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nzpoohbear40		Posted : Saturday, 9 March 2013 11:51:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		wow fantastic trip...no wonder i wasnt getting any replys to txts..hahaha..unfortunatly i wont get to see it at the meetings as i have moved south...but may run into you out there sometime.. very well done mate.
		Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/

x-terra steve		Posted : Sunday, 10 March 2013 1:19:13 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 224 Location: Nelson NZ Thanks: 103 times Was thanked: 69 time(s) in 42 post(s)		Bloody ripper nugget Nugget Hunter!!! Thanks for sharing, In WA at the mo and no gold! Steve

simon		Posted : Sunday, 10 March 2013 5:01:21 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)		nice haul. that's the sort of find that keeps me out there every day. you never know whats gonna turn up. must have got the heart going. thought i was going to have a heart attack when i found my 18 grammer back in august. you want to take a sluice in and collect up all the fines and flakes.
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Nugget-Hunter		Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 2:49:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 18/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 74 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 52 time(s) in 20 post(s)		many thanks for all your nice replay, that feels just as good as the finds. I am re-living the buzz over and over again, thank you all. And there is more good news. Gavin from the Forum was able to retrieve some of the photos from the deleted SD-card. To thank Gavin for his efford, i have invited him onto the next trip to that spot. So here is a bit more story and photos. After levering the visable, wee 1.4 gram nuggy out i rushed around for nearly 2 hours to find a place to pitch the tent. Fruitless i decided on a high sand bank, about 3 meters above the water. Reluctant i pitched the tent and sussed out a section of bluff and bush to run, just in case the water rises. After tuneing the detector i walked less than 20 meters to the first bedrock outcrop and the detector screamed at me, i thought yeah right that must be a big piece of junk, i flicked the detector into coin/target ID mode, no signal, so i scratched some gravelaway and up came the numbers -8,16,-4,40 etc. all over the show. My pulse went up. Then thats exactly what the X-Terra70 does in the gold field over a good target, specially if the coil can only get partly over the target. As the inner and outer ring of an concentric coil interpret a target different but over both rings the ID will become more stable. Well, dipense on ground mineralisation and the size of the target. Gold usually shows up between 18 and 38 on a bench test. Anyway after scooping some more sand and gravel out with my hand i felt bedrock and with the next handfull that yellow thing came out. My first thought; thats not possible, can't be right or real. I just stood up and went to the tent leaving everything behind. Looking at the nugget rolling around in my hand. The cuppa tea went cold. How do i deserve something like that. It took a bit to collect my head and went back, to carry on those 2 hours until dark.

Nugget-Hunter		Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 3:07:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 18/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 74 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 52 time(s) in 20 post(s)		the photos will follow as i'm struggling a little with re-sizeing.

Nugget-Hunter		Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 3:17:06 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 18/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 74 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 52 time(s) in 20 post(s)		Here are some photos of a 2.76 gram nuggy and a 24.77 gram nugget that was jammed in a crack on the surface and visible. Never saw it until the detector found it. File Attachment(s): West Coast 025.jpg West Coast 038.jpg

oroplata		Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 3:25:29 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Nugget-Hunter the photos will follow as i'm struggling a little with re-sizeing. As the actress said to the bishop.
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McKennas Gold		Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 8:32:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 23/04/2011(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: Otago Thanks: 5 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Hey thanks for your thoughts . I have been thru the same scary situation myself in past .I know how you felt. mine was only 29 gms. i also had a 17 gm one once which had that same reddish /crimson colour yours has got not sure what does that but think its been pretty idle for a long time maybe a large pool up stream from your find would be worth investigation .Of course Id say everywhere would be worth a gink haha when you return.And as lammerlaw says keep it quiet where it is mate till youve had a good crack yourself.Dont forget your face mask and wet suit etc next trip. Great story cheers.

cavey		Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 9:10:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 145 Location: Ashburton Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		Great story great gold well deserved for 29 days in the bush on the coast could not have asked for better weather . Im heading over there this weekend be my luck in pissis down all weekend. Stuart

5AMP		Posted : Tuesday, 12 March 2013 2:34:02 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 3/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 57 Location: wellington Thanks: 105 times Was thanked: 16 time(s) in 11 post(s)		Great find and I really enjoyed your description and photos-really good to see nuggets in situ like that.

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