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First day out for summer

Southridge		Posted : Monday, 28 December 2015 6:23:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 23 Was thanked: 18 time(s) in 7 post(s)		Well finally got out for the first time this summer and what a great day for it apart from the small hole in the back of wet suit witch has left me with a very sun burnt wet suit hole sized mark on my back lol but a few beers later can't feel a thing Not quite Abel to give up my day job but quite happy with our efforts only have a small 2inch dredge but only doing it for fun so not about what we find but the bull&$$@ talked with good mates and fun had File Attachment(s): image.jpg

The Hatter		Posted : Tuesday, 29 December 2015 6:52:23 AM(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)		Pretty good result for a two inch. At one stage I had a five inch Keene Triple, a couple of six inch underwater jobs, and a four inch Surface. Got a brand new Keene 3 inch sitting out in the garage, but yet to be used. Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

Southridge		Posted : Tuesday, 29 December 2015 6:45:53 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 19/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 23 Was thanked: 18 time(s) in 7 post(s)		Hey hatter thanks yeah it's only small dredge but runs like a dream only had two plug ups for the day and I get two hours to a tank of gas so cheap as to run lol we are also building a 6 at the moment but dunno if we will see it run this summer I do have a few questions for u hatter if you don't mind ? how did your under water set up go for finer gold recovery only haveing the two inch is fine for most of where I go as it's pretty much already on bed rock but there is a few areas that it would be good to be able to run something over the top to clear a bit of stuff out the way then finish the clean up with the two inch if u know what I mean.

The Hatter		Posted : Wednesday, 30 December 2015 7:24:03 AM(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)		The underwater dredges are pretty well useless on fine gold sadly. In your case, they would only be of any use an as an overburden shifter Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"