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Hokitika Gold
lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Thursday, 26 December 2013 10:01:08 PM(UTC)
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I'm heading to Hokitika for a weekend soon and I am wondering where the best areas are for prospecting, I will be using my sluice and gold bug, any help would be greatly appreciated :) thanks
if pulltabs were gold rings, id be a "trillionaire"
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Oliver123  
Posted : Thursday, 26 December 2013 10:29:59 PM(UTC)
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Hi
Ive been to Shamrock creek near hokitika and got some pretty good colour.
Hope this helps
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nafcd  
Posted : Saturday, 18 January 2014 8:42:07 PM(UTC)
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anyone do the shamrock recently and how were the results
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greyhound12  
Posted : Sunday, 19 January 2014 8:07:46 PM(UTC)
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might head over there this weekend will let you know
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Flintlock  
Posted : Monday, 20 January 2014 10:37:01 AM(UTC)
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Was there over Xmas. No one was getting huge amounts. 1/2 gram a day if you worked at it.
A couple of days I might have got 1 gram/day. but wasn't weighing it each day.
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nafcd  
Posted : Monday, 20 January 2014 8:46:50 PM(UTC)
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thanks greyhound and that's not bad for the shamrock flintlock. was the camp full
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Flintlock  
Posted : Monday, 20 January 2014 9:17:08 PM(UTC)
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Not too full. Mind you, the weather was not that great. Lots of overnighters.
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nafcd  
Posted : Monday, 20 January 2014 9:47:24 PM(UTC)
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how long have you been fossicking there. you a newbie or an old hand. newbie here.
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Flintlock  
Posted : Wednesday, 29 January 2014 12:01:41 AM(UTC)
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Only been going there for 30 years!
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nafcd  
Posted : Wednesday, 29 January 2014 10:22:50 PM(UTC)
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not really a newbie then. lol
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