Saturday of ANZAC weekend I headed to a local Queenstown spot with the GPZ 7000 & the 15" concentric X coil. It was pretty hard going on the gold front but I eventually got a signal that lived on down into the bedrock schist past the shot gun pellets.
On ANZAC day itself I went further afield & ended up doing not too bad. Ended up getting heaps of shot gun pellets & .22 shells & there lead bullet heads as well courtesy of bloody rabbit shooters. They are part & parcel of this game, unfortunately & can make it real shit.
My first signal that got to below the shot gun pellet layer.
Just before I called it quits I was detecting the edges of exposed schist bedrock where the bedrock dropped into deeper ground. Hoping to find something that edge of bedrock had halted its progress. I got a faint but definite signal. Dug down on it & it lived past the shoot gun pellet horizon & into tight packed gravels.
Kiwijw, if one were to go through this thread and the old paydirt forum an add up all your finds i think theyd be blown away with the end tally!!!
You must have 1 heck of a hoarde now, good work youve earned every speck flake and nugget
Thank you gogold. No gold is easy gold but I just love getting out there & I am out there most weekends depending on the rain gods.
Went out this weekend on both days. It was hard yakka for 9 small bits. But no catch a release.
Well its been a while between drinks…but just came back from my last dredging mission for the season (wait for the next episode)…we got a few wee nuggs… biggest bit …0.64 grams…total here 15.1 grams … Central Otago …reputably some of the purest gold in the country…so very shiney!..big thanks to the GC’s for sharing their passion and special spot with me…and my wife for not divorcing…lol!
Hi guys. On Saturday I went back to the same area as those last 9 little bits that I got in my last post. There had been a bit of rain & I liked my chances that I could snag some more because I am a firm believer that the damp soil conditions makes for deeper & better sensitivity.
The day started off a bit dodgy weather wise but by 11am it was looking a lot more promising to I headed of. I wasn’t detecting until 1pm & day was just a stunner. I E-Bike in.
Yer the Aussies are loving the 17". There is a 22" & now a 26" concentric. Be interesting to see how they go on larger deeper gold across the ditch. I believe there may even be a 12" concentric in the making.
Some of my best finds from a few weeks back and some recent. Most from Louis creek area and a few from doc land (just sneaking a pan and crevice tool in while out hiking lol), great to have moved up from finding thin flakes to now some chunkier stuff! Even found my biggest bit yet weighing 0.31. Love this hobby, though she’s getting cold and slippery out there!
They are part & parcel of this game, unfortunately & can make it real shit.
