Public area gold

Wow, amazing! :heart_eyes:

This question might sound a little bit dumb, but is it possible to find that much gold with just an ordinary pan? I guess that youā€™re dredging the bottom of a river, but are there any chances to find nice sized nuggets like that outside the rivers.

Thanks.

//Elias

Non of the gold was dredged mate, all pan and shovel or snipe. Itā€™s most certainly possible to pan big nuggets, you just need to be at the right place at the right time

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Cool! That gives me hope for the future :grinning: When you say ā€œsnipingā€ do you mean like hunting with a metal detector? If thatā€™s the case, what kind of detector are you using? I have my trusty old X-Terra 705, would that be a good machine for nugget hunting you think? Last two questions, do you need to get a permission to hunt on public lands, or can you just do it without even asking anyone? Are you hunting on private, or public lands?

Iā€™m sorry for bothering you with all these questions, but I find this very interesting, and Iā€™m really impressed by your finds. I would love to find my own gold someday, and next year might just be my chance since Iā€™m planning to go on a trip to New Zealand, and stay there for a year :slight_smile:

//Elias

You wonā€™t find much with a detector really, sniping is just diving in the river and searching by hand. Have a look on YouTube for ideas.

Mad respects buddy as my dad woulda said, son that manā€™s committed.
Really inspiring Iā€™m looking at panning on the west coast probs next year.

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Classic, the girlfriend wants me to go find some gold porn hahahahahaha

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Oh :flushed: Just watched a video about how to sniping for gold, didnā€™t realize it was under water business lol. Well, now I see how my questions about metal detectors suddenly make no sense in this threadā€¦ :joy:
Thanks anyway!

//Elias

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This is me diving near my home in Queenstown- Gold snipe Queenstown Nz - YouTube

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It looks like so much fun, I need to try it some time! Got yourself a new subscriber :grinning:

Awsome buddy very helpful