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Posted : Monday, 12 December 2011 3:46:11 PM(UTC)
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Hello there my names karl am new to the fourm been panning for gold for a wee while now then the other week a xterra70 turned up for sale so swooped it up for something to do over my xmas holidays also went and brought the 6inch hf coil so me and my mate rich(richie on here) went for a detect down waka sat and was very surprised with the performance of it,first 10mins got a good signal took hours to find lol but turned out was a cupple of nice bits of gold then next signal gold again,then a lot of slugs and shot gun pallets was a good day,thought id post it up if I can figure out how to put photos up I will
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Posted : Monday, 12 December 2011 9:27:39 PM(UTC)
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Hi Karl welcome to the NZ Gold Fossicking Forum.... Had a great day on the river with you Saturday, that new detector of yours is a demon on gold... Be keen to hook up on another mission soon bud, roll on Xmas and hope good ole Santa packs some sunshine in his slay...

Richie.
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Posted : Monday, 12 December 2011 11:05:30 PM(UTC)
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Hi carl..if you go look under general disscusion then look for the link HOW TO UPLOAD PICS BY CHRIS...i explain there how easy it is to put pics up on here.
At this stage it is on page 6 under general disscusions

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Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/
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Posted : Tuesday, 13 December 2011 6:10:28 PM(UTC)
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lol hi karl with a k welcome buddy ol pal , lets see some colour aka a photo of the first finds perhaps u were in a location some where on the attached photo????

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Posted : Tuesday, 13 December 2011 6:53:30 PM(UTC)
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lol hi karl with a k welcome buddy ol pal , lets see some colour aka a photo of the first finds perhaps u were in a location some where on the attached photo????

Say what mate?
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Posted : Tuesday, 13 December 2011 7:21:26 PM(UTC)
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Say what mate?


i can completely understand why you must be slightly a little confused , but am sure karl with a k will completely understand what im talking about sorry nzgold about the confusions you have on my post
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Posted : Tuesday, 13 December 2011 7:31:14 PM(UTC)
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Lol b to the r to the dubble ok its that u? that's exactly where I found it(that photo nzgold is the map we drew one drinking night also there's a watch there for time keeping lol
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Posted : Tuesday, 13 December 2011 8:11:00 PM(UTC)
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Hi Karl with a "K" i have examined this pic and wondered if it is the kiri town claim????? lol or is this the spot i got all my chunks????........lol
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Posted : Wednesday, 14 December 2011 4:34:26 PM(UTC)
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Hi Karl with a "K" i have examined this pic and wondered if it is the kiri town claim????? lol or is this the spot i got all my chunks????........lol


the kiri town claim haha someone else has been there too, ok i think i need to remove the photo incase some of these other prospectors clue on to this nuggety hot spot
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Posted : Wednesday, 14 December 2011 4:36:31 PM(UTC)
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Hey Karl looking forward to sum of your pictures of last weekend, here are a sum pic's from 2 weeks ago up the North Bank running my Sluice, this is first clean up approx 2 hrs
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Posted : Wednesday, 14 December 2011 6:57:59 PM(UTC)
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Nice pics Rich!!! Thinking of getting a sluice myself....yours from the states??? any recomendations???
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Posted : Wednesday, 14 December 2011 8:14:08 PM(UTC)
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Hi Jules, I did buy it in from the States a few years ago, there is a member here kiwijw ( John Wilson ) that sells sluice boxes, he may be able to tailor one to your needs, they are well worth it as you know the more material you can move the more gold you'll find :-0

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Posted : Wednesday, 14 December 2011 8:15:27 PM(UTC)
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Cheers matey :)
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Posted : Wednesday, 14 December 2011 8:16:13 PM(UTC)
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i just got back on the internet got my camera and now i cant find the box it comes in with the cord in it to connect it to the computer to upload them,will have to have a good search tomorrow after work and upload them then...everythings so technical these days :O
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Posted : Saturday, 11 August 2012 1:42:36 AM(UTC)
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new fresh in the nuggety hot spot,hay Richie u awake or you watching tv with your eyes closed ... back to it.. nuggety hot spot,anyone else found it yet or its still elusive ??? we found somewhere like it but need the correct co-ordinates


think the times out by about 5 mins


any clues??

winners wins the biggest nugget out there that they can find


.....starting .... now
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