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1864hatter		Posted : Monday, 5 May 2014 7:59:22 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)		Hey folks, went for an outing this weekend with a mate. After our 30 min walk/climb into our spot we set up the sluice in a good looking spot and started running dirt. Things started well with me spotting a small bit of gold sitting on bedrock before we even did any work. By about 1pm we had a couple of quite small nuggets (about 0.2g) and bugger all else. My mate decided he wanted a break from digging so went off with his gold bug two. I had left my detector at home as I was keen to do some digging on this day. While he was away detecting I got stuck in with my two ton winch and crow bar and eventually cleared a bit of bedrock. Completely knackered I sat down and had a coffee while I awaited my mates return in order to detect the freshly exposed bedrock. When he returned it took just a couple of seconds waving the detector to get a signal. Initially it wasn't that loud a signal but got louder as I dug into a small crevice. Finally a nugget showed itself and it was a nice 1.5g piece. I was a bit disappointed with this as the signal had sounded much louder than I would have expected (but it was my first time using a gold bug two so was not at all sure how they respond to things), quick wave over the crevice and it was just as loud as before the 1.5 g nugget came out. With just a little bit of further digging a nice flat 9.6g nugget was revealed! What a beauty! That was all from that crevice and despite frantic digging to uncover more bedrock over the next couple of hours all we got was two more tiny bits. What a good day all round! Edited by user Monday, 5 May 2014 8:02:01 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified 1864hatter attached the following image(s):
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

gavin		Posted : Monday, 5 May 2014 10:03:07 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)		Ok, I'm inspired - I'm hitting the coast next weekend! :P
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Sluicebox		Posted : Monday, 5 May 2014 5:55:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 3/09/2013(UTC) Posts: 14 Location: Auckland Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Wow, thats an amazing find, must have been such a buzz. Well done

overdog		Posted : Monday, 5 May 2014 7:20:08 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Bloody hell Mat-you must have legs like tree trunks carrying all that gold out... well done man!

1864hatter		Posted : Monday, 5 May 2014 7:49:55 PM(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)		Haha yeah that's why, nothing to do with the running around in the hills etc.!
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

1864hatter		Posted : Monday, 5 May 2014 7:50:05 PM(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)		Haha yeah that's why, nothing to do with the running around in the hills etc.!
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

nzpoohbear40		Posted : Tuesday, 6 May 2014 8:39:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		wow thats a nice lot of gold matt...well done
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