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Guardian		Posted : Friday, 13 January 2012 9:29:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 30/10/2011(UTC) Posts: 716 Location: Dunedin Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 222 time(s) in 185 post(s)		Originally Posted by: simon i've heard of that also. sure works, maybe too well. good for repelling the missus and people in general too! That is true...... but when you've got your head down hunting do you really want the interruption ? I'll stand by it and say it's a double positive ! *8^)

helidredger		Posted : Thursday, 19 January 2012 9:20:43 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: Picton Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 13 time(s) in 11 post(s)		, Edited by user Monday, 20 June 2016 10:41:44 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

overdog		Posted : Friday, 20 January 2012 7:39:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Hope you do better out of it than I have Mike... but then I havent got an 8 inch dredge let alone 3! (",)

helidredger		Posted : Thursday, 2 February 2012 4:21:36 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: Picton Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 13 time(s) in 11 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Ted this guy has also submitted a claim on the mot river from the Bluff bridge right up past Tapawera .about 120 odd hectares. I think he also has a beach permit on west coast. its 260 hectares an yes I have a blck sand claim on the westcoast

Ash_T		Posted : Thursday, 2 February 2012 11:03:03 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: helidredger Hi overdog, im michael reedy and yes I have got 40 hectares on the baton an 260 hectares on the wangapeka an motueka river, hope to get 3 8 inch keene dredges working up there this summer Your not looking for any employees by chance? Never panned for gold or used a dredge, but willing to learn ;P Edited by user Thursday, 2 February 2012 11:06:46 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Whitworthone		Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 9:51:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 11/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: Nelson Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 4 post(s)		.

madsonicboating		Posted : Saturday, 4 February 2012 9:45:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 674 Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 157 time(s) in 127 post(s)		I've popped the hose off the hilux diesel pump before and smeared that all over myself aswell...inside ears, any where that skin shows...the lil big bastards don't like fuel thats for sure Dan
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Scorpionking		Posted : Sunday, 5 February 2012 8:52:31 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 5/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: Nelson NZ		hi ppl im new here to this forum have been looking at this hobby for years lol but never got around to it, my son he is 17 is very keen and thought at some point this year buy a detector whites GMT or GM2 but was thing first trip to Baton, but that looks likes its out now due to the above claim . damn thats always been a fav haunt lol. some ppl are just plain greedy .but anyway i like the look of this forum and any info will be appreciated.been checking out a lot of creeks n rivers before we start and all the equipment that one might need before we start. like the wands for close inspection once the detector has hit anything. but always open to info bye the experts here. thanks in anticipation. it will be a while before we get the gear together, have to pay for our holiday we have just had around the west coast from Te Anau to hokitika omg the rivers all through that area love to live in some of those places. So at present looking at this site and what it has to offer , so far looking good :-) Edited by user Sunday, 5 February 2012 8:55:12 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

mintcar		Posted : Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:03:03 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 30/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 32 Location: nelson Thanks: 102 times Was thanked: 7 time(s) in 7 post(s)		Hi Scorpionking, welcome to the forum you live in a great part of nz, good hunting we dont have to put the undersize back in this hobby. Bill

Lammerlaw		Posted : Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:36:32 AM(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)		Originally Posted by: Scorpionking hi ppl im new here to this forum have been looking at this hobby for years lol but never got around to it, my son he is 17 is very keen and thought at some point this year buy a detector whites GMT or GM2 but was thing first trip to Baton, but that looks likes its out now due to the above claim . damn thats always been a fav haunt lol. some ppl are just plain greedy .but anyway i like the look of this forum and any info will be appreciated.been checking out a lot of creeks n rivers before we start and all the equipment that one might need before we start. like the wands for close inspection once the detector has hit anything. but always open to info bye the experts here. thanks in anticipation. it will be a while before we get the gear together, have to pay for our holiday we have just had around the west coast from Te Anau to hokitika omg the rivers all through that area love to live in some of those places. So at present looking at this site and what it has to offer , so far looking good :-) I see you mentioning gear and equipment and specifically mentioned 'wands' - my son uses nothing like that and even with the smallest pieces of gold retrieves then in a very short time indeed - I suspect that he would find no need for one of these devices and I certainly dont find a need for them. I have found that even with my old Garrett detector I could very, very precisely pin point coins and I do not believe that in all my years coin hunting with a detector did I ever go so far off course as to damage a coin and I first detected in 1980. With my Goldbug the other day I found two tiny pieces of gold and I think that if I had a pin pointer then it would not have had the range to find them and therefore a waste of time and also I would have spent as long if not longer with it than I did actually retrieving them using just the detector. ...and yes I have tried them - I dont know the brand of one but the other was a Garrett one and I told the guy he could 'stick it' - I do notice on this site that some people swear by them and thats cool - it could be said therefore that for some they are good but for me they are of no use.

overdog		Posted : Sunday, 5 February 2012 1:25:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: nelson Thanks: 69 times Was thanked: 82 time(s) in 68 post(s)		Scorpionking-Mike Reedys claim starts 2-3 hundred metres downstream from the Baton ford and goes basically all the way down to the Mot river.As long as you stick to fossicking above the ford you should be fine. I'm convinced there is some good stuff still in the upper reaches-just a matter of finding it!

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