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Maybe because there was/is lots of gold there. Goes without saying I reckon. D4g

That's interesting. I don't recall any posts you have made of gold you have found from where they are prospecting. https://www.santanaminerals.com/bendigo-ophir-new-zealand D4G

Hi Mitchel, what made you go to Waihi? A good walk for you & family would be the "Windows" walk in the Karangahake gorge. Site of the 3rd richest hard rock gold mine in NZ back in its day. The Talisman, which has activity going on today. The Martha mine was the richest followed by the Blackwater mine in the south island at Waiuta. The Birthday reef was a late discovery in 1906 & was found on King George's birthday. Hence the "Birthday" reef. It closed in 1951 due to the shaft collapsing. Today an Australian company has driven a low level tunnel & have very recently hit the Birthday reef way below the extent of the old workings. Looks like happy days ahead. The Blackwater mine had the deepest shaft in NZ. Sorry I can't recall the depth off the top of my head. Do a google search on Waiuta. Could be worth a trip up to the old ghost town. Very interesting. D4G

The Martha Mine in Waihi. Yep, still mining there. D4G

Some nice stuff there for sure. D4G

No, but there were other peoples lives involved in this last incident. It didn't need to happen. D4G

That's the way I see it. He knew what he was doing & must have known what the result would be. I reckon you guys got off lightly. Makes for a good story though. D4G

Jacob can take full responsibility for starting that s#it fight. Not fair on the rest of you. What was he thinking?? D4G

Exactly.... like large gold at depth..... Sounds like a win to me. You might find you will not fill your pockets with so many lead pellets either. If you don't search for large deep nuggets you are never going to find them. D4G

Agree totally with that. A 3000 was listed on our online auction site for NZ$800 & got passed in but it did sell so a deal must have been struck. I was very tempted myself. If your spot is virgin ground you are very lucky & a 7000 would be a killer. Even with the standard 14x13 coil. Whack on a 15" cc X coil & you just might be blown away from what I have heard about them. D4G

That is a very generous offer from DrillerDave. I reckon you should take him with you. D4G

So are you saying you bought one & have never used it? You might be surprised if you hook it up to your Algoforce. I have found deep gold with my one & it wasn't too shabby on smaller shallow bits either. D4G

I would have to wonder with using an older model ML PI or GPZ 7000 that the bigger deeper gold you are looking for has not already been found with them back in there day. Hence the GPX 6000 mopping up the crumbs these days. A very high chance that any ground you go over has already seen many a coil over it. The gold doesn't tend to grow back. D4G

Just weighed my ML 14x13 & it is 1239 grams. That is just the coil with skid plate & curly cable. D4G

Yes, absolutely. Hence going in with the drone. You can't zoom in as much as you could do on Google Earth without it losing a sharp focus. D4G