63bkpkr
Silver Member
- Aug 9, 2007
- 4,069
- 4,618
- Detector(s) used
- XLT, GMT, 6000D Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The four walls got to me so after I installed the new alternator on the 'ole girl' I filled her up with what I felt was necessary gear and headed out into the very early morning, ~ 2:23 AM on Tuesday. Arrived in Auburn in time to be the first customer at Starbuck's, I needed something to keep my eyes open. Headed down across the new Modified bridge and got up to the switch back where one can receive a cell phone signal and made a few calls to let the sun come up over the edge of the earth.
I topped 7K' and dropped down to the entry road to be greeted by patches of snow in the shady areas and a frozen dirt road. Switched the hubs into lock, tranny into 4x4 and granny and headed in.
Drove carefully over the berms and turned to reach the first objective, a very large hunk of quartz outcropping that I wanted to wave the GMT over and around. Arrived at the fallen trees, the one's Hefty and I could not move, turned the Bronco around and stopped there.
I sifted through the items in my pack to take only what was needed while my SPOT messenger (orange thing on the hood) sent out a message that I was OK. I shouldered the pack and headed out to the cliff edge. On my way out there I noted some animal had walked out of the area I was going into, tracks in the snow. The ground cover is getting a good hold on messing up the hiking since the 2008 fire burned it all to the ground. Arriving at the cliff edge/ridge line that goes down into the canyon I stopped for a picture.
Just barely to the left side of the center of the picture is this tan color, that is the ridge line I was to walk down on, with frost heaves and ground still frozen. I went as far down as I could and no quartz outcropping. Crud! 
I looked back up at where I'd been and started the trudge back up. I'm glad I did not hike Hefty down here for nothing! On the way back up I happened to notice this unique looking rock/tree structure and considered it and the view to unique to not capture it 
Ma Nature sure knows how to make some beautiful sights! While I was there I thought I'd take a picture with the detector in it as there was no sense wasting carrying it all the way in for nothing 
From there I hiked pretty much back up to the cliff edge and decided to return by going around the point to look for that outcropping.
The snow covered ridge line is where I needed to hike back to but first I went straight through the burned trees and then angled to the left, still no outcropping. Once on the ridge I zig zagged back and forth hoping to come across that outcropping but no luck. Soon I caught up with my tracks as well as the tracks of the animal that had also walked up out of the canyon 
I believe it was a bear and every now and them I thought I could also see a cubs track within the larger animals track. Back at the Bronco I decided to go for the second large rock mountain top I wanted to scout out. I began the drive back to the main dirt road and quickly noticed that in the 2.5 hours I'd been away the sun had been out and the road was no longer frozen. The Bronco was squirming on the road especially on the uphill grades. Thinking about the steepness of the true jeep road I would need to go down and back up and that I was alone, no winch on the vehicle I decided to give up on the second goal. Darn again!
On the way back to the main road I was thinking about what to do next, make an early camp or go visit someone? So I found myself at 2cmorau's welcome mat where I was welcomed first by two Fine Black Labs and then a friendly handshake from the man himself. We hit it right off and talked into the night till neither of us could keep our eyes open. I took the back bedroom and zonked on the floor and he decided to check out the living room couch for awhile. In the morning I awoke to the aroma of good food cooking, what a great way to wake up AND I was even served a plate of it!! Then we headed out to one of his claims on the Yuba to 'work' for awhile. He'd previously found a spot that was showing some color and began to work that while I did a Lanny on the bedrock.
2c digging it out with Yuba close by
Classify and pan with intent observer
Now its really getting interesting! You'd think there was a hot dog in there.
And Gold, just like the man Promised. The GMT and I failed to sniff anything out but it was fun trying. Back to 2c's pad where I gathered my stuff, said my goodbyes to all and I headed back into the other mountains where I made camp in the dark. I woke early, got up later as the rumble of the lumber trucks just would not stop. They were taking logs out of the upper burn area and were hard at it before the weather closes in for the winter. 
Camp was comfy, the two man tent a luxury with tons of room for one but alas the serenity was marred by the trucks so around 1:30 PM on Thursday I packed it in and headed back to the city via a traffic jam before, during and after Sacramento.
