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Hey guys a mate and I teamed up with Lammerlaw (thanks again for the privilege) and son for the weekend an had a bit of a gold hunt. My mate and I worked together to get the 9 grams in the picture ive attached. We spent about 10 hours looking including 3 hours of walking so not too bad a result, although it seems one is never quite satisfied no matter the quantity (gold feaver!).
Happy hunting

It has been said that when theres a will theres a way - save up hard and come a calling. You would be most welcome Mem - its pretty rough country when the weathers inclement though so winter woollies should be taken even in high summer...Someone also said that 'Where theres a will theres a relative'

I took a bloke from Belgium out last Christmas - he didnt get much but the weather was bad - cant say I like Belgium beer - 8 to 11% incahol depending on what brand. He told me he fossicks for gold in Italy - I thought the Romans got it all but apparently not and the photos he showed me of what his Italian friend has found was truly an eye opener...I wonder if theres any Italian Gold mining forums...just a thought. He posted all his gear out - filled a station wagon! I kid you not...been detecting in Alaska - dug a 100 holes before he found one bit of gold and then it weighed 28grammes! Found at 95cms using a Minelab 4500.

He had all the gear and had got a lot of different ideas from around the world - he had two tools he had made which sort of impressed me, a large and a small crevice scoop but the scoops were attached to sewn linen bags so you could scoop and fill the bag underwater or where ever without having to empty the scoop every time you scooped it - I had never seen one like it and I was impressed. His pan was a design I had never seen either. He even posted what you guys call classifiers - the basic body of it was the size of a large apples crate! Apparently when he went home he posted it all back home and the Belgium customs would not release it all for weeks...probably thought it was all the componentry for a P lab!

Edited by user Thursday, 22 September 2011 12:58:05 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

That's a good result for the team for the day.

See you don't need a Minelab after all.

Good to see you posting a gold story. We expect to see a few more now that the snow has melted.

Nice one Hatter,,fine looking gold there,
cant wait to get back down south to get back into it,
Steve

It has been said that when theres a will theres a way - save up hard and come a calling. You would be most welcome Mem - its pretty rough country when the weathers inclement though so winter woollies should be taken even in high summer...Someone also said that 'Where theres a will theres a relative'



Thanks again Graeme,its not so much the money, i will be away over 6 weeks this trip,i am told we gotto get back to feed the blasted cat lol.
Next trip definately she has always wanted to get me down south but i always said its tooo cold down there.
Mem.

now that motivates me, what a good day out.( to get gold not cats)

Edited by user Thursday, 22 September 2011 7:37:18 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi Mem - There are several funny things about the PC brigade other than the fact that their idea of humour is to laugh at something inane when the prompt tells them to and then go home trying to work out why they laughed or what they were laughing at - in 99% of cases they caste aspersions at others and scream PC in order to disguise or hide their own foibles, weaknesses and behaviour - if they say anything about what I said about cats then invariably they will be closet cat killers themselves...but then again everything I said above is true, the English chap I know does look and sound like General Montgomery and he used to hunt cats and skin them. Actually I always wanted a Davy Crocket hat made out of catskin - the closest you can get I assume in this country to a racoon - I had forgotten that in this day and age you arent allowed to tell the truth if others consider that it is not PC and also if you tell the truth you will put the politicians to shame!

Edited by user Friday, 23 September 2011 12:36:02 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Our GOLDEN boy (Jake) says hello (meow). Hes very PC..

I am not so sure about your words - 'ginger pussy it was so soft' - I am not sure if you are talking about a cat or my wife! Ginger pussys should be worth more for the skins as they tend to have thicker hair...depending on which we are talking about here!

Back to cats - I dont give one continental stuff what the PC brigade think - I shoot each and every cat I see in the wild as I just happen to be best friend and protector of all native birds...love them heaps. I am often followed by a native Falcon on my place as they nest there - I suppose that the native Falcon is my favourite as they are hunters, sleek and fast and another favourite is the Kea - cheeky little bastards! I think one of my most memorable moments is when I was planting trees with the old NZFS at Bealey near Parthurs Arse in 1969 and on top of the hills behind what is now Bealey Lodge there were big snowflakes falling and Keas cavorted around us.

To protect our native birds all stoats and Ferrets, cats and Opossums are on Death row as far as I am concerned...still havent got a Davy Crockett hat though!

Did you say Gin traps - Someone once told me that they are illegal - Its a good thing I dont know what they are as I use the good old fashioned Rabbit traps - do I detect a snigger! Still using all sorts of brands so actually have a collection of them.

Edited by user Friday, 23 September 2011 9:50:39 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

great read lammerlaw..makes me more confident i will find gold with my gold bug one day..lol...and yes robert is a pleasure to deal with..and to detect with as well.