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hi all
im heading to my claim now most will know where it is in the lewis pass pell stream
feel free to join me and caz
happy new year
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Good luck Keith and my you do as well as I did this weekend out with lepresean - he and I may be up my place sometime after 12th with a Belgium tourist - your welcome as well if you feel so inclined.
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well back from the claim and found time before heading of to work up the heaphy track counting possums
the river is good to cross except for some soft sand on north bank (no trouble for a landrover)
yes i left my chain saw at home and yes there was a tree part across the road still got through after driving through the bush thanks to bull bars only had to take my steering arm off when got home to put it in the press
the water was clear and dare i say alittle warm well not so cold anyway
spent about 7 to 8 hours sucking (thats dredging for those that may think im doing something else in the evennig) got about 14 to 16 grams the strange thing is that it was all flood gold i worked the same area i did last summer
got down to solid rock base it was great able to see the gold just sitting on the rock base
when caz and i left there was about 5 colours just resting on rock base in about 50 mm of water (gess who left his crevice sucker at home) to shallow for the dredge
hope you all find the gold this break
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Get over here - LepreSean and I were out last weekend as you might have gathered and I ended up with 34 grammes for about six to eight hours pottering. We are heading out again maybe Monday for an overnighter then about the fifteenth heading out again for maybe a week - if I havent woken up dead in between times.
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kiwikeith;8962 wrote:hang in there big guy Im hanging in but the weathers isnt! - son didnt get a thing on way to his holiday - didnt get a thing on holiday - and on the way home not far off a track frequented by hundreds every day, right beside the main road got a 2 grammer...time to buy yourself a Gold bug Keith.
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time to trade my legs in on new ones took a bit of a fall 2 days ago spent 13+ hours to walk out
caz was a little concerned calling up on the radio but what can one do keep walking got some funny looks from tourists on the track with the blood running down both my legs told them i was attacked by some wild pigs dogs that had been let loose in the bush
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kiwikeith;8966 wrote:time to trade my legs in on new ones took a bit of a fall 2 days ago spent 13+ hours to walk out
caz was a little concerned calling up on the radio but what can one do keep walking got some funny looks from tourists on the track with the blood running down both my legs told them i was attacked by some wild pigs dogs that had been let loose in the bush
I thought I was the only one who had accidents, mishaps, disasters and the odd crisis in the bush, mountains and great outdoors. That was no good but on the positive side you got out and thats the main thing.
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heading back now (tonight) ready for a 6.00 start in the morning
will catch up when i get back
pity theres no gold up there
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doesnt the Heaphy track go alongside the Aorere river at some point?
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yes you are right but thats at the north end of track
im operating on the west coast side and up into the hills
i havent as yet found any reference to gold in the creeks that come down on the coast side
never mind we pulledout of the area today so its now down to greynouth area for 8 to 10 weeks so should be able to find some more locations to post
cheers kiwikeith
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Right. I wasnt sure how far the Aorere went. Do you shoot the possums for fur or just count them for information?
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well its complecated we went in in aug traped them to count how many we got then let them go
one block we 1080 and the other we cholie droped (a proposed replacement to 1080) we have been in trapping again to see which works the best
1080 has a 3 way kill possums and rats almost 100% when the rats have gone then the stoats food is gone so they go as well
not to say im for 1080 but it does work
kills birds ? who knows some say yes but so do possums and rats take them out maybe a better rate of survival for birds but lets not debate 1080 on a gold mining forumof down to central in the morning for a bit of r & r
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Right. That makes sense. Happy travels :)
Trying to decide whether to go home thru Murchison and the Lewis or go via Canvastown down the coast. Gotta find some colour for the family to let me go again.....they, like me, are covered in sandfly bites from my excorsions to the Aorere and Baton lol
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hi chrischch
my first wife was like that. if i didnt find the big one i was wasting time
like i said 1st wife long gone. now caz comes out with me and enjoys it so she says but at least dosnt stop me
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hi all
i noted last time i was up my claim in lewis pass there has been some poaching going on
if you think you will get away with it be aware that there are now cameras in place and i will press charges
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kiwikeith;10327 wrote:hi all
i noted last time i was up my claim in lewis pass there has been some poaching going on
if you think you will get away with it be aware that there are now cameras in place and i will press charges the dark side of the internet eh.ive still got to get up those ways to meet up for a veiwing of the claim .been pretty busy at work (rebuilding in chch)
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hi there chchfossiker
will be there on sunday doing ok at present cant say to much every one will want to turn up
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hi keith.have you sold ya claim up pell stream? was up there yesterday and saw a guy dredging in your spot. told me youd sold it to him.
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hi ytb
no
he was going to buy but blow his head on the truck and snaped a belt on his dredge
its good to know who was visiting as he did tell me some one was there he didnt do to bad 16.5 grms in 2.5hours so that gives me 50% for sitting at home his name was mat
yes still for sale he was going to pay $25000 and expenses with no gear mat said it should produce a good 2 to 3 oz per week
that would mean diving in about 2m of water
thinking of saling my 5" dredge with all xtras package deal could be avilable
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