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new season of gold fever

garrymac		Posted : Monday, 28 November 2011 8:08:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Well, finaly got the dredge out to our favorite spot in paradise, this saturday morning, the met service posted their report late Friday night, weather clearing in morning, wind abating 3am, so here I was wide awake at 4-30 ready to go, made lunch had breakfast, time to wake son up, cooked him a good breakfast, sit an enjoy last coffee. Now its time to go, out back door heavy clouds in the sky air a bit nippy , bugger doesnt look too good , but no1 son still keen to go.We arrived just on daylight, still not looking good but we are here. Time to get organised, every thing loaded on to trolley and away we go,its all downhill through the pines and gorse having already spent two days cutting the track clear,25 mins later we are at the river and it decides to rain, so we sit on the dredge under a tarp waiting for it to abate so we can get our wetsuits on. After an hour its still persisdy down, so we reckon theres a pie down the road with our name on it. So the upshot of it all Saturday was a no go,yeah yeah i can hear you all, but i dont do the sleet and rain heman that well. Never mind Sunday we get down there and the weather not too bad! so we get set up and get going in a new spot, nice little set of waterfalls about four meters long. So after two and a half hours my time is up, has to be a short day. This is my first good run using my new 4inch dredge, and everthing goes like its suposed to work, i,m happy with its performance. Heres a few pics of what we got,6.5 grams, the bigger nug is 2.5grams, it was jammed on edge in a crack fat bum down just that skiny edge showing, i made a lot of skeaks in my mask and called the boy to come and see and i let him pull it out using a tool made out of a skillsaw blade with tungsten tooth, boy when it came out of its hidy hole and lay on its side my son was yelling for joy!! THe season is looking good. ENjoy the pics and will you all posted .... garrymac attached the following image(s):

Ash_T		Posted : Monday, 28 November 2011 8:44:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Nice lookin gold! Think im gonna have to start planning my 1st ever gold fossicking trip sometime soon.
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trigger		Posted : Monday, 28 November 2011 8:48:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 13/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 142 Location: marlborough Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 25 time(s) in 21 post(s)		what sort of motor and pump do you use for a 4 inch ? how many gpm?

garrymac		Posted : Monday, 28 November 2011 9:27:40 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		HI trigger, its my copy of a proline 400 hooked to a chinese 6.5hp,ther is pics in a past post if you care to look as to gpm im not sure of exact figure but it runs at just above idle and grabs yer hand real quick if not careful.

Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 28 November 2011 10:35:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Great going and some nice gold - you sure did better than I did as I finally managed to get my underwater dredge out on Sunday with son and daughters assistance but things didnt turn out as I had hoped! May every trip you make be as successful or better and look forward to seeing more photos!

jafa		Posted : Monday, 28 November 2011 10:41:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 22/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 134 Location: auckland Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 23 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Thats awsum ....it seems you got a boot in the pan to!!! 2nd pic down top left haha. Ray.
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kiwijw		Posted : Sunday, 11 December 2011 9:42:28 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)		Good stuff Garrymac, Nice gold. Thanks for the pics. Any chance of a pic of your crevice scraper made from the saw blade? Did you get your pump/motor from Snuffy in Naseby? He sells those proline 400 pumps mated up to chinese 6.5 hp motors that he brings in. Damn good pumps those. Good luck out there. Cheers JW :)