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Sorry to hear your bad news Colin - hope the chemo does the job - doesn't sound much fun at all! My thoughts are with you.

Hello Starflash.
Greetings!

You seem bored with the off base topics of the forum.

If they were were all strictly of a gold topic, you would really get bored after you had gleaned all the info you could absorb after a time!

Dont tell me that you haven`t "CULLED" info from this site that you didn`t know before?

Sometimes you younger guys amuse me, because you dont realise how tough it was for us older fellers to gather infos etc, in our day, and then graciously remember it, so we could pass it on to you, so that tradition does not die.

And, especially remember! that we did not have all the "MOD" cons to do the "AMAZING" prospecting that we achieved, and we thought that we were cleaver, WE just forgot about the fellers that went before us.

I think that a bit of banter now and then, keeps this fossicking site alive by adding a bit of "GUSTO" to the posts.

This site has really blossomed in the last year, because its interesting, informable, and sometimes just "BITCHY",= a good mix of opinions etc.

If the site didn`t have this mix, it would languish away in the back ground!
Check out some other sites and see how many posts (READERS and REPLIERS)
that they are clocking up in such a short time.

Regards---Colin.

Hi Colin

I have to be honest and say that I like what you say - the devil in me likes people to guess - they can guess for all they are worth!

You and I both know that 40 years in an area doesnt leave behind what you have taken out and that those who would like to muscle in are always going to be sorely disillusioned.

Yes I would have liked to have met you as well - I am mobile but not so healthy - I have my problems as well and even this weekend coming up have reservations about what I can or cannot do.

As for my own property, it isnt a farm - I am no farmer - its just a tract of land I once brought to protect my rights to go hunting and goldmining on without the hassle of having to request permission from others and so I had somewhere to go when the political system made it hard for good old kiwis to go places which indeed is the case now.

I am not quite as old as you but into my 60s - I like the cantankerous part of what you say - that might be why lots of people think I am an...am I aloud to say it on here? It is better they think that.

No I dont covet the gold - only giving my son and his friends a fair go as I have had my turn a long time ago. Long past my time and yours there will still be gold here. I am more than happy with what I have got BUT I do reserve the right to choose who I show the pathways to...I am sure you will understand that.

Much of what I have said above is tongue in cheek - Im an enigma and a paradox, easy to get on with and yet hard to get to know but always decidedly impossible for 99% of people to knoe what I may be thinking, how to take me or what I am going to do next.

One of the reasons I did come onto this site was that at my age I do know of many areas I shall never work and never have been worked except by the first miners. The knowledge of these places is more or less lost and only known to me because my partner was from one of Otagos better known gold mining family and he knew and shared those sites. I had intended sharing them with others as it seemed the right time but have decided that a public forum is not the place to do so as I dont think I would be interested in sharing with some here...especially bored ones!

If you ever get down here then look me up - come for a ride with my son and me (Did I write that?)- hes the detector user...I had a senior moment when I paid $7500 for a metal detector when I am as deaf as a post!

I note your comment comparing us with the newer generation - I worked extremely hard for what I got but my son thinks that if he doesnt get half an ounce a day then it was not worth while and he never works at it - all he does is run around going beep beep!

Hope the Big C problem doesnt transpire as bad as what they make out. I just had a friend go through the same thing. Hes 72 and has spent much of his life in the mountains - had a major op but when I visited him recently he was sparking on all cylinders and although he told me he wont be climbing Mt Cook again he aint down and out yet so fingers crossed for you.

Edited by user Friday, 3 June 2011 7:38:31 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi Lammerlaw.

GREETINGS. That took good old fashioned guts to say those things.

I had given you every reason to try to shoot me down in flames, I deserved it.

