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West coast this weekend anyone know where to go? To find any color
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Hi all it me again heading to the westcoast on Saturday just looking for a bit of color I am more than happy to pay some cash to use your claim for a day if you have one.
If not where could I go to find some color even a flake any help would be more than appreciated in advance thank you.
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I found a little colour at Goldsborough and the Nelson Creek public fossicking area. Worth trying there for a start. You can go to the Gold shop at Hokitika and ask also. A lot of people wont reply as theres sooo many people that want the same thing as you (including myself when I came here) and just as many again that just lurk and watch for tips on where to go.
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I know that im asking the question that every ones asks hey its worth a try
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the last couple of days after work ive been playing up at maori gully ref NZTM E1465730 N5289817
feel free its not claimed ive been panning etc and picking small pieces of the parpa with my tweesers
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kiwikeith: i'm down south and a long way from all the places you give coordinates for but i'm curious as to how to use these coords. is there a site online that i could simply copy and paste these into?

i'm sure i used to do this with one of the online mapping sites but for the life of me can't remember which site it was. i remember when i zoomed in and moved across the map it displayed the coordinates of the mouse on the bottom of the screen.
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hi simon will try to work out how to do that
im using freshmap
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kiwikeith: i'm down south and a long way from all the places you give coordinates for but i'm curious as to how to use these coords. is there a site online that i could simply copy and paste these into?

i'm sure i used to do this with one of the online mapping sites but for the life of me can't remember which site it was. i remember when i zoomed in and moved across the map it displayed the coordinates of the mouse on the bottom of the screen.


Google Earth gives the co ordinates as Latitude and Longitude and that is so accurate that you can more or less pinpoint a spot to within inches
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Can anyone help me convert the coordinates that Keith gives to the type that Google Earth uses? I cant seem to work it out. Cheers. Sorry to impose on the thread.
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Somewhere around here im guessing?

Google Earth Long/Lat:
-42.624581,171.127982
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Originally Posted by: Hunter Go to Quoted Post
Hi all it me again heading to the westcoast on Saturday just looking for a bit of color I am more than happy to pay some cash to use your claim for a day if you have one.
If not where could I go to find some color even a flake any help would be more than appreciated in advance thank you.

hi hunter. i say that if your over the coast way to have a go at slab hut creek. there is flake gold there an you will find it if you do some digging and look.ive been there for two hours today and two hours one day last week and found good colour. will try and put up a photo if i can work out how. its also an excellant place to camp.wish ya luck where ever ya go.
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They are easting and northing references.....http://www.mountainsafety.org.nz/files/Topo-Map-Reading.pdf pic 3.
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They are easting and northing references.....http://www.mountainsafety.org.nz/files/Topo-Map-Reading.pdf pic 3.



Do you mean good old fashioned New Zealand inch to a mile topographical Map Grid References...which I for one use...or am I past the use by date - My wife would tell you I am!
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not what she told me last time i was down
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