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More Queenstown Gold

kiwijw		Posted : Sunday, 28 December 2014 11:40:56 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Hi guys, After seeing Gavzilla's finds from Xmas day it inspired me to stick local & go up in the hills for a look around. Detecting of course. Was a bit of a mission to say the least.....but I guess it sort of paid off. Here are just a few pics to give you an idea of the gold always sitting in the schist bed rock once I have got the signal & got through the over burden. A nice sassy bit of gold down in a schist crevice Down through the over burden & on to the schist bed rock Ended up with three little pieces out of this schist bed rock once I smashed in to it. To cut a long story short ended up with 33 pieces for just over 8 grams. Biggest just over .8 of a gram & smallest, two at just .06 of a gram. So it is out there. :) Cheers guys. Good luck out there JW :)

gavzilla		Posted : Monday, 29 December 2014 8:32:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 24/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 60 Location: queenstown Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 34 time(s) in 18 post(s)		8 grams is a bloody good day out. Can't wIt to get anew detector and get back into it.

kiwijw		Posted : Wednesday, 31 December 2014 10:35:20 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Hi there Gav, What detector are you looking at getting? Happy New Year JW :)

NUGGY		Posted : Thursday, 1 January 2015 12:55:29 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Nice result JW, couple of chunky looking bits in there too. Happy New Year buddy - hope you have a great and golden 2015. NUGGY

kiwijw		Posted : Thursday, 1 January 2015 11:56:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Thanks Nuggy. Happy New Year to you too mate & all the best for 2015. I went for a look up around Campbell Creek & Potters No 2 up on the Old Man Range today. Had a dusting of snow over night but today was clear skies & sunshine. Most of the snow was gone by mid afternoon. Found 2 small bits of gold detecting. Yesterday I went for a sluice box up the Arrow & got a bit of colour. Then went for a detect & bugger me got 2 bits for just over 1 gram.....I couldnt believe where I found them. I dropped in on Lanny's post to say hi & catch up with what they have been up to. Hadnt been on there for a while. Take care, Regards John :)

gavin		Posted : Friday, 2 January 2015 3:31:31 PM(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)		Always good to see your gold - keeping me inspired! Looks like I'll be down there next week on a dredging mission, will see if you're around when I get back out from the bush ;)
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