I am glad I got out, it was good to meet 2c and the dogs, the hiking was good as always and the scenery marvelous. Summers coming!..........................63bkpkr
I topped 7K' and dropped down to the entry road to be greeted by patches of snow in the shady areas and a frozen dirt road. Switched the hubs into lock, tranny into 4x4 and granny and headed in.
Drove carefully over the berms and turned to reach the first objective, a very large hunk of quartz outcropping that I wanted to wave the GMT over and around. Arrived at the fallen trees, the one's Hefty and I could not move, turned the Bronco around and stopped there. I sifted through the items in my pack to take only what was needed while my SPOT messenger (orange thing on the hood) sent out a message that I was OK. I shouldered the pack and headed out to the cliff edge. On my way out there I noted some animal had walked out of the area I was going into, tracks in the snow. The ground cover is getting a good hold on messing up the hiking since the 2008 fire burned it all to the ground. Arriving at the cliff edge/ridge line that goes down into the canyon I stopped for a picture. Just barely to the left side of the center of the picture is this tan color, that is the ridge line I was to walk down on, with frost heaves and ground still frozen. I went as far down as I could and no quartz outcropping. Crud! I looked back up at where I'd been and started the trudge back up. I'm glad I did not hike Hefty down here for nothing! On the way back up I happened to notice this unique looking rock/tree structure and considered it and the view to unique to not capture it Ma Nature sure knows how to make some beautiful sights! While I was there I thought I'd take a picture with the detector in it as there was no sense wasting carrying it all the way in for nothing From there I hiked pretty much back up to the cliff edge and decided to return by going around the point to look for that outcropping. The snow covered ridge line is where I needed to hike back to but first I went straight through the burned trees and then angled to the left, still no outcropping. Once on the ridge I zig zagged back and forth hoping to come across that outcropping but no luck. Soon I caught up with my tracks as well as the tracks of the animal that had also walked up out of the canyon I believe it was a bear and every now and them I thought I could also see a cubs track within the larger animals track. Back at the Bronco I decided to go for the second large rock mountain top I wanted to scout out. I began the drive back to the main dirt road and quickly noticed that in the 2.5 hours I'd been away the sun had been out and the road was no longer frozen. The Bronco was squirming on the road especially on the uphill grades. Thinking about the steepness of the true jeep road I would need to go down and back up and that I was alone, no winch on the vehicle I decided to give up on the second goal. Darn again!On the way back to the main road I was thinking about what to do next, make an early camp or go visit someone? So I found myself at 2cmorau's welcome mat where I was welcomed first by two Fine Black Labs and then a friendly handshake from the man himself. We hit it right off and talked into the night till neither of us could keep our eyes open. I took the back bedroom and zonked on the floor and he decided to check out the living room couch for awhile. In the morning I awoke to the aroma of good food cooking, what a great way to wake up AND I was even served a plate of it!! Then we headed out to one of his claims on the Yuba to 'work' for awhile. He'd previously found a spot that was showing some color and began to work that while I did a Lanny on the bedrock.
2c digging it out with Yuba close by Classify and pan with intent observer Now its really getting interesting! You'd think there was a hot dog in there. And Gold, just like the man Promised. The GMT and I failed to sniff anything out but it was fun trying. Back to 2c's pad where I gathered my stuff, said my goodbyes to all and I headed back into the other mountains where I made camp in the dark. I woke early, got up later as the rumble of the lumber trucks just would not stop. They were taking logs out of the upper burn area and were hard at it before the weather closes in for the winter. Camp was comfy, the two man tent a luxury with tons of room for one but alas the serenity was marred by the trucks so around 1:30 PM on Thursday I packed it in and headed back to the city via a traffic jam before, during and after Sacramento.I am glad I got out, it was good to meet 2c and the dogs, the hiking was good as always and the scenery marvelous. Summers coming!..........................63bkpkr
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would be mine. Never had one hit my truck but went to work on a creek and where I stashed my dredge everynight the HUGE tree just fell over about 15 minutes after I moved the dredge and started to work. REALLY makes ya stop and think--here alone as usual and what ifn' ....hahahaha oh well I woulda went with my dredge boots on and NO better way to go than doing what I coveth the most...great pic a that truck too...John
you would be the first guy with a chopped top on your truck!
