Dealing with roots

NuggetN8

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Mar 13, 2012
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Northern California
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Prospecting
I've got a creek that I go to and do really well at but the only problem I've run into is that there's tree roots pretty much all the way down the creek. I'd imagine that there would be a lot of gold in them but they're impossible to deal with! I know people say you can burn them and pan the ashes out but these are like big roots with huge masses of smaller roots clumped together an they're just glued to the bedrock. I've tried using a hatchet to chop them up but they're tough! Any ideas? There's pretty chunky gold there and I'm sure nobody's been under those roots for a while.
 

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Then the problem becomes transporting 22 ft sections of pipe down the trail in a inconspicuous manner
 

My new sluice for my gravity dredge setup is almost ready =]

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Gravelwasher,
You beat me by ten minutes............................HH
 

Speaking of battery powered tools, anyone out there carry a hammer drill/chisel? Seems like that would make quick work chipping out small cracks in
bedrock.
 

They use a lot of juice, we use a small light weight Honda 2000i generator and SDS's for above water, then pneumatics and air chisels for below. There's no limit on battery this way and we use them for hours on end.
 

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