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Waka - butchers flat
cabbydave  
Posted : Monday, 28 March 2011 6:58:30 AM(UTC)
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okay so a coupla weeks ago i spent a few hours on a monday arvo in the water, beaut weather an all but no colour. To be fair i was only digging with a trowel and then panning and wading in my jandals and shorts haha. Gonna have another attempt shortly - may have been digging in the wrong place but was relaxing anyway
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Posted : Tuesday, 29 March 2011 1:02:40 PM(UTC)
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You need to talk to x-terra steve-thats his stomping ground and he can point you in the right direction...
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Posted : Tuesday, 29 March 2011 2:30:06 PM(UTC)
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Hey ther dave ive spent a bit of time up the waka, ive found that the motor camp isnt too bad. i know of a guy who found a 1 gram nugget there not long ago but any place u go up the waka like most places you are basically wasting your time if dont dig down to bedrock. Another good spot is where deep creek meets the wakamarina river but dont go more than 100m upstream because a claim starts there. Hope that helps
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Tuesday, 29 March 2011 4:06:23 PM(UTC)
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Hi I have a claim up the good old wakas and no you dont have to get to bedrock to find the gold
A good sluice and you will be surprised but nothing compared to my new homebuilt 6" Dredge
watch this space ,under 10 grand and awsome
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Posted : Tuesday, 29 March 2011 4:39:58 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Wednesday, 30 March 2011 3:26:13 AM(UTC)
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I appologise about my comment 'you are basically wasting your time if dont dig down to bedrock' I still belive this to be true in most places. However you will find a whole heap of small specks amongst the gravel, also shold you be so lucky as to find a patch of gravel that has a lot of clay (up to 30 percent id say)with larger boulders through it then you will find gold above bedrock. Generally speaking however if you are in shallow gravels that are not cemented then the majority of the gold will be resting on the bedrock. At least thats what ive found
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Wednesday, 30 March 2011 2:54:29 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Wednesday, 30 March 2011 3:24:20 PM(UTC)
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hey cheers guys for the info, hopefully going back on sunday arvo for another crack
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Posted : Wednesday, 6 April 2011 5:29:16 PM(UTC)
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i lived up the waka about 4 months ago for 5 months find a rocky face covered in moss as moss traps gold especialy round inside corners and get crevicing you will see colour
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Posted : Thursday, 7 April 2011 1:56:34 AM(UTC)
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Posted : Thursday, 7 April 2011 3:15:29 PM(UTC)
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Hi JW how you doin??
yep the waka lately has seen a fair few new chums haven a crack,good on them for getting off the sofa and trying their luck.
The landscape up there has changed somewhat after the massive flood in last December,a lot of guys lost their dredging gear along with myself.
ROMAN how did you get on??
Happy huntting all
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Posted : Thursday, 7 April 2011 7:45:40 PM(UTC)
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no colour but at least the fire kept the sandflies away haha
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Posted : Saturday, 9 April 2011 3:52:18 AM(UTC)
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Posted : Saturday, 9 April 2011 11:19:54 AM(UTC)
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Hi JW and fellow diggers,
I have not long moved out of the waka valley as the winter is fast approaching....,getting soft in me old age!!.Had six months there with some good and not so good days.Best day detecting about 8 grams,which came from a small semi exposed ledge.Total detected around 128 grams.Dredging was crap to say the least,lost me gear and a lot of good ground now under massive amounts of overburden.
At the mo I am working at a top ten park at Orere point at the base of the Coro.Great place good fishing and weather but no gold!!!
Looking foward to heading back down South at christmas and finding some sweet spots,I can only dream about it at present BUGGER!!!
Take care Steve
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Posted : Saturday, 9 April 2011 2:39:54 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Monday, 11 April 2011 4:27:13 AM(UTC)
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OK. All this talk of Butchers Flat means I have to give it a go - this Thursday. If anyone else is scratching around there (particularly if you have found the perfect spot)do say hello. Have a red sentra wagon. Cheers S.
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Posted : Wednesday, 13 April 2011 4:26:35 AM(UTC)
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could be a goer, and if anyone sees a white hiace taxi.........
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Posted : Sunday, 17 April 2011 5:41:44 PM(UTC)
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Hi JW

Maybe i should haved stayed at school a little longer.
However a 35 minute drive from here ( this side of Kopu) there is a whopping great LTSA sign welcoming me to the Corro Peninsula!
Happy digging
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Posted : Monday, 18 April 2011 2:01:55 AM(UTC)
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Gooday Steve.

Your last message in this Forum seems to be completely out of focus?
(As it made no sense to me at least)
Was it meant to be a private message that went astray somehow?

Welcome to the Coromandel.

Cheers---Colin.
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Posted : Monday, 18 April 2011 3:08:15 AM(UTC)
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Hi Colin,
I was replying to JW,scroll up a little and it might make sense.
Cheers Steve
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