Paydirt.co.nz

New Zealand Gold Prospecting & Metal Detecting Forums Archive

 

The forum has moved to community.paydirt.co.nz, see you there!

This forum is now an archive to preserve the knowledge and finds posted here.

Broken Hill Coromandel
gohard  
Posted : Wednesday, 7 September 2011 8:18:25 PM(UTC)
gohard

Rank: Gold Dust

Groups: Registered
Joined: 7/09/2011(UTC)
Posts: 5
Man
Location: NZ Auckland

Thanks: 5 times
Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)
Hi I'm new to finding gold. I have built a sluice box and have pans and off to Broken Hill Coromandel this weekend.
Has and one checked Broken Hill?
Back to top
WWW BLOG
gjj109  
Posted : Wednesday, 7 September 2011 9:00:38 PM(UTC)
gjj109

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/03/2011(UTC)
Posts: 464
Man
Location: Thames

Thanks: 217 times
Was thanked: 194 time(s) in 115 post(s)
I've been there a few times but haven't had a good fossick there yet. There is a working mine there that you pass if you do the walk to the old battery sites.

I would be interested in hearing how you go.

Gary..
Back to top
kiwijw  
Posted : Friday, 9 September 2011 6:10:51 PM(UTC)
kiwijw

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, Here is a pic of me panning off from a sluice box run at Broken Hills. & the fine gold that I got.

UserPostedImage

So it is there.

Happy hunting

JW :)
Back to top
Goldnut  
Posted : Friday, 9 September 2011 11:24:38 PM(UTC)
Goldnut

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC)
Posts: 461
Man
Location: Auckland

Thanks: 48 times
Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)
Yes let us know how it goes... I am always in search of close by panning sites to hold me over till the big trip south!

Edited by user Saturday, 10 September 2011 8:25:43 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Fisher F2 11DD coil, Garrett Pro-Pointer ----> My Blog: http://goldnut.blogspot.co.nz
Back to top
BLOG
Rob2180  
Posted : Saturday, 10 September 2011 7:48:20 PM(UTC)
Rob2180

Rank: Gold Flake

Groups: Registered
Joined: 7/07/2011(UTC)
Posts: 16
Man
New Zealand
Location: Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay

Thanks: 23 times
Was thanked: 12 time(s) in 11 post(s)
How much quartz and gold is there to be had in some of the tunnels if you had the right equipment iv always wanted to go under ground there as there are quite a few tunnels there
Back to top
WWW
kiwijw  
Posted : Sunday, 11 September 2011 12:02:16 PM(UTC)
kiwijw

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)
Originally Posted by: Rob2180 Go to Quoted Post
How much quartz and gold is there to be had in some of the tunnels if you had the right equipment iv always wanted to go under ground there as there are quite a few tunnels there


If there was gold still in those tunnels.....do you think the old timers would have left it there?? If you had the right equipment ....do you really think you would allowed to just go in there & get it. There is a lot more to it than what you are dreaming of. Be realistic.

JW
Back to top
starflash  
Posted : Sunday, 11 September 2011 7:55:08 PM(UTC)
starflash

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 16/08/2010(UTC)
Posts: 192
Man
Location: auckland, tairua

Thanks: 18 times
Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 30 post(s)
i wondered where those photos were taken, they looked familiar, so much overburden in the river though, i will leave that to the dredge boys

good luck on the tunnel rating rob2180, they are pretty wet and dark and those cave whetas give you the shitz

i once took a photo of quartz in a tunnel on a mates camera, the photo showed the disturbed twisted face of a red haired older woman, quite disturbing, we researched the camp and the matriache (spelling) of the camp was a ginger older woman who looked very similar, freaked us all out and the looser deleated the photo.

beware what lurkes in the tunnels?????????
Back to top
mem  
Posted : Sunday, 11 September 2011 11:19:57 PM(UTC)
mem

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/10/2010(UTC)
Posts: 115
Man
Location: UK/south coast

Thanks: 25 times
Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 12 post(s)
Shut up Starflash, you are giving me the shivers sitting here in my arm chair lol. i feel like i never want to go near a tunnel lol.
Mem
Back to top