Asmbandits
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- Mar 4, 2014
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- Fisher GB2, Bazooka Prospector 36", EZ sluice, Blue Bowl..
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- All Treasure Hunting
As some of you know I spend a lot of time on the Georgetown and Forest hill divides, I have a claim that I am still in the prospect stage with and am beginning to find a a nice pay streak of sorts which is great as the gold there is very hard to find compared to other areas. I spent a day here with the old man on sunday, half the day was spent exploring the claim and areas ive never been above and below just looking around, I caught a 5" brook trout with my gold pan with little effort this day, was in the right place at the right time walking past a finger of water in bedrock no larger that half a bath tub and saw the trout in there, quickly I put my pan down at the mouth and the trout darted for the exit and wound up swimming right into my pan! I carried him in the pan all the way back to the claim only to show my dad and then realized I did not have my phone on me to take a pic 
oh well I thought it was kinda of neat and so did pops, I then let him go and he swam off un harmed.
We did a lot of sampling this day found about 1.5 grams with just pans and hand tools and some know how and hard work, he managed to spy a nice picker where he dug and I found myself a nice chunky one as well, in all was a great day.
The next day we went to a area we had only been to one other time, its way way out there, a good hour ride from camp and one of the most difficult and dangerous rides we have ever done. Then from where we park the bikes its another super ruff mile hiking with no trial to follow, we had to blaze one ourselves. We got to the area and started sampling and were coming up with very little , very surprising for the area but we were seeing decent color here and there. We were working and area about 30-40 feet out of the water, very traveled bedrock pockets here and there so I knew if I found something it would probably be on the larger size are it would have to be to get stuck here as the water must have been moving fast through there some time eons ago. We were just about give up and make the trek out when I did just one more pan and bam!
Found a nice 4.72 gram nugget stuck in the garret 1/2" classifier! ALWAYS CHECK YOUR CLASSIFIER! you just never know... This piece is a beauty, it looks like a large crystalline leaf thats been very traveled and worn and folded over, definitely made the long hard trek out there worth it.
Here is a photo, all of the small gold is my take from the claim while the larger nugget is from the new prospect. I know ill be back to this area again some day but it damn near killed me getting in and out, definitely will have to rest up and come up with a game plan and hit it again when the time and temperature are right. Yellow Pans to you all!
oh well I thought it was kinda of neat and so did pops, I then let him go and he swam off un harmed.We did a lot of sampling this day found about 1.5 grams with just pans and hand tools and some know how and hard work, he managed to spy a nice picker where he dug and I found myself a nice chunky one as well, in all was a great day.
The next day we went to a area we had only been to one other time, its way way out there, a good hour ride from camp and one of the most difficult and dangerous rides we have ever done. Then from where we park the bikes its another super ruff mile hiking with no trial to follow, we had to blaze one ourselves. We got to the area and started sampling and were coming up with very little , very surprising for the area but we were seeing decent color here and there. We were working and area about 30-40 feet out of the water, very traveled bedrock pockets here and there so I knew if I found something it would probably be on the larger size are it would have to be to get stuck here as the water must have been moving fast through there some time eons ago. We were just about give up and make the trek out when I did just one more pan and bam!
Found a nice 4.72 gram nugget stuck in the garret 1/2" classifier! ALWAYS CHECK YOUR CLASSIFIER! you just never know... This piece is a beauty, it looks like a large crystalline leaf thats been very traveled and worn and folded over, definitely made the long hard trek out there worth it.
Here is a photo, all of the small gold is my take from the claim while the larger nugget is from the new prospect. I know ill be back to this area again some day but it damn near killed me getting in and out, definitely will have to rest up and come up with a game plan and hit it again when the time and temperature are right. Yellow Pans to you all!
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