Colorado Prospecting. South Platte, Clear Creek and Denver.

You're definitely right about forgotten though. Where the creek is in town there is no way anyone would go down to it for any sort of recreation or walk. It's really tucked away. There's zero trails around creek area too. What's interesting is when I looked at that spot with historical maps I couldn't find any obvious buildings in the area that would build something in the creek. If I go back to the area I'll look at the nails and bolts to see how old it is.
 

Want me to bring my dry washer next time we meet up??
 

KevinInColorado said:
Want me to bring my dry washer next time we meet up??
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That would be great! I've just began really researching drywashers and it would be awesome to see one in action. I'll have to run some tests on the spot I posted about to see how much gold has been turned up with that cobble.
 

On the subject of drywashing I want to know if anyone knows of a drywashing gold pan, specifically made for that task. I've seen a few techniques done using a regular gold pan and shaking the heavies down and finishing with blowing air from your mouth and things like that so I know it can be done using a regular pan. But I imagine it's also possible to make some sort of drywashing "gold pan" especially made for just that purpose. So does anything like that already exist?

My personal idea for one involves a modified hand bellows. Or maybe even simpler than that I wonder if I put some sort of riffles in say a 2.5' section of 2" pvc, add a scoop of classified dirt and manually blow it through the tube.
 

I've seen Jeff Williams use that Garrett in his videos. It works but isn't quite as advanced as what David is describing ;)
 

It's funny you brought up Jeff Williams and dry panning - I was thinking about that same video! I watched it a few years ago, and then on a trip to Vegas I went out to the Gold Basin in Arizona to try what Jeff's video had taught me. My method seemed to be the same as his, but I didn't find the nice chunky pieces of gold he was finding. Maybe I was doing something wrong.... :)

- Brian
 

I was actually thinking of Jeff Williams videos when I posted earlier. He has two different techniques posted in two different videos using the garret pan. Here's the videos if anyone's curious.




As Kevin mentioned I'm looking for something a little more advanced or specific to the purpose. I might have to play around with some ideas and make something up :)
 

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Diamond Dode said:
Hello, Shofs! I'm in SE MO and I have really enjoyed reading this thread! It's so good to see a young person with a useful hobby! Wish I'd known about this kind of fun when I was younger. So, I'm late to the party, at age 60ish and am going on my first prospecting gig tomorrow! I'm heading to Crater of Diamonds in AR. haha! I'm hoping it will give me some classifying experience, in a safe setting, before I head out into the wilderness in August. While in AR, I'd like to head over to the Coleman Mine, and Mt. Ida too, for some crystal quartz prospecting. Then, I'll spend most of the summer kayaking and practicing in some local creeks and going back to Mt. Ida now and then. Btw, I picked my username in honor of my first prospecting effort.... I'm sure it will be ironic! The Crater's diamonds are mostly .25 pts or less, so my hopes are already dashed. However, it's a camping trip and that alone should be fun. Plus, I get to meet lots of 'prospector' type people. ;)
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Diamond - you should start a journal on your adventures. Let us know if you come through Colorado and are looking for some area to prospect.
 

Hey, Shofs.... I put my posts over on a new thread. I didn't realize it, at the time, but I was hijacking your thread. I'll still be reading your posts and I really look forward to your adventures. ;)
 

Keene has a kit.



http://www.keeneeng.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GPCYK ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1493656136.919530.jpg
 

shofs said:
That's exactly the type of thing I was looking for! Thanks :icon_thumright: I wasn't expecting a big company like Keene to be the manufacturer. Time for me to go look up some reviews.
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You definitely need a pan with a funnel hole for all the gold you're finding. :icon_thumright:
 

After looking around I've hardly found any reviews from anyone using the product. I think I'll track down one of those foot pumps and rig it to one of my extra pans and see how that goes.
 

shofs said:
After looking around I've hardly found any reviews from anyone using the product. I think I'll track down one of those foot pumps and rig it to one of my extra pans and see how that goes.
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I happen to have this pump, if you can't find one lmk

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That's definitely the same pump the kit uses, thanks!
 

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