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New Zealand, West Coast
Ross
Jones Creek public gold fossicking area
Gold ground Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldAlso reported: black sand, the town museum shows the Roddy replica.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Ross produced NZ's largest gold nugget, the 3.1 kg 'Honourable Roddy' in 1909, and Jones Creek behind the town is a gazetted public fossicking area
Gazetted DOC fossicking area, the Honourable Roddy nugget is a named documented find from this field and panners still get colours in Jones Creek
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Flash rises after rainOld water races and shafts in the bush above town
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