Goldminer Justin Eden on 40 years of mining

The heyday of New Zealand's gold rush may have passed, but there's still gold in those rivers - if you know where to look. Justin Eden has spent forty years mining gold both here and in Australia.

He owns The Gold Shop on Arrowtown's main street, but when he's not there, you'll probably find him working his claim up Skipper's Canyon. 
 

Justin mining up the Shotover River in 1979; shoveling gold bearing gravel into my sluice box.

A handful of gold found one morning using a metal detector in Western Australia in 1987.

Justin detecting in WA in 1995. He spent about 15 winters prospecting for gold using a metal detector in the Pilbara region of WA.

Gold nuggets on display at The Gold Shop

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