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Slab Hut Creek Gold

Chrispy		Posted : Friday, 6 November 2015 9:36:36 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Went over to Slab Hut creek late last night ready for an early start this morning. Up at sparrows fart and in the creek moving boulders to uncover some nice gravels. Ended up moving quite a few large rocks but it was well worth it. The rocks by the classifier and shovel all came out of that hole, ended up about waist deep. Ran gravels through the Bazooka for 8 hours for a nice total of 1.05 grams of beautiful shiny gold. Cracker day an heaps of fun. File Attachment(s): IMG_1171.jpg Chrispy attached the following image(s):

The Hatter		Posted : Friday, 6 November 2015 9:51:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 259 Location: Westport Thanks: 62 times Was thanked: 320 time(s) in 125 post(s)		Seems like you did a bit of hard work there Chrispy. And not an Etrac in sight. Pity the coin was a miserable threepence and not a half Crown Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

The Hatter		Posted : Friday, 6 November 2015 9:53:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 259 Location: Westport Thanks: 62 times Was thanked: 320 time(s) in 125 post(s)		30 days hard yakka and you will have an ounce lol Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

RioGold		Posted : Monday, 9 November 2015 6:08:33 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 10/12/2014(UTC) Posts: 24 Location: NELSON Thanks: 21 times Was thanked: 19 time(s) in 11 post(s)		Nice little haul :-) some good looking peaces there! Good to see some reward for hard Yakka! Thanks for the post Regards Dave

Cleggie		Posted : Monday, 9 November 2015 8:15:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 24/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 88 times Was thanked: 59 time(s) in 31 post(s)		Nice going there Chrispy, some really nice flakes. Thanks for sharing. Slab Hut is one place that I have yet to visit, looks like a good place to fossick and is on my list now.

Chrispy		Posted : Monday, 9 November 2015 8:26:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Cleggie Nice going there Chrispy, some really nice flakes. Thanks for sharing. Slab Hut is one place that I have yet to visit, looks like a good place to fossick and is on my list now. Cheers mate, yea its a nice spot but its a bit like Louis creek as in the deeper you go the bigger the gold seems to get. Biggest flake is .15g.

gavin		Posted : Tuesday, 10 November 2015 2:16:13 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Good going mate - great to see some action shots and gold posted. Just what I need to re-stoke the motivation! BTW: What do you think of the Bazooka, working well for you? Pros and cons? Edited by user Tuesday, 10 November 2015 2:17:46 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Cleggie		Posted : Tuesday, 10 November 2015 4:45:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 24/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 88 times Was thanked: 59 time(s) in 31 post(s)		Just a wee question Chrispy, what are the gravels like as in do the colors of the silt change much, are they layered, and is there a well defined bottom? I noticed some changes in the gravels at Louis Creek. The top layers are dark reddish brown and there is no gold, but as you get deeper the color of the silt changes to lighter coffee colors and this seems to be when I can see gold in the spotter mat. If the gravels are clean you are digging someone else's tailings... he, he... Yeah, I to would like to know how you rate the Bazooka. Looks like a nice compact piece of kit to carry around, and catches gold... Cheers Ken.

Chrispy		Posted : Wednesday, 11 November 2015 1:22:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Originally Posted by: gavin Good going mate - great to see some action shots and gold posted. Just what I need to re-stoke the motivation! BTW: What do you think of the Bazooka, working well for you? Pros and cons? Love the bazooka. Pros- very portable, will run in fast and slow water, only clean out at end of day as gold is trapped in box and real easy to clean out. Takes less than a minute. In faster water u can shovel straight into it and it self classifies. In slower water I classify into a bucket then dump it straight into the bazooka. Cons- it dosnt catch flour gold.

Chrispy		Posted : Wednesday, 11 November 2015 1:29:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Cleggie Just a wee question Chrispy, what are the gravels like as in do the colors of the silt change much, are they layered, and is there a well defined bottom? I noticed some changes in the gravels at Louis Creek. The top layers are dark reddish brown and there is no gold, but as you get deeper the color of the silt changes to lighter coffee colors and this seems to be when I can see gold in the spotter mat. If the gravels are clean you are digging someone else's tailings... he, he... Yeah, I to would like to know how you rate the Bazooka. Looks like a nice compact piece of kit to carry around, and catches gold... Cheers Ken. At about 1-1.2 metres deep off top gravel I hit a layer of clay that had bits of wood and debris incl old bottle glass but once through that I hit the bigger gold. That hole I dug was waist deep at the water level with about 800-900 mm of gravel above that. Lots of little flood gold in top gravels though.

The Hatter		Posted : Wednesday, 11 November 2015 2:04:33 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 259 Location: Westport Thanks: 62 times Was thanked: 320 time(s) in 125 post(s)		Frig I need new glasses Chrispy, i thought you said 12 metres. When in fact it was 1.2 metres. I thought damm that man is epic. 12 metres without air lol Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

egoli		Posted : Tuesday, 5 January 2016 3:06:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 26/08/2014(UTC) Posts: 6 Location: Christchurch Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi Chrispy I would like to know how you set up your bazooka, I have the mini and the prospector and have had serious difficulty setting them up the correct angle and waterflow, it seems like the bottom chamber pipes were not creating a fluid-bed, I love the idea but sadly have not had much luck setting them up correctly, I spend 7 hours at reefton yesterday and recovered nothing, I have better luck panning Your help, guidance & advise would be greatly appreciated Quentin

Chrispy		Posted : Thursday, 4 February 2016 11:00:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Originally Posted by: egoli Hi Chrispy I would like to know how you set up your bazooka, I have the mini and the prospector and have had serious difficulty setting them up the correct angle and waterflow, it seems like the bottom chamber pipes were not creating a fluid-bed, I love the idea but sadly have not had much luck setting them up correctly, I spend 7 hours at reefton yesterday and recovered nothing, I have better luck panning Your help, guidance & advise would be greatly appreciated Quentin Hey buddy I set up my bazooka pretty much the same as a standard sluice. You still need a reasonable flow. As you can see in the photos I always build a bit of a dam to increase flow. The biggest thing to remember is that you need the water to be flowing over and out of the fluid bed so you need to be set up with a bit of a drop off just like a normal sluice. With a slow river flow ill classify the gravels down to 10mm but will just slowly tip the bucket into the bazooka rather than just scooping it thus speeding up the process a little. In stronger flow I just shovel gravels straight onto the bazooka and it classifies itself. Good luck.