Yes....sometimes Prospecting Can Be Very Adventurous!

John-Edmonton

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Mar 21, 2005
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Garrett- Master Hunter CX,Infinium, 1350, 2500, ACE 150-water converted 250, GTA 500,1500 Scorpion, AT Pro
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Getting down to the river, I spotted a family of geese, who spotted me at the same time. They observed me for a while, then decided it was safe to pass by. I unofficially hired them as my "CLAIM" guards, to keep others away.
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I brought along my metal detector, as I sometimes do, to unwind a bit from all the digging.
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Due to the heat and smoke, I choose to screen my concentrates before feeding them into my California mini. I then find a cooler spot in the shade to sit down on an empty bucket and process them in my highbanker.
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The smoke was real bad from numerous surrounding fires, with advisories in the news to stay indoors or wear masks outdoors. A stark reminder of covid.
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The smoke creates different sun sets, often times turning it to a red, bleeding sun.
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Here's a couple of interesting finds. Metal detecting with my Garrett APEX, I dug this token or coin with an elephant on one side, with some sort of numeric table on the reverse. When screening buckets, I always stack my buckets two high, so as to not bend over as much, maintaining a straight back while screening the material. Because the gravel is closer to my eyes while screening, I get a closer look for interesting rocks for tumbling. I managed to eye-ball this beautiful rock fossil with some sort of plant imbedded it.
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Here's my final flour gold capture from 8 x 5 gallon buckets.
 

I thank you for, the pics, your time, and effort... on the write up for this post. It was well written/ formatted and with enough detail to make it interesting...

...I'm anti you-boob so this was refreshing!
 

Very nice set up you got with beautiful gold and pictures of a very good time you had!
 

I thank you for, the pics, your time, and effort... on the write up for this post. It was well written/ formatted and with enough detail to make it interesting...

...I'm anti you-boob so this was refreshing!
Thanks!
 

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