Those of you that follow me on FB will already know this story but I thought I’d found a huge gold specimen in the Arrow River last week, I was very excited and had grand plans of chucking in my job and buying a holiday in central Otago. I have just been on a 16 day gold tour of the south Island, caught up with a few paydirt members which was cool. I have uploaded a couple of photos of the rock which turns out to be highly mineralize Schist with Quartz n magnetite with blah blah blah not GOLD! even took it into the gold shop to be tested …how embarrassing lol! Hung out with lammerlaw for a couple of days which was cool,had a beer with JW, got the Triton vertical on the way back from Macetown (don’t think the missus will ever be quite the same), sluiced and dredged some good gold in the Arrow, got nice gold and gems at gem beach, even accidentally claim jumped a spot near Mucherison (apologies have been made) pays to check the latest permit maps aye! …dope!
Hope to post some more soon!
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Sounds like you had an awesome wee adventure and have n awesome doorstop to take home! I’m intrigued by the getting the Triton vertical on the way back from Macetown?!
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That is still one cool looking rock!!
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