nzgold - you actually said "How was it found? I think I know the area........ :)"
Now that is as good as asking where it was got so no glasses required - I have seen this tact used before to solicit information hoping that the person would then state where it came from so indeed a good ploy to try to locate the stream, river or area. By stating what you did you might have just as well come out in the open and asked directly!
If you werent keen on finding out then you wouldnt have stated that 'you think you know the area'
In truth you havent a clue - yes you can tell where gold is from in many cases but it takes many years of constant handling of gold and visual sightings of gold typical to an area before you could even hazard an intelligent guess and even then the gold from some areas is virtually identical to the gold from other areas.
Next time you are in Alexandra see if you can spot the brochure which I am sure is held in the museum - it shows a photograph of a good deal of Gold and because the brochure relates to Alexandra the photo makes it a natural assumption that it is Alexandra Gold but to me the brochure makes a lie of itself and is false and misleading because I would be totally certain that the Gold illustrated does not come from within 2000 miles of Alexandra - I am sure that it is Australian Gold! I may be wrong but I think that if anyone in the museum said it was local Gold then I think they would be lying or honestly didnt have a clue. After all these years though I have never heard anyone else say that so can people really tell all that easily?
In any case nzgold I do think that your statement was an effort to solicit information otherwise you would not have said what you did. If you thought you knew where it came from you might have said something like 'That looks awfully like Upper Waikaia or Pomohaka Gold'
Edited by user Thursday, 9 February 2012 10:43:52 PM(UTC)
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