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8 For Just 1.26 Grams

kiwijw		Posted : Saturday, 16 February 2013 12:05:27 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)		Hi Guys, Took the 4500 for a walk last night after work. Had left the 5 x 10 joey mono on & decided to hit a spot that I had done quite well on with the 4500 & the 11" commander mono. I had also gone over this spot a few times with my old GP 3000 & the same joey coil & hadnt found much. So when I was walking past this spot when I first got the 4500 & with the 11" commander mono on I wasnt going to give it a go but ended up doing so. I did well so since I had the joey on I thought I would see if there was any smaller gold the the 10 x 5 might get that the 11" didnt. Well bugger me....8 littlies for a total of 1.26 grams. Smallest .05 biggest .29. Three were in one crevice. Well it wasnt really a crevice but within the schist itself. There was four but it was 11.30pm, Dark but I had my headlamp this time. I was smashing into the schist & getting pissed off with this signal & the target not coming to light (dark) . I was getting tired, hungry & wanting to get home. Still had to walk back to my truck so I layed into the schist with rock chips flying every where & so too it appeared the piece of gold. As all of a sudden it wasnt there any more. I scanned around but it had obviously flowen off down into the old tail race that was now full of briar rose, gorse & hawthorn. Why does it have to be all the horrible prickly plants on the goldfields? So it is now out of zone for any one. Good luck out there JW :) Edited by user Saturday, 16 February 2013 12:07:55 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

kiwijw		Posted : Saturday, 16 February 2013 12:06:45 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)		. Edited by user Saturday, 16 February 2013 12:15:49 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

simon		Posted : Saturday, 16 February 2013 2:40:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		i don't know about that john. the rosehip is where the gold is. no one goes over that as its too much work - well - exactly the place to try. all you need is a good machete to hack that crap back. and some decent gloves and long sleeved shirt for all the bits that get too close. i for one won't be whacking it back for bits that small though. gotta be something with the potential for the big bits. amazing what is within the rock itself aye. if it wasn't such tough going when limited to hand tools i would personally bust down 30-40 cm and scan with the detector. simon.
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kiwijw		Posted : Saturday, 16 February 2013 9:36:39 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)		Hi there Simon, I reckon the old time miners would have cleaned out their tail races pretty thoroughly as that is where they collected their gold after sluicing & running material down the race for weeks.....even months. The briar rose & such has of course growen in them since those days. Like you say.....the gold, if any, would be pretty small. I have often thought of taking a brush cutter to them though & having a look anyway. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Maybe one day I will. Some of them are real jungles though but you never know your luck. Had a good afternoon today. 15 bits for 5 grams. :) Good luck out there JW :)