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Deep creek dredger - Warning!

gavzilla		Posted : Sunday, 15 February 2015 4:23:45 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)		Maybe someone on here knows who's dredge is up deep creek, I was up there sniping today and there was a couple of lads up the creek who didn't look like the usual fossicking type ( they had no gear) walked passed me without saying a word, but I was facedown in the creek. Just a warning as a few dredges have gone missing over the years. It could be innocent enough but like I said the guys looked out of place. I didn't take note of truck rego at the bottom as it didn't cross my mind but there was a white hilux at the bottom when I turned up. Anyways ...

kiwijw		Posted : Sunday, 15 February 2015 6:00:36 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 Gav, So how did you do with your sniping. Photo's please :) Was the white Hilux a flat deck with a tool box up behind the cab? Might have been the dredge owners. Here is my last friday/saturday gold finds Fridays Saturdays Good luck out there JW :)

gavzilla		Posted : Sunday, 15 February 2015 6:39:36 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)		Hi john, it was a hard canopy type ute. Could of been the owners acting rather shy about being caught up there I suppose! Looks like you had a good weekend detecting, the stuff I found is hardly worth showing about 3grm in around 40 pieces. Spent most of the day trying to move boulders which in turn clouded the water up making searching very hard. At least the waters warm though.

kiwikeith		Posted : Sunday, 15 February 2015 7:37:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 28/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 648 Location: hector Thanks: 359 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 154 post(s)		perhaps it might have been green gold not yellow they were looking for

waka		Posted : Monday, 16 February 2015 7:22:41 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 16/04/2013(UTC) Posts: 22 Location: south island Thanks: 14 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 6 post(s)		Nice work guys.Well 1 more week the house should have its new paint top to bottom.then the MarchHare,ear operation,daughters wedding at home.Then hope to do about 2weeks of roaming around.Then in April a hip revision op no4.lol.So not much on .All I know is there has been some great pics and good looking gold.Hope to have some of my own soon.Well done Gav and JW.
		WWW

Golddigger7		Posted : Monday, 16 February 2015 8:53:08 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 6/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 252 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 35 post(s)		Probably Gold poachers, not that there's many on this forum....cough ....cough. Thanks for the heads up, will keep an eye out for them if they come on over to the Arrow, had to have a talk with some peeps over the weekend, must have seen your vid gav, and thought that sniping for gold was easy work.

gavzilla		Posted : Monday, 16 February 2015 5:33:50 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)		G'day golddigger, were the guys you caught locals? I wish sniping was easy work :) but then every bugger would be out there doing it. Do you get much out the arrow this weekend mate?

Golddigger7		Posted : Monday, 16 February 2015 5:56:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 6/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 252 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 35 post(s)		wish goldmining was easy work, 10.5 grams for 3.5hrs, moving big mother f@#$% rocks as well. The peeps were from Te Anau, thought that a family holiday sniping on someones claim was a good idea. Just as well they didnt know what they were doing, or my attitude would have been a little less accommodating.

kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 16 February 2015 7:54:22 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)		G'day Dave, Thats a good return for 3.5 hours of rock wrestling. Would have been nice in the water this past weekend. The BIG mother F#%@er rocks is where the gold is likely to be because no one would have moved those for a LOOOONNNNGGGG time. Effort & reward. Good on you mate, you earned it :) JW :)