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Working Under The Radar Tapu Creek Thames Labourweekend

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Tuesday, 27 September 2011 8:39:32 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)		Camping at the Tapu creek Camping ground (north of Thames ) this Labour weekend. Fossicking around the creeks around this area in my dark blue oldish stationwagon.
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Goldnut		Posted : Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:14:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		sounds like fun!
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gohard		Posted : Sunday, 2 October 2011 5:47:10 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)		under the radar it on the internet now lol....might see you there on sunday...have you been there before?
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kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 24 October 2011 12:53:52 AM(UTC)
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: East-Auck-Fossicker Camping at the Tapu creek Camping ground (north of Thames ) this Labour weekend. Fossicking around the creeks around this area in my dark blue oldish stationwagon. What happened to you going up the Tapu? I didnt see a blue station wagon. JW :)

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Thursday, 3 November 2011 6:23:43 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)		Well I was there. Seaward end of creek . Just below old stamp and battery site. Meet the local farmers who are very anti-minning and they said they don't mind panning .
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gjj109		Posted : Thursday, 3 November 2011 8:37:19 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)		So how successful was the visit?

kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 7 November 2011 11:29:40 PM(UTC)
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: gjj109 So how successful was the visit? MMMmmm, yes I to wonder to how he did. Maybe it wasnt very good as he has made no mention of it at all except that he was there. Or did he?? Maybe he is keeping it to himslef, hence the very low profile. I got a little colour but nothing to really bragg about. But the south island....now thats a different story. :) JW

gjj109		Posted : Tuesday, 8 November 2011 1:15:17 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)		Heading down South on Sunday for a month before Christmas. Not looking forward to the sandflies but I expect the rewards to be more easily obtained than up here.

kiwijw		Posted : Tuesday, 8 November 2011 5:56:43 PM(UTC)
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: gjj109 Heading down South on Sunday for a month before Christmas. Not looking forward to the sandflies but I expect the rewards to be more easily obtained than up here. Hi Gary, Good luck down south. I am back down for all of january. Happy hunting JW :)

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Tuesday, 8 November 2011 6:19:38 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)		O.K. I 'am here , as they say on the "Gold Fever" program on the out door chanel in America . I'am working on a real gold getting machine , which is half made and will be ready for Christmas. Now how did we get on ? Well as they say in USA . We didn't get enough to buy a can of beans ! As the famous Charles Garrett says ,Do your research , learn how to use your gear and be persistent.
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gjj109		Posted : Tuesday, 8 November 2011 8:42:45 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)		Gidday EAF, Nice to see you again. Are you working on a camouflaged excavator and trommel, or something a little smaller. As you are aware, panners are tolerated, anything more mechanised is likely to be frowned upon, if it is located. Did you get that motor you were after?. Have you considered adapting a blower/vac? Good luck with whatever you embark upon. A lot of the reward in this game is making something and then seeing if it will work.

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Wednesday, 9 November 2011 8:39:56 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 got a Strongman 1 inch water pump , cost $350 , ( www.premiumpower.co.nz ) It's really quiate for a 2 stroke . Just finished making a cone shaped muffler , which makes it even quiater. All I'am doing is hoovering the cracks in the bed rock , not moving large beds. No one will know where I've been .
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kiwijw		Posted : Thursday, 10 November 2011 7:17:10 PM(UTC)
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 there EAF, Good luck but be VERY careful when using a motor/pump in the Coromandel. It really doesnt pay to say that kind of thing on this site. Enviroment Waikato do graze this site. Hence my silence lately. No matter how stealth you think you are being on the Coromandel.....someone will know you are there & what you are doing. Most couldnt care but it only takes ONE arsehole. Happy hunting. JW :)

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Friday, 11 November 2011 8:09:33 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)		Thanks for that . I'll have to go somewhere else now
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kiwijw		Posted : Friday, 11 November 2011 10:09:33 PM(UTC)
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 there EAF, You dont really have much choice when you live in Auckland but to go to the Coromandel to try your luck at finding some gold. I am not trying to put you or anybody else off but you just have to be very careful what you are actualy doing, where you are doing it & what gear you are using. I know what has happened to me & a few others. Locals always know a strange (non local) vehicle when it is parked up some where & they take note. How did you do at the Tapu & what sort of gear have you made up? Good luck & happy hunting JW :).

East-Auck-Fossicker		Posted : Sunday, 13 November 2011 8:45:01 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)		Hi. Well as you all know, the gold in this area is very fine and not a lot of it . So I was using 8 seives that stack on top of each other which I got from USA through the Gold Prospecting Assciation of America which I'am a member . This saves so much work and panning . Even seiving gravel down to the same size makes panning ten times faster. I also was hand sucking the cracks with a pump. I've got free DVDs on this and other stuff , but no ones interested in that , to bad. These people from Waikato Envoriment ? What do their cars look like ? Do they have Waikato Envoriment Dept on them ? Has anyone from this forum spied on them ? After all they are supposed to be spying on us ! What would happen if someone put a picture on the forum of their company car with this is the person who is spying on you ! Or print where they live. This would really freck them out. In East Auckland we had a problem with parking wardens around the boat ramps. Most people with a boat have a board with the trailer lights ,rego and warrent and when you throw your boat in the water , you put the board in the back of the car. Now while the car is parked , the parking (wankers ) wardens would write you a ticket for no rego ect. It's called work creation. There was a write up in the logal rag. It carraied on. Then for some reason and no one knows why , it stopped.
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mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Monday, 14 November 2011 1:20:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		Originally Posted by: East-Auck-Fossicker In East Auckland we had a problem with parking wardens around the boat ramps. Most people with a boat have a board with the trailer lights ,rego and warrent and when you throw your boat in the water , you put the board in the back of the car. Now while the car is parked , the parking (wankers ) wardens would write you a ticket for no rego ect. It's called work creation. There was a write up in the logal rag. It carraied on. Then for some reason and no one knows why , it stopped. That is crazy! I hope they don't start that in Nelson - I would be in that category.
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