Tested out a mates high banker the other day after work for a couple hours of digging some flood gravels full of black sand and fine gold. Hope it stays that good, we will see once a full day has been done there.
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Nice. Looks promising.
JW 
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A couple of little guys for a quick arvo detect a couple of Sundays back.
And a few more for an afternoon yesterday. Nothing flash but it scratched the itch.
Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick. Best of luck out there.
JW
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Here’s a couple of wee nuggys from today that I found on a mates claim. It’s always great fun to get to a new area and have a play! Total of 0.9g, found with equinox800
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That could also be chert. Cinnabar generally is pretty soft and will leave a red streak on a white ceramic tile and or even your hands if its decomposed enough
A result of 2 days sniping and 1 day on the gold monster (about 2-3 grams found with the detector, forgot to weigh that day separately). A fresh dumping of snow on the tops the day prior made me wish i had a 7mm, well worth the chill though!
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Nice one man,looking forward to the snow melting alright!
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Good to see you here Matt! Yep was bloody chilly in the bush still, didnt last too long sniping especially when the suns not shining🥶
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Very hard won. 160mm rain in 24 hours. Biggest flood in 20 years and creek essentially unaccessible.
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A few random bits from the last few weekends.
A bit grim but better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick.
JW
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Beggars can’t be choosers. Rivers are flooded and dirty. Took my wee plastic sluice out for a mission today. 3hrs of easy shoveling for 0.43g With the gold price what it is that’s enough to put a decent dinner on the table.
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Yea the suns on the wrong side of the river up there in winter ha ha
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Home made clean up sluice works great, helped a friend on a dredge and ran the cons through it, didnt see any gold making it down the lower end of the sluice. Great for black sand!
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After loosing my damn snuffer bottle at the end of a full days sniping yesterday i returned today to get redemption! Great day out, looking like a good summer ahead.
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Spent this weekend at the Aorere B PFA trying to get a gram!..
fell agonizingly short …lol!
Good to catch up with some locals and recharge the batteries!
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Bugger Mal. Couple more shovels & you may have got there. At least you got something. 
JW
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Also found this in my end of day clean up. I was very excited to have dug up a coin in my diggings. Later to find its a 2006 20 cent piece. Havent worked out how it got through my classifier. And proof the sluice, even when running fast looses nothing of value.
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