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Working Battery at Thames (video)

gohard		Posted : Monday, 12 September 2011 3:32:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 7/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 5 Location: NZ Auckland Thanks: 5 times Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)		http://youtu.be/FgCfmWkDzkc
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 12 September 2011 3:43:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		I love it - I want it! Theres an old stamper battery across the fence from my place but the Department of Constipation wont let me have it! - This has made me remember that there is a video on you tube of the Golden Point battery and its a cracker...I could live in its shed! Edited by user Monday, 12 September 2011 6:52:38 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

madsonicboating		Posted : Monday, 12 September 2011 4:26:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 674 Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 157 time(s) in 127 post(s)		Yes thats very cool indeed!
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gjj109		Posted : Monday, 12 September 2011 5:07:14 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)		They're a really neat piece of machinery, especially when you can get them to make the right noise. Lammerlaw, why don't you move your fence!!!

Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 12 September 2011 5:59:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: gjj109 They're a really neat piece of machinery, especially when you can get them to make the right noise. Lammerlaw, why don't you move your fence!!! I like that idea excepting that if I did so I would inherit about two hundred acres of Her Majesty the Queens gorse and broom which I am sure she is totally unaware of and I have enough of my own - the stamper in question is actually a beauty but lost in an ocean of noxious weeds, the only advantage being that it is a great hiding place for Pigs, Deer, Opossums, couples doing nefarious things and gold miners. I do agree with the comment about a really neat piece of machinery - I always wanted one - havent given up yet - I also wanted a steam tug (nothing to do with sex), a traction engine, a steam train, a tank and a sluicing gun to alter the profile of the countryside...which I actually have got. Edited by user Monday, 12 September 2011 6:04:33 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

cavey		Posted : Monday, 12 September 2011 8:53:33 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 145 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		Thanks for the great video i have seen this stamper working my self and have seen a couple more one in coromandel township and one at the historic musem in tauranga be fore they got rid of it . great things they are i built a simple one when i was a kid and got some stone from one of the waihi mine open days then spent hours on the back lawn smashing it up and panning it off drove mum and dad mental haha.

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Wednesday, 5 October 2011 5:36:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 12/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: Auckland Thanks: 10 times Was thanked: 21 time(s) in 11 post(s)		I've visited this museum and the whole museum is really well done . I'll let you into a little secret ( on the net ) . If you ask the guys in there really nicely for a little bit of sludge off the vibrating table to play with your new gold pan . They just might give you a ice cream container of it to play with ,which if you really lucky you'll get a very small amount of very fine you know what ! Acturally all the museums in Thames and Coromandle are maned by very enthusiastic staff.
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