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jimmy bedrock		Posted : Monday, 20 January 2014 5:48:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 339 Thanks: 242 times Was thanked: 179 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Hi all ive just got back from my latest trip. I had 2 good weeks down south detecting, sniping and sluicing .I didn't get any thing with my Whites GMT got showed up by the gold bug pro.Anyway I had about 4 days left still digging a hole slaving away classifying a bucket threw my tailings out on to my pile and I cant believe I sore it..13g specimen looking back at me wow it was epic my biggest peace of gold ever. I went down the next morning with my GMT found a few hot rocks then got a good signal in my tailing pile, my heart started racing as I found the target...opened my hand and a lead head nail lol Nothing else but ended up with 8.5g of gold and a sweet 13g specimen that feels pretty heavy(a rock the same size weighs 3g). On my last 3 trips I only got 8g all up so pretty happy with the trip. jimmy bedrock attached the following image(s):

gavin		Posted : Thursday, 6 February 2014 8:48:55 AM(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)		Thanks for sharing mate, great to see what you found. Nice wee specie too! :)
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1864hatter		Posted : Monday, 10 February 2014 7:05:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Nice one mate, I'd love to find a decent specimen!
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

1864hatter		Posted : Monday, 10 February 2014 7:05:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Nice one mate, I'd love to find a decent specimen!
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

jimmy bedrock		Posted : Monday, 10 February 2014 1:58:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 339 Thanks: 242 times Was thanked: 179 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Thanks man.it was so lucky that I sore it. I like watching your videos epic. I would love to find any of the nuggets that you have found. I found 0 with my GMT after about 100hours in the gold fields in 4 trips. maybe next trip.