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Stealth
#1 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 1:07:10 p.m.(UTC)
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So I do a fair amount of spear fishing around the north island, mainly east coast.

Was wondering if anyone has tried freediving with a detector, again I have some pretty neat spots that would open up if it was a good idea.

I prefer freediving to scuba, if I pace my self I can usually get 4 hours in the water quite easily.

So yeah has anyone tried it, or do people just stick to scuba when they do it?

Would look at places around the eastern side of Coro, around Tairua and up.
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#2 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 2:27:10 p.m.(UTC)
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How long can you stay under water holding your breath with experience? I couldnt do it very long I imagine. You could also go down and suction up paydirt from deep holes with a crevice sucker. Good idea, I havnt read about anyone doing that but i'm sure its been done somewhere.
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#3 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 2:40:23 p.m.(UTC)
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around the 2 min mark at 15 meters once I'm warmed up. I'm still smoking so that will start improving soon.

My dive buddy can do around the 3 min mark, I can carry gear in my plat (which is a like a fish bin you tow around) really easily. I've had 30 odd kilo's of fish in it so suctioning paydirt and dumping it in there for processing later is also an idea.

Hhrrrrmmmmmm, time to start some research :D
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Yeah I reckon it would work for sure.
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Stealth;10076 wrote:
around the 2 min mark at 15 meters once I'm warmed up. I'm still smoking so that will start improving soon.

My dive buddy can do around the 3 min mark, I can carry gear in my plat (which is a like a fish bin you tow around) really easily. I've had 30 odd kilo's of fish in it so suctioning paydirt and dumping it in there for processing later is also an idea.

Hhrrrrmmmmmm, time to start some research :D


firkin hell ya's must be part fish lol!! Ya hould wear a underwater cam and film that shit for youtube I'd love to see some under water fish or detcting hunts!!
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#5 Posted : Saturday, 4 February 2012 11:56:25 p.m.(UTC)
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Stealth;10076 wrote:
around the 2 min mark at 15 meters once I'm warmed up. I'm still smoking so that will start improving soon.

My dive buddy can do around the 3 min mark, I can carry gear in my plat (which is a like a fish bin you tow around) really easily. I've had 30 odd kilo's of fish in it so suctioning paydirt and dumping it in there for processing later is also an idea.

Hhrrrrmmmmmm, time to start some research :D


Interesting as I have never heard of anyone suctioning paydirt for processing later but we have always suctioned the gravel and so on through an underwater or floating rifle box, that is an underwater dredge or a surface dredge. This means that the paydirt is processed as you are sucking it.

In both cases the only task is to pan up the material on the mats or to take the concentrates home to process or pan up.

If you are only going to be concerned with 30 odd kgs then you would merely use hand methods to clear it to one side and then use a snifter to collect the gold in.
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