Goldhog Highbanker review

You got one as well eh?
Congrats AA. I hope to hear from you, maybe get out to a claim or two together.

Glad to see your fire within still flickers in this cold darkness.

Heavy Pans
 

I'm in, don't really have access to any claims though except the GPAA ones. And I'm less than impressed with those.
 

Sorry to hear the GPAA arent holding strong for you, ive had good days and really dry spells at the GPAA sites as well.
Keep strong. Be well
 

You look like you both had a fun day out chasing the gold.

Nothing better.

All the best,

Lanny
 

Looks like you are in my buddies back yard. Literally... lol. Still it's a good place to mess around as long as they don't come tell you it's private property but I've never had a problem there :) The actual river bottom is at least 40 feet down right below where you were standing in the middle of the canyon. Everything there underneath you is tailings from the mines up on the east side of the main channel. So where you were digging IS on the inside bend, but you have to imagine that originally the river naturally flowed 40 feet beneath you before the tailings from the sluice in " ____canyon" upstream from you filled the canyon with those hydraulic tailings. This video is from a few miles away from where you were.

The old Red Dog Cemetery | Nevada Cemetery District is not far from where you were up on the east hill. I have relatives buried there and a lot of history in the area. A good book for you to read is You Bet gold fever: A true documentation: Jerry Brady: Amazon.com: Books where it tells about my Great Aunt Nettie being the only person to ever witness a murder in the town. The books are rare these days but worth reading. I used to dredge on Jerry's property back in the day :)
 

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WOW!!!!Incredible that you have your wife do all the work!!!!:occasion14:
A lot of folks here are envious of you pal:occasion14:

A side note. The lack of abundant rounded stream gravel probably confirms what Reed Lukens says about tailings.

George
 

AlienAmerican said:
The wife is the one that got me into this, so she is ogligated to do most of the work:headbang:
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That's just awesome on so many levels... I'm envisioning a five inch dredge setup in your future :D
 

Looks like a nice spot, what about the results, Any pics?

Also what ads you talking about clicking?
 

BTW how you like the hog mats? They are great huh!
 

At the beginning of the video, there should be ads. Most people just click "skip ad". If people would click them, it helps fund these adventures.
 

What did your clean up look like?
 

jvan said:
What did your clean up look like?
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The previous weekend, we pulled out 3small nuggets, lots of pickers flakes and flour. The next weekend, no nuggets but same amount of pickers flakes and flour. I dont have a photo because it took me severl days to pan everythung out and it got mixed in with my take for the year. I will be sure to photo the take next time.
 

3 small nuggets sound good..!! Im definitely interested in digging into something further

Awesome work AA; and wife
 

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I am loving this place right now.
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Reed Lukens said:
Looks like you are in my buddies back yard. Literally... lol. Still it's a good place to mess around as long as they don't come tell you it's private property but I've never had a problem there :) The actual river bottom is at least 40 feet down right below where you were standing in the middle of the canyon. Everything there underneath you is tailings from the mines up on the east side of the main channel. So where you were digging IS on the inside bend, but you have to imagine that originally the river naturally flowed 40 feet beneath you before the tailings from the sluice in " ____canyon" upstream from you filled the canyon with those hydraulic tailings. This video is from a few miles away from where you were.

The old Red Dog Cemetery | Nevada Cemetery District is not far from where you were up on the east hill. I have relatives buried there and a lot of history in the area. A good book for you to read is You Bet gold fever: A true documentation: Jerry Brady: Amazon.com: Books where it tells about my Great Aunt Nettie being the only person to ever witness a murder in the town. The books are rare these days but worth reading. I used to dredge on Jerry's property back in the day :)
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Holy Moses! We live in the same town/area. I used to go there all the time 4x4ing, shooting and "cave" exploring (really man-made tunnels). Reed I love Red Dog! It's awesome out there! Thanks for the book reference and I love to hear about your history.

And I thought I was the only crazy wife who got my husband into mining. HA! Couples mining retreat! :icon_cheers:
 

The Gilded Lens said:
Holy Moses! We live in the same town/area. I used to go there all the time 4x4ing, shooting and "cave" exploring (really man-made tunnels). Reed I love Red Dog! It's awesome out there! Thanks for the book reference and I love to hear about your history.

And I thought I was the only crazy wife who got my husband into mining. HA! Couples mining retreat! :icon_cheers:
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Planning on thus weekend if the couples are interested .
 

Alas we have no sluice or high banker. Just a couple of goobers with pans still. Have big plans for a Bazooka though! :laughing7:

A.A. that's gonna be one mud hole of a road to get down there with all the rain we've had the last couple of days!
 

The Gilded Lens said:
Alas we have no sluice or high banker. Just a couple of goobers with pans still. Have big plans for a Bazooka though! :laughing7:

A.A. that's gonna be one mud hole of a road to get down there with all the rain we've had the last couple of days!
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well if it kooks like the road might dry tomorrow, lemme know. we have a starter sluice you could use.
 

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