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Post  1864hatter Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:47 am

So a few years back I was one of the guys that had a sluice box, pan and ventured out once or twice a year. The results were allways in the category of- where is it? One day I read a bit about "sniping" and thought I may as well give it a shot. I didnt really have the faintest idea of what to do but managed to find 2 grams of what at the time was the coarsest gold Id found. I was over the moon! I could actually convince people what I had was gold!

Next weekend saw me back at my spot and this time around I managed 3.2 grams, also met a guy down the river who was just getting into it. Being the nice guy I am I invited him to come and have a snipe with me at my spot the next weekend. The image below is the first two days worth. The days I caught the bug.. 5_2_gr11

The next weekend brought me 7.6grams and I was hooked! Over the next few weekends i got a total of a couple of ounces from there, my mate got around an ounce and another guy maybe half an oz. All from 20m of River!

The days I caught the bug.. 7_6_gr10
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Post  CostasDee Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:19 am

Great story there hatter. Curious to know what sniping is though. Do a search on the forum, Stoppsy from memory has put a video on how to add pictures and video to your post.
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Post  1864hatter Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:30 am

Sniping is the name given to basically snorke;ing for gold in rivers. For me it involves a wetsuit snorkel and mask, a crowbar, pick and screwdriver.
Basically you clean out or break open underwater crevices in bedrock.

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Post  Hey presto Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:04 pm

Great result 1864hatter. Thanks for sharing your story & photos. I don't think I would like to do any sniping in my local creeks, to many leeches. They are friendly enough when you are panning.


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Post  kiwijw Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:07 am

G'day Hatter, Very nice gold. No wonder you got the bug Smile Hows that gold bug going for you. Whats the smallest bit you have got with it? I managed a wopping .08 gram piece with my 3000 yesterday. That was it for the day. Oh well...at least I wasnt skunked.

Good luck out there

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Post  1864hatter Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:07 am

Hey JW, the gold bug is going great when it gets a chance to get out and about. 0.1g pieces are no challenge at all to the gold bug. Of course it wont detect them very deep, sometimes I find tiny little flakes that are not even worth bending down for. Ive learnt to evaluate the potential size of a target to some degree so sometimes I just leave those small bits to grow bigger. (By the way, alluvial gold does grow but not in our lifetimes). 0.08grms is a tough day!

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Post  Guest Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:12 pm

Some nice water worn bits there!! Nice work hatter..

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