DanB
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anybody else have any luck?....dbfinal clean up from 20 buckets of dirt....
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anybody else have any luck?....db
B Street Blacksmith
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I wish 20 buckets of dirt here would give me just 1/10th of what you have there.
Sadly, I'd be lucky to get 1-3 little colors off of 20 buckets (central Texas).
Sadly, I'd be lucky to get 1-3 little colors off of 20 buckets (central Texas).
B Street Blacksmith
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I wish 20 buckets of dirt here would give me just 1/10th of what you have there.
Sadly, I'd be lucky to get 1-3 little colors off of 20 buckets (central Texas).
Sadly, I'd be lucky to get 1-3 little colors off of 20 buckets (central Texas).
B Street Blacksmith
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GoldpannerDave
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Not bad; at least you are getting out and finding some!
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Ha ha - yeah we don't find that kind of quantity in Maine from 20 buckets. I ran 7 buckets of 1/8" classified dirt one day this past season and got 20 or so flakes.
QNCrazy
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Well within the last week, I've managed to pull 2.8g out of my honey hole. I moved a lot of material.
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Wow nice chunky stuff, love to see the gold pics. Keep at it, that will add up quick.
Vance in AK
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Im with you Rob! Hopefully we will have an early spring & be able to get out there chasing it soon! In the meantime the pics do get the blood flowing
Thanks for taking us along guys
specksandflecks
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Working on it. Kind of a PITA dealing with all the heavies and flat flaky gold. Too many Irons in the fire ATM.
specksandflecks
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Went and re-ran some blue bowl tailings through Letrap. It was supposed to be -50, think some bigger stuff got through though. Apparently Keene is unable to make a 50 mesh screen with proper tolerances so I got a 50 mesh screen that says "made in China". It appears to be superior to the Keene screen
, for now.
2/3 bucket '-50' BB tailings.
Finished that then ran 3/4 bucket of -4 mesh from what used to be a decent little spot.
That spot isn't quite what it used to be. High water stripped away some overburden. Unfortunately it took a few small trees (roots and all), along with the gold to who knows where. Down the creek somewhere for the next generation to find I guess. All that's left is bare bedrock.
Green means go red means stop. Red is slightly disturbed still lighter color though. Hard to tell in this pic, you can tell in the pan though, water turns completely different color brown. Doesn't make a lot of sense since current flows right to left.
, for now. 2/3 bucket '-50' BB tailings.
Finished that then ran 3/4 bucket of -4 mesh from what used to be a decent little spot.
That spot isn't quite what it used to be. High water stripped away some overburden. Unfortunately it took a few small trees (roots and all), along with the gold to who knows where. Down the creek somewhere for the next generation to find I guess. All that's left is bare bedrock.
Green means go red means stop. Red is slightly disturbed still lighter color though. Hard to tell in this pic, you can tell in the pan though, water turns completely different color brown. Doesn't make a lot of sense since current flows right to left.
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ConceptualizedNetherlandr
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My thought is you should have gander down stream and find the first drop out locations. All that stuff is right there in one little place right now just waiting to be had.
Went and re-ran some blue bowl tailings through Letrap. It was supposed to be -50, think some bigger stuff got through though. Apparently Keene is unable to make a 50 mesh screen with proper tolerances so I got a 50 mesh screen that says "made in China". It appears to be superior to the Keene screen
2/3 bucket '-50' BB tailings.
View attachment 1131565
Finished that then ran 3/4 bucket of -4 mesh from what used to be a decent little spot.
View attachment 1131566
That spot isn't quite what it used to be. High water stripped away some overburden. Unfortunately it took a few small trees (roots and all), along with the gold to who knows where. Down the creek somewhere for the next generation to find I guess. All that's left is bare bedrock.
View attachment 1131385
Green means go red means stop. Red is slightly disturbed still lighter color though. Hard to tell in this pic, you can tell in the pan though, water turns completely different color brown. Doesn't make a lot of sense since current flows right to left.
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DanB
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This is what the gold day dirt material looks like.....inside bend...on a fault line up heaved bedrock and old river bed.....View attachment 1138475View attachment 1138475View attachment 1138475View attachment 1138476View attachment 1138476
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