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| A CRANKY OLD COOT; WILSONS PATCH | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Monday 26-07-2010, 10:11 (692 Views) | |
| JACKHAMMER | Monday 26-07-2010, 10:11 Post #1 |
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A QUESTION FOR PETER...once apon a time many moons ago perhaps 14 odd years ago when wandering about the scrub up at wilsons(maybe it was some where else) but close to wilsons..There lived a cranky old coot with a shotgun beind 2 locked gates with no prospecting signs do not enter signs..and a sign saying if u come in here u will be shot and if i only wound u then ill shoot u again u get my drift..Anyway me being me jumped the fence and wandered up towards the house(extensive shack) to be hailed with a gruff accented voice WHAT THE F$%#*K are u doing here cant u read.BY this time i had located the voice worked out what he had said and was busy looking around for somewhere to duck if i saw anything like a rifle or shotgun...anyway after several minutes of saying sorry and trying to talk to this chap that was german or russian or something and asking the usual b/s questions like where am i who are u how much ground do u have where is ya datum and corner pegs ... we got to talking and it turns out this dude WROTE A BOOK and had several coppies at the shack...i should have bought one then and there but i dont carry my money on me when i go wandering...and the landy was about 5 ks away... ANYWAY PETER do u know of this bloke do u know the BOOK...all i remember is that he said the gold wasnt in the first few inches it was in the CAP and under it...if i remember rightly going nth Wilsons patch right of the road gold was mostly in cap or am i mistken jh |
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| Nightjar | Monday 26-07-2010, 12:13 Post #2 |
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Hi JH, My first thoughts are this fella was David John (now lives in Leinster), he was the Goanna Patch finder (Nth of Wilson's Patch) and he wrote a book named "Bloody Gold." We have been at Wilson's Patch since 1995 and he wasn't there then so I think your encounter would have been around late 80's into the 90's? Have had a brief look here but have been unable to find it amongst my prospecting books. Will confirm if and when I find it. Cheers Peter |
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Good luck & safe travels Peter ![]() "Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life." | |
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| Nightjar | Monday 26-07-2010, 19:22 Post #3 |
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JH, Here you go, you should have bought all the books he had! http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Gold-David-John/dp/0958809909 Cheers peter |
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Good luck & safe travels Peter ![]() "Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life." | |
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| monoandnan | Monday 26-07-2010, 20:53 Post #4 |
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G/day Scotty You can get that book from Finders Keepers in Kal and the Newsagent in Leinster. I have a copy and its a interesting read. Mono and Nan
Edited by monoandnan, Monday 26-07-2010, 20:54.
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Cheers Mono Goanna Gold Adventures Such is Life | |
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| JACKHAMMER | Wednesday 28-07-2010, 06:34 Post #5 |
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HE GUYS...thanks alot for that...im gunna look it up right now....NIGHTJAR...one of these days im gunna get up there again and seeya....hope the invite still stands at wilsons.....should have gone this year...MONO where are u now tell me in an email one of the 300 hundred u send me weekly....BLOODYHELL...$199 BUCKS dont think so, and ya right NIGHTJAR i should have bought then and there jh |
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