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Posted : Monday, 20 June 2011 12:52:45 PM(UTC)
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hi newbie love to find any interesting stories about this area,
goin there soon to check out.
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Posted : Tuesday, 21 June 2011 3:13:37 PM(UTC)
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Thames. Awesome place to go and see. We went to The Outdoor Store in the middle of town and the guy there was very helpful. The view from up on the monument is cool. Heaps of food places around. Choice.

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Posted : Tuesday, 21 June 2011 4:11:47 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Tuesday, 12 July 2011 5:55:44 PM(UTC)
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Thames Gold Mining History.
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Posted : Tuesday, 12 July 2011 7:10:50 PM(UTC)
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Pleased to see you enjoyed your stay in this little piece of paradise. Bit of a shame it hasn't got a tad more alluvial gold, but there are a few specks in most streams if you look hard. Guess it just makes the finding of it more rewarding.
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Posted : Thursday, 14 July 2011 12:13:12 AM(UTC)
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Bit of a shame it hasn't got a tad more alluvial gold, but there are a few specks in most streams if you look hard. Guess it just makes the finding of it more rewarding.


Aint that the truth!! But it is there if you are willing to REALLY look.

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Even bigger pieces

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Happy hunting

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Posted : Thursday, 14 July 2011 12:36:16 PM(UTC)
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thanks creamer i had the most excellent time,now i really got the bug.
very interesting place thames with great people,the DOC where brilliant
and most helpful,again thanks bro, (aka) SCREAMER.
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Posted : Thursday, 14 July 2011 12:38:31 PM(UTC)
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thanks kiwijw, excellent photos gold still looks good
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Posted : Thursday, 14 July 2011 7:16:34 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: gjj109 Go to Quoted Post
Pleased to see you enjoyed your stay in this little piece of paradise. Bit of a shame it hasn't got a tad more alluvial gold, but there are a few specks in most streams if you look hard. Guess it just makes the finding of it more rewarding.


the old timers didn't get it all that's for shore i spent a day panning in thames and a day up in coro over easter managed to get 1/2 gram, a good book to read about locations is historic gold trails of the coromandel by tony nolan
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Posted : Thursday, 14 July 2011 7:32:53 PM(UTC)
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hi newbie love to find any interesting stories about this area,
goin there soon to check out.

a bit off topic : puhipuhi near hikurangi had reports of gold been found near the old silver working, i believe the whangarei library has a lot of info on the area, thats if you want some where to go fossicking near whangarei
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Posted : Sunday, 24 July 2011 8:21:46 PM(UTC)
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hi newbie love to find any interesting stories about this area,
goin there soon to check out.

a bit off topic : puhipuhi near hikurangi had reports of gold been found near the old silver working, i believe the whangarei library has a lot of info on the area, thats if you want some where to go fossicking near whangarei

An abandened quarry and processing plant in the Puhipuhi area.

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Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2011 6:33:23 PM(UTC)
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Went to Parahaki which is in Whangerai and walked this short track (about 1 minute on the right) to wot appears to be a test mine. It was really cool. We found a pink bucket in there collecting wot seemed to be water. A fairly biggish creek ran down past it.. We dug a sample bucket and took it home. There are quite a few of these so called test mines around the whangerai district.

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Posted : Monday, 15 August 2011 10:35:29 PM(UTC)
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wow this gold hunting is hard on the brain me and creamer have tried,
cried got very drunk driven hundres of kms the only gold we got is all the
valuable imformation that everyone we meet and or communicate with
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Posted : Tuesday, 16 August 2011 8:48:31 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: crisyboy Go to Quoted Post
wow this gold hunting is hard on the brain me and creamer have tried,
cried got very drunk driven hundres of kms the only gold we got is all the
valuable imformation that everyone we meet and or communicate with
have shared.no guts no glory!

Oh yes. There will be glory. Just a matter of time . Will be all the more sweeter when it happens.

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