Getting told off for digging in the river bed

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Planning another trip over Easter as the fever is strong in me haha hope to see you two out and about some day

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Been their since Friday and had no issues so far haven’t seen the dredger in my missions

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Awesome bro, good luck! We are over this weekend but sadly its a private spot, last trip it yielded some very great gold to say the least (video of that trip may be up soon), but hopefully will catch you up one day! Let us know whenever your at a public site and we will see if we can make it over.

Cheers

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Police were there having smoko :rofl::joy:…:call_me_hand:

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Im curious to know what the rules are on a claim as well. Does anybody’s know the rules regarding dredging/digging into gravel sand banks. What is the description of the boundary. Is it vegetation? I dont do much sluicing but interested to know if anybody has some information👍

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From what I understand its the active river bed out side of that its an issue

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Yes, how would that be described do you think? Considering annual floods etc. Those gravel banks brought down on flood would be considered active?

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I’ve always thought if you’re not digging out trees or shrubs etc you’re all good.

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Claims are very different to public fossicing areas and i would take anyones suggestions who has or has had a claim first…! It states in the crown minerals act 1991 , bed means-- (a) in relation to any river, the space of land which the waters of the river cover at its fullest filow without over- topping the banks;

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Hi. The high flood mark is probably the definite answer. So anything below tree base or where the rocks are clear of topsoil is how I would judge it. But bear in mind river channels can shift about so sometimes on older claims the area doesn’t match the current channel. Plus some dredging claims extend past the riverbed area as the claim owner may want to detect the adjacent beaches or terraces. Best bet is to check the nzpams map. Or get in touch with the claim owner is you are uncertain and need to operate near their boundary. Then everyone is happy and it avoids grief when the claim owner shows up and finds someone hard at it close to their ground.

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