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Flintlock		Posted : Thursday, 20 January 2011 2:15:40 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 9/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 53 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 11 time(s) in 8 post(s)		Just back from sluicing at Goldsborough on the West Coast. Got some nice flood gold this year. There have been some huge floods over the past year and it seems all the gold is found in the top layers now. Edited by user Thursday, 20 January 2011 2:20:35 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified File Attachment(s): 0078 sml.JPG 0078 sml.JPG Flintlock attached the following image(s):

criticol		Posted : Thursday, 20 January 2011 2:53:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/05/2010(UTC) Posts: 234 Location: coromandel Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 66 time(s) in 48 post(s)		Hi Flintlock. You must be an older type prospector, as I notice that you are still using the good old tin pan. : ) Cheers---Colin.
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Flintlock		Posted : Thursday, 20 January 2011 3:04:02 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 9/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 53 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 11 time(s) in 8 post(s)		criticol wrote: Hi Flintlock. You must be an older type prospector, as I notice that you are still using the good old tin pan. : ) Cheers---Colin. That's because I'm an older type person!!! I've got about 4 of them. When I wear them all out I might try a plastic one.

roman holiday		Posted : Thursday, 20 January 2011 4:34:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 26/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 147 Location: Tauranga Thanks: 18 times Was thanked: 8 time(s) in 7 post(s)		Flintlock wrote: Just back from sluicing at Goldsborough on the West Coast. Got some nice flood gold this year. There have been some huge floods over the past year and it seems all the gold is found in the top layers now. That's awesome dude! I'm hoping to get some color like that in a few weeks time. Edited by user Thursday, 20 January 2011 4:35:47 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

petetsw		Posted : Friday, 21 January 2011 6:40:12 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 28 Location: nelson Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		nice gold flintlock, how many days work is it and what was the total amount of gold? i might try there next season.

Flintlock		Posted : Friday, 21 January 2011 7:30:54 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 9/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 53 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 11 time(s) in 8 post(s)		petetsw wrote: nice gold flintlock, how many days work is it and what was the total amount of gold? i might try there next season. We were there for 3 weeks in total. Take about a week out for bab weather and trips to town etc. There's about 9 grams total, however I got 6 grams in the last 2 days! Had to leave a real good spot so I gave it to an Aucklander who wasn't having much luck.

Karl McDowell		Posted : Friday, 21 January 2011 1:48:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 11/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 47 Location: Auckland Thanks: 13 times Was thanked: 39 time(s) in 29 post(s)		Hey nice gold - has me impatient to head down (going down for couple of weeks at end of Feb)!