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areas around dunedin

Oliver123		Posted : Tuesday, 8 March 2016 10:01:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 77 Location: christchurch Thanks: 32 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Hi all Me and a mate are based out of Dunedin and wanted to do a day trip prospecting, got all the gear, sluice etc, anyone know any spots worth a look? Cheers everyone

1864hatter		Posted : Wednesday, 9 March 2016 7:02:17 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Gabriel's Gully has a public fossicking area... although I doubt you would find a lot there. The valley floor where the fossicking area is has been filled with many meters of sluicing tailings from the old timers. You can still get colours there. Perhaps someone will offer you the use of their claim...
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

1864hatter		Posted : Wednesday, 9 March 2016 7:05:36 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		I once found a 1.0g and a 0.3g nugget on a beach near Dunedin. I was detecting there after some sand had been washed away and the bedrock had been exposed. Its not as crazy / unlikely as it sounds as there are quartz veins and quartz gravels that are widely but in low concentration gold bearing nearby.
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

Oliver123		Posted : Wednesday, 9 March 2016 8:23:07 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 77 Location: christchurch Thanks: 32 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Thanks everyone, does anyone have a claim around Dunedin that they wouldn't MI d a few students having a Crack at?