I know your old mining stock, as I have an uncanny ability to READ between the lines of what people write.(acquired over the years of body languages, words and meanings etc.)
All what you say in regards to everything that you did say, rings plenty bells and whistles to me, if I could have bought land back then, I would have done so for exactly the same reasons you stated!!!!!
And your "Also" right about us old fellars knowing of good spots that we passed on, or over from, which conditions being favorable,could be passed down to other members.
I’m a bit tired now,(forgot my sleeping pill, so got up to take it.)

Believe me mate, I would really love to met up with you and your kids, to swing a detector or swish a pan or two.

I like a guy with honesty, integrity, and a good sense of straight talking habits, even if this means just a little bit of bull now and again.

And you know, and with respect to you again, after all that degrading banter, you offered to let me visit, without even knowing that I can be a real bustard at times.

Many, many, thanks for that.
I wish I could oblige!

Many Respects again---Colin.---Cheers Mate.
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P.S. The below quoted part/ post from you, describes myself to a---“T”!!!!!

To quote you:
“I always was controversial...but also generous and more than one person has left my property with some good gold and also left our claims when we had them with good gold...
I find this forum a very interesting one - great for getting to know people, those who maybe could become friends and those who wouldn’t get a foot in the door. It works both ways - its a grand way to sum up others by what they say and how they say it and to know who you might be able to trust and those you don’t wish to take a chance with! ” Unquote.
Bye for now.

Edited by user Friday, 3 June 2011 2:51:42 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hey Garrymac.
The arse-end fell off your post?

Cheers---Colin.

Nice lazy nugget lammerlaw.....thanks for showing the pic!

More nuggets and less tapping on keyboards guys..... :-)

I KNOW that you GPS has NO relevance as to access - I KNOW that the gate is locked and I know that people access via a hole in the fence!!!Have you ever realised the implications of roadspikes hidden in the tussock, of being caught by the owner next door. As I stated above the paper road runs alongside my boundary - so what? You can WALK it but you cannot drive it in any vehicle whatsoever, not even a motorbike. Swamp. through waist high tussock, through flax bushes and across a water race and straight up the side of a mountain. If you are such a whizz kid with your GPS you will also be aware that NO wheeled vehicle can access the neighbours via the paper roads and keep within the bounds of that paper road...proof of that lies is the fact that a phone call the other day requested the use of one of my 4WDs to pull a vehicle out of where it was...and that was unsuccessful!

If you are the type of trash who would infringe on the rights of landowners then YOU are the type who make it tough for honest peoples chances to get entry because landowners get anti public when elements from Joe Public get on their high horse...I am not saying you are but you manner of writing and what you say do not impress. Are you an 'ordinary law abiding folk?' Your considerations here might indicate no!

The two roads on to the mountain are also NOT paper roads. It is impossible to access the mountain by vehicle legally using paper roads. You might be right about ease of access on the tops once you get there BUT.... Also DOC and the neighbour would love to catch anyone accessing their properties with any form of transport without their blessings.

Now tell me exactly what that would achive? a person who really knows the ins and out of goldmining would not be so childish as to say such inane things - if I thought a helicopter would pay dont you think I would make use of one - Duh!
Not only that but do you think a helicopter operator would take a risk of accessing a property unlawfully. Dont you think I dont employ the helicopter operators to do work for me occasionally, dont you think they talk - if you really think your idea is so good then you are indeed a shallow person. No helicopter pilot would risk his licence to access DOC or the neighbours or my place without ratification from the affected parties...think about it!

Edited by user Monday, 6 June 2011 5:33:05 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

IM NOT about to start a bitch fight with you on this forum or any other form of media but suggest you go back reread everthing you have writen and maybe rethink the way it is put.As far as your land is concerned, it is of no use to me as a mining site as i don,t need the agro of your type. I,ll share.Thanks AS for choppers dont need them but have very good access should the need arise for moving myself or gear. Check the rules very cearfully before making comment what happens in a rescue misson,Mr Gale should be able to enlighten on the go thanks for the reaction.

Thanks for the insight I will keep smiling knowing that gold can be found anywhere it shouldnt be Enjoyed your last stand at rock show so please keep up the good work