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A trip up to the Baton goldfields (1889)
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Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 6:34:17 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 6:57:32 PM(UTC)
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Now that is a bit of a gold nugget in literature form, especially for those of us who live in nelson etc. Thanks oroplata
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 6:57:56 PM(UTC)
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Good read oroplata,
do you know the area?
spent a few nights up there about seven years ago,found some nice flakes at the start of the Alice.
First trip up there seen quite a few red deer, went back several times with me .308 but no sign of the buggers!!
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Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 10:18:48 PM(UTC)
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I SPEND LOTS OF MY WEEKENDS UP THE BATON MOST OF THE TIME IM YOU CAN FIND ME ABOUT 6 TO 10 FEET UNDER THE WATER.GREAT POST MATE.
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Posted : Friday, 12 August 2011 11:34:03 PM(UTC)
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Nice to see all that colour on the rubber - some nice chunky pieces you're getting there!
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Posted : Saturday, 13 August 2011 12:52:24 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: GPX@DREDGE Go to Quoted Post
I SPEND LOTS OF MY WEEKENDS UP THE BATON MOST OF THE TIME IM YOU CAN FIND ME ABOUT 6 TO 10 FEET UNDER THE WATER.GREAT POST MATE.


you,v got some nice looking gold there....looks like plenty of iron stone in there to....thats a sign i always look for when there,s plenty of that around the gold is usually with it....is that you,r claim on the baton...?

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Posted : Sunday, 14 August 2011 1:17:14 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: x-terra steve Go to Quoted Post
Good read oroplata,
do you know the area?


No, but I'd like to.

My ancestors were on the first boats to arrive in Nelson - they had to stopover in Wellington first because when they left England, the exact location of Nelson had yet to be decided. They went on to begin the settlements of Riwaka and Karamea.
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Posted : Wednesday, 1 April 2015 11:10:04 PM(UTC)
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Spent a couple of hours about 1 km above the ford with a pan, just above a lot of old workings. Only got a few specks in the pan and some silver colored flakes, may have been gold with mercury on board. While there the claim holder, Darren, from just above where we were panning arrived to set up camp for easter and mentioned he did all right up there. Just great being there. Next time I think I will try amoungst the old worked area. Managed to gather a nice feed of mushrooms.
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