I Found Gold Using My Vac Pac

[AzViper]

Here is a place I found while visiting a friend yesterday. Went back today with the Vac Pac, Pic, Buckets, Classifiers, etc. Will be returning with drywasher. This wash never gets hit as it is among million dollar homes high on a hillside with a 6000 foot mountain above the homes. I saw no sign of any digging either on the sides or the bottom of the wash. The only time this wash has water is during the raining season of which Monsoon will be here in the next few months.The gold came from under the boulders on the slow moving water in the curve of the wash when there is water. The wash flows from the upper canyons of which are on Federal land. All photos where from my Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone.

 

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[TerryC]

Go get 'em, AZ!!! TTC

 

[sidvail]

Anyone working around Black Canyon area? About 35 years ago I was out there and found a hunk of quartz with beautiful gold veins running through it. Picked it up one day I was roaming around the desert and never forgot it. I had thought about prospecting back then, but had never put the thought into motion. I think about that rock constantly now.

Was that a fluke - or is that a good area?

 

[AzViper]

Go get 'em, AZ!!! TTC

Terry I beleive to work the area for any extended time I will have to do it by hand as not to piss off people because of the noise of the Vac Pac. Area is so quiet and peaceful and littered with homes.

 

[pacog]

Terry I beleive to work the area for any extended time I will have to do it by hand as not to piss off people because of the noise of the Vac Pac. Area is so quiet and peaceful and littered with homes.

Build a Custom Exhaust/Muffler for the the engine, the one that come on them are pretty much non-existant. I am sure you could greatly quiet the machine that way.

You can always look into one of the re-chargeable Dewalt's they work really well and are fairly quiet. As quiet as a small hosehold vacuum. Just need a Few batteries for several hours of run time.

Good luck out there.

 

[AzViper]

Build a Custom Exhaust/Muffler for the the engine, the one that come on them are pretty much non-existant. I am sure you could greatly quiet the machine that way.

You can always look into one of the re-chargeable Dewalt's they work really well and are fairly quiet. As quiet as a small hosehold vacuum. Just need a Few batteries for several hours of run time.

Good luck out there.

The Echo motor is the quietest motor I have ever heard due to its catalytic muffler, but when you have an ultra-quiet area up next to a wilderness area any sound is very loud. I think it’s just going to be picks, shovels, wheel barrel, pry bars, classifiers, cable hoist, chains, and buckets.

 

[TerryC]

AZ, I wouldn't worry too much about noise. You may wish to go "quiet", but don't fret too much. Daytime yard motors and such are being used all day long.... no noise laws can stop you. Wind it up, partner! TTC

 

[Terry Soloman]

Nice gold - Congratulations!!

 

[63bkpkr]

AZ,
(in a whisper) "picks, shovels, wheel barrel, pry bars, classifiers, cable hoist, chains, and buckets" sounds like a great party, when are the invites going out?! 63bkpkr

 

[B H Prospector]

Nice looking area Kieth. Wish I was going in there with you!

 

[AzViper]

I went back to the area and while running the Vac I was greeted by a homeowner. He was curious as to what I was doing, I said I was searching for fragments of a meteorite that had exploded in this area at the turn of the last century. (With my best poker face ) After some small talk he asks that I would keep the noise down until after noon. Below are the rewards of my work for the week.

 

[russau]

VERY NICE FINDS includeing the area! great story about the meteorite!

 

[GrayCloud]

I need to remember the Meteorite Story, may come in handy down the road. Just wouldn't work while packing a sluice box or dry washer.

 

[russau]

GC that story will work! it all depends on how you tell it and to whom you tell it to!

 

[Hoser John]

Always someone to snivel and complain no matter how quiet you are sic sic sic---John

 

[DesertNuggets]

Great looking area.

Rattlers are out! And they are pissed off. Hope you're wearing your gators/chaps/guards.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Can you convert any backpack vaccum for prospecting

 

[KevinInColorado]

Meteorite hunting, etc ...I just say I an a rock hound collecting mineral specimens. All true ;-) the sluice is to collect any heavy metals which I honestly tell them tends to be mostly lead and then I make a show of inspecting the pretty rocks in my classifier ;-)

I do save interesting rock samples, chert and petrified wood samples I run across so if they get chatty I mention that. Also, having a Bazooka Goldtrap is a plus since people don't know what it is by looking at it...no riffles LoL!

Oh, and if asked directly about gold I am always honest. Yes, I hope to find some but there isn't much around here. After all even an ounce per ton "isn't much" as a percentage is it?...and of course I've never seen that much!

 

[AzViper]

Can you convert any backpack vaccum for prospecting

Not sure if I understand your question.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Not sure if I understand your question.

Can you make any regular pack vac into one used to suck up gold