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winter dredging

gingerbreadman		Posted : Friday, 8 August 2014 9:39:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		Went out for a dredge today...i was feeling pretty cool when i got out :) gingerbreadman attached the following image(s):

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Friday, 8 August 2014 10:03:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Man your keen or gold feaver, brr . good on ya hope you got some gold for your trouble

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Friday, 8 August 2014 10:06:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Ha gingerbreadman you might have to changer your name to frozenman

gingerbreadman		Posted : Friday, 8 August 2014 11:33:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		Going by the pic Iv defiantly lost my nice brown complection don't like my chances of getting it back when the sun comes out Eather !! .I didn't actually go dredging the kids made a frozen gold dredger man . I was hoping to get in in September but its going to have to stop raining pretty quickly for the rivers to drop.

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Friday, 10 October 2014 7:57:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi gingerbreadman or whitebreadman how's your colour going, are you slowing getting it back, have you hit the water yet. I'm popping down to claim on labour week end. hope the sun will be out, it's slowly warm up. how's the weather down at you end, looking forward to have a play. Cheers the mad picker

gingerbreadman		Posted : Friday, 10 October 2014 9:51:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		Hi madpicker It's been pretty wet here rivers been more up than down I did manage a couple of days last week had everything all set then it pissed down put a fear bit of snow on the hills to ...gutted ! Now I just watch the graph slowly drop ...how about you you been out at all ?

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Friday, 10 October 2014 10:45:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi No not down to the claim, but me & a mate been over to the west coast for a hunt with the metal detectors & pan... found same steel, plaster knife no gold. found same small gold, panning, but still a good trip to the coast. I have a new toy ATX Garrett detector, so I will have a play with it down on the claim Cheers the picker

LBD		Posted : Monday, 24 November 2014 1:28:40 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 101 Location: PhuBia...for a change Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 43 time(s) in 33 post(s)		So... you didn't find any tiny peckers in the cold water...... opps in meant pickers...

Moonlight Picker		Posted : Monday, 24 November 2014 12:16:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 30/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 48 Location: ashburton Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi LBD ...... No not mush luck but good fun, bleed work get in the way, so I'm going to get out a bit more & find at picker!