but thats another story.but there is also nothing more rewarding than learning your own knowledge threw trial and error which i am slowly but surley learing. plus thee old tip from the more experienced fossickers on here go a long way See! theres some more "TRUTHFULL" words in the posts quoted!!!! Bloody amazing stuff, What? Cheers---Colin.
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