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aurum_79		Posted : Thursday, 11 August 2011 12:08:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 11/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 3 Location: NEW ZEALAND Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Came across this Forum through a Google search for Trommel's & diggers in the South Island. Great to see a local forum, and glad to be part of it. My background is purely amatuer, but know of some good spots in the upper South Island and Coromandel areas. Can't divulge these of course, you understand, need to know basis, and you fellow prospectors don't need to know! Claim jumpers, BEWARE! My shotgun is ALWAYS LOADED! :-)

kiwikeith		Posted : Thursday, 11 August 2011 7:09:09 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)		hi welcome to the mad house reading your comment re claim jumpers i take it you have a claim where do i not go

gjj109		Posted : Thursday, 11 August 2011 7:45:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 464 Location: Thames Thanks: 217 times Was thanked: 194 time(s) in 115 post(s)		Gidday Aurum. Let us know when you get those diggers and trommels. Always looking for easier ways to shift a bit of dirt on the Coromandel. Don't believe everything you read in the papers, I'm sure most people wouldn't mind you digging a small hole with them, up here.

overdog		Posted : Thursday, 11 August 2011 11:44:14 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)		Howzit Aurum. Always loaded huh? Youre not related to Lammerlaw are you? (",)

mem		Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 5:32:37 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/10/2010(UTC) Posts: 115 Location: UK/south coast Thanks: 25 times Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Thats funny could be a cousin lol. Mem

aurum_79		Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 11:26:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 11/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 3 Location: NEW ZEALAND Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Originally Posted by: kiwikeith reading your comment re claim jumpers i take it you have a claim where do i not go LOL! Very clever, well, it's somewhere between 41oSouth and 174oEast! Thanks to all who have welcomed me to this forum, definitely think this will be the place to go for intel on prospecting around NZ. gjj109 - I hear ya about the Coro sites. Kennedy Bay would be a good start for the digger & trommel! :-)