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jones creek - anything in jones creek
jeremy  
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im new to panning and i live near ross on the west coast i am woundering if anyone knows of a good place there
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Can't see you finding any gold anywhere around those parts.

NOT!
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jeremy  
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what you mean? Ross is a known for gold as it was known to have had the 99oz nugget found there and also has a gold mine just out of the town
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nafcd  
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think he is having you on jeremy
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Yes, I was pulling your leg. A lot of people here would give their first born to be living in Ross!
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jeremy  
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oh haha im just trying to find a good place ive been there twice an keep getting fools gold i think i use a pan and dont have a clue if im doing it right
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jeremy  
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i do dairy farming n try find gold on days off im proberly not doing it right i even brought a bag of dirt home to test hahahaha
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Go to that gold panning commercial place in Ross... spend $10 and they will teach you the basics.

Then ask them where you can go for a fossick... if you live locally they will be friendly and helpfull.
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jeremy  
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yea i been to the fossicking place and walked up the creek i got some dirt from around the place they said to go to where the signs are or am i not digging deep enough. ive gone through where the creek had run through also hahaha nice place there jus dont think i looking at the right dirt i have brought some home its like sand dirt
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I hope to get to shamrock creek near hokitika next sunday weather permitting. if you can get up there I may be able to show you the basics. i'm still learning myself so don't get too technical though.
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jeremy  
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ill be working then i only gt wednesdays off damit lol
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bullteller  
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Hi Jeremy

When you are just trying to get the hang of it around home.
Grab some number 6 lead shot out of an old cartridge (say about 5), chuck it in that dirt you got from Jones's creek.
Now practice panning it....you'll have fun and know your technique is ok when you're left with just the shot in your pan.
You can get a small pan from those ladies at the Ross centre and pan with water from either a bucket or one of those bigger pans you can get from trademe. Your dirt will be in the bucket so you can pan over and over.

The gold that they let the tourists play with is a fair bit bigger than what you'll normally find in Jones's creek if in fact you find any. (its pretty small). On this forum you'll see the other fossicking areas around and once your hooked you'll be away.

Good luck.
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jeremy  
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i got a big an a little pan hahaha. i thought there wasnt much there iv spent prob bout ten hours all up looking i mite have to go see them and see what they have and ask them a bit about it. do you think there will be sum deep down in the water or should i look in around where the creek use to run. i got dirt from all over the place and got some moss to
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blackstag1  
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Hey Jeremy try where the creek meets the sea if your looking in the creek find the material just above the bedrock on the lower sections below drop offs areas where you get a shallow pool are also great ive done ross alot its good but do go try the ross mine where you pay also check out you tube,and sharock creek is good but there is a claim just below the public area threre so beaware of that one:-)happy hunting
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kaka  
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Thank you for that useful information blackstag. Where is the ross mine you refer to?Do they alow the public to pan if payment is made?
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goldtimer  
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Originally Posted by: bullteller Go to Quoted Post
Hi Jeremy


The gold that they let the tourists play with is a fair bit bigger than what you'll normally find in Jones's creek if in fact you find any. (its pretty small). On this forum you'll see the other fossicking areas around and once your hooked you'll be away.

Good luck.


From personal experience, this is wrong. There is decent gold in that fossicking area. Finding it is difficult though.
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i to have found gold at the fossicking area in ross...it is a time consuming venture and hard to come by sometimes...but be patiant and you will succeed.. at first you may lose some gold out of your pan until you get the hang of it...but once you have it down you will find that you can keep the tinest piece of gold flake in your pan so small that you almost need a magnifing glass to see it..even with black sand witch at times can be very hard to seperate the gold out of,it can be done ... ask anyone you see panning how it is done and weather they are exsperianced or not you will get some little tip you didnt know about and will soon succeed.
Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/
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