phrunt Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 It happened last year with Craig Douglas (NuggetHunterNZ on DP Forum) finding a 177 Gram gold nugget and now it's happened again, these guys have now found a 121 gram nugget in a creek similar to how Craig found his this time using a GPX 4500 or 5000, not sure which one. And the video of it, these guys make a heap of good videos usually of them dredging but this time it was detecting when they found it. The video has a fair few gold finds on it, Perhaps I need to start looking in creeks more often 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Too bad they weren’t filming the moment. Must be a lot of baby nuggets in that creek where that came from. It was well rounded off also. Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig It Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 At least creeks in that area !!!! Haha 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneguy Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 That was one of the most enjoyable vids I've seen in a long time.... Really helps some of us get thru the winter. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Prospector Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 What a country; fantastic fishing, hunting, gold prospecting and just drop dead beautiful scenery. New Zealand is paradise on Earth. Too bad they disarmed their citizenry though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Simon, do you know what the geology is of the region where they found it? Just curious what the general type of deposits nuggets like that are from in NZ. Ive read that some of the goldfields there are hydrothermal, and others are from metamorphic based rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 I went up a creek where I found a number of nuggets on my first day gold prospecting when I had JW there to show me what to do and I've rarely detected creeks since. Craig (NuggetHunterNZ) found his giant nugget using his Whites 24k in a creek, and that may make sense as my Nox and GM 1000 both struggle a bit in the creeks as all the rocky base of the creeks are loaded with hot rocks, and where there is bedrock often the detector signals on the bedrock, especially the bedrock with a green tinge to it. The 24k so far appears to handle hot rocks better than the GM and Nox so I'll take my Garrett 24k to this same creek in the near future and see how I go. I could take my GPX with the same Joey coil as the guy in the video although I'd be worried about dropping it in the water tripping from the fast flowing creek and slippery rocks being an expensive detector as I've taken two falls there already and the GM has been dunked underwater from one of them. I am guessing the guys in the video found their big nugget on the West Coast of the South Island where Craig found his. About 6 hours drive from here but I believe all the good creeks would have claims, these guys will have claims as they're dredgers. I'm not sure of the geology in the West Coast area, I should do my research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesD Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Phrunt, Here in the NorCal gold country, most the guys I know that hunt creeks successfully use SDC2300s. Great detector for water hunts, small coil for crevicing, super stable ground balance, and no worries if you drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 good video thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska detector Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I love watching abyss dredging’s videos, they really get on the gold and seem like genuinely great guys. Where they’re detecting, I’m fairly certain this is in the west coast of the South Island, probably between Greymouth and Nelson. Given how river worn those nuggets are I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re coming from an old channel. I really hope they’re plotting their finds into a GPS so they can look for patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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