Thread: Gold panning around reefton?

We have found bits of colour at Slab Hut, we have done better with a sluice box rather than pans.
Try going upstream or down a bit the river section at the campground gets a hammering at times.
Awesome pizza oven there to cook lunch in too.
Nobles creek up off Waipuna road if you have 4wd, get into the creek via the tunnels. Not a fossicking area but there gold in the creek still. It is an old Chinese and French mining settlement area (Napoleons Hill). Also accessible from Ahaura via Orwell Creek Road (paid 4WD access through private farmland)
There is tunnel remains and also a small cemetery you drive past if accessing Nobles Creek/Napoleons hill from this side.
Fossicking areas at Moonlight Creek, Nelson Creek, and Shamrock creek aren't too far away for a nosey too if you have the time.

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

We have found bits of colour at Slab Hut, we have done better with a sluice box rather than pans.
Try going upstream or down a bit the river section at the campground gets a hammering at times.
Awesome pizza oven there to cook lunch in too.
Nobles creek up off Waipuna road if you have 4wd, get into the creek via the tunnels. Not a fossicking area but there gold in the creek still. It is an old Chinese and French mining settlement area (Napoleons Hill). Also accessible from Ahaura via Orwell Creek Road (paid 4WD access through private farmland)
There is tunnel remains and also a small cemetery you drive past if accessing Nobles Creek/Napoleons hill from this side.
Fossicking areas at Moonlight Creek, Nelson Creek, and Shamrock creek aren't too far away for a nosey too if you have the time.

Thanks for all the info think we will grab a pan and keep it reasonably simple. Hopefully if we find a piece it will keep them interested for mor than half an hour

Originally Posted by Mr300WSM

Thanks for all the info think we will grab a pan and keep it reasonably simple. Hopefully if we find a piece it will keep them interested for mor than half an hour

Have plenty of bug repellant hot milo and warm towels on hand, the water is pretty chilly up there