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1864hatter  
Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:00:13 AM(UTC)
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Hey guys dont want to steal any of gavins thunder but i got back myself yesterday from 6 days of gold hunting. The photos show 34.5 grams of gold that i found, also the guy i went with got somewhere around 20 grams which isn't shown. The big piece is 4.7 grams the next smaller one is 2 grams the rest is below 1 gram. third photo shows some of our accomodation

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And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:39:24 AM(UTC)
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That's a goodly lot of yellow stuff.
Just wondering how you recovered it
eg: detecting, just panning, crevice etc. or is
that a sensitive question.

BTW excellent accommodation with a view :-)
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:46:56 AM(UTC)
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Really nice GOLD find there Hatter. Dig that occomodation.

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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:49:04 AM(UTC)
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Nice going!!! Beats my recent haul but a long shot!

So did you find this close to water or was it more up on the banks, perhaps old water route?

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1864hatter  
Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 12:14:04 PM(UTC)
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hey guys all the gold came from a currently flowing stream or river and was detected. Oh and gavin u guys still got the bigger nugget!
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 12:29:37 PM(UTC)
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]Well done. Puts my little collection froma 3 hours in Murchison to shame

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1864hatter  
Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 12:31:33 PM(UTC)
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It wasnt easy work kiwisouth, I'll be up in blenheim soon if you wanted to catch up for a scratch around somewhere.
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 12:53:09 PM(UTC)
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hatter, you must be pretty confident to camp under that rock.

i know they say it's probably been like that for eons...

i've seen some pretty solid schist come down when you least expect it.

it's always at the back of my mind that even a little quake when i'm in the wrong place will spell disaster. especially when alone.

a while back i had a rockfall come down right where i had just established a semi-permanent spot for my sluice.

some nice gold there though.

let me know if you are over this way anytime.

i've got a few secret spots to check out. will require a good couple of nights roughing it.
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 6:43:50 PM(UTC)
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very nice hatter good work ! i would love a nugget like that
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 8:00:31 PM(UTC)
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nice going
that last photo is why i love this past time along with spearfishing
freedom far away from the stress of modern day life, no one to tell you what to day, no one to give you a fine for going 6 k's over the limit.

and at the end of the day you havent thought of anything else but finding gold! pure relaxing

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kiwijw  
Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 10:20:56 PM(UTC)
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G'day Hatter, Well done mate. Sure beats the half ounce I got a couple of weeks ago when I was down in Central detecting for 4 days. Sure does look like nice water worn stream gold. Not like the ugly shotty quartz & iron stone rock encrusted gold I got that miles away from any stream. Reef gold.
Was that found with a gold bug? I had a play with my Whites GMT & found a couple of slugs with it. Biggest was just over 2 grams.

Happy hunting

JW :)
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:07:51 PM(UTC)
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wtg matt great looking gold...did you use the goldbug for that or were you slucing/panning?
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jafa  
Posted : Tuesday, 22 November 2011 11:51:59 AM(UTC)
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WOW thats some great looking gold well done....
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