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Anyone know where this claim is?

simon		Posted : Saturday, 30 July 2016 11:39:29 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)		http://www.trademe.co.nz...r/auction-1125901567.htm i wonder where in southland this claim is? i know of one massive slip but its in the national park. sounds an intriguing spot.
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Mudwiggle		Posted : Saturday, 30 July 2016 11:47:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 742 Thanks: 182 times Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)		Description sounds like the Īnangahua quake in 1968. http://www.gns.cri.nz/Ho...Releases/Inangahua-quake Or possibly the Murchison one in '28?

eastcoastboys		Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2016 9:34:43 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 6/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 18 Location: christchurch Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		from what i could find near green lake down south looks like it could be it but permit map says its 139 ha permit but on trade me it says 39 but they had a big quake which caused a dam etc
		3 Silver rings $55.20 spendables 1 silver

gavin		Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2016 10:55:08 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Here's the claim map: http://www.topomap.co.nz...MIT_NUMBER%3D%2752410%27
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gingerbreadman		Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2016 12:03:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 473 Location: south of the black stump Thanks: 34 times Was thanked: 96 time(s) in 74 post(s)		Before anyone hits the buy now button:) ..There's zero resource consent for dredging.

Aotea		Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2016 2:22:08 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 8/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 2 Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 15 post(s)		I know a fair bit of this part of the country..you'd have to be keen. Anyone interested in this should definately do testing before signing anything in my humble opinion

simon		Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2016 2:48:58 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)		yeah i thought it had to be down that way due to the mention of one of the worlds largest landslides. and the river deduced to little of what it had been due to damming. Sounds pricey for a river claim to me. think i'm more interested in how the slide threw up the gold than the claim itself.
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1864hatter		Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2016 8:15:59 PM(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 am no expert but that advert seems to have been written by someone with a very limited understanding of gold. "Assay show up to 31g Ag per cubic meter of sand from the cracks" -Ag is silver and it takes a lot of cracks to hold 1 cubic meter of sand. "Gold disturbance happened when 17 km^3 of land slide created a giant wave and lifted gold deposits and formed into leads" -this is just bizzare, obviously talking about the green lake landslide. Take a lot of heed!
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

Darren		Posted : Monday, 1 August 2016 1:34:38 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 6/01/2014(UTC) Posts: 24 Location: Blenheim Thanks: 28 times Was thanked: 40 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Did a bit of research This is a Southland times article about the bloke who is selling this claim Here he is on youtube Prove me wrong but this bloke strikes me as a chancer ... I would stay well away

simon		Posted : Monday, 1 August 2016 10:30:52 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)		1864hatter, yeah, it did strike me as odd in general the listing. i don't get the sand in cracks volume at all. and how the gold got sweep away in the landslide tidal wave... The reason i thought i'd check here to see where it was was it sounded like it was referred to as untouched in the goldrush due to being up too high but i guess i read that wrong and it was down too deep as the river is just a shadow of its former self in water volume due to the bulk now existing into deep cove. i guessed it was this green lake slide but didnt pick the dam as its generation didnt match the capacity stated. The waiau is still a decent size river though. i really wonder how much gold is there. i know a lot was found down at orepuki and guess it came from somewhere but figured it was old leads in the longwoods.
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