Kevin in Colorado...and elsewhere

[Johnnybravo300]

You Denver guys get all the good weather! Awesome gold fellas! Whooohoo!

 

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[Hunt4gold]

I can't find those green ones anymore so I just bought a new blue one posted here with the gold from last Thursday:
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...they also help with final gold cleaning via ultra-gentle panning in the dish.


It varies by creek of course. In Straw Creek that close ratio is typical regardless of which sluice or pan I use. Of course the gold trends bigger on inside bends [emoji106]



That's my goal Get out there!!
Learn (almost) all my secrets at Finding Gold in Colorado ? Historic Sites & Modern Honey Holes

Kevin, have noticed similar ratios on that creek also, so was curious as to your findings. Will check with David and see if he has noticed the same. Thanks for info - will add this to my research.

 

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@Hunt4gold
I moved my response to your blog

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out on Saturday at Arapahoe Bar. I put out an invite on my Facebook group (called Finding Gold in Colorado) and five others showed up. Good times! I spent 2-3 hours getting to know folks and chatting with them and others there that day. I also already knew a couple other people who happened to be there

In the course of the day I did get around to digging in 5 different holes so I got a pinch of gold:

Here's a shot of some of "us" on site:

And

^Hunt4Gold was there, AGoldDigger too!

 

[Duckwalk]

Kevin,
Were you able to keep your streak going for February?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Kevin,
Were you able to keep your streak going for February?

Very observant question Ducky! No, after 67 months in a row of prospecting, I missed February! The streak is over...so far the new streak is at 1

 

[brianc053]

Sorry to hear that, Kevin. You had quite a run!
- Brian

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out yesterday at Arapahoe Bar and then today on the upper Colorado River. Such beautiful weather both places! Here's some pics from today...
Here's Curtis and "Dozer":


Each item in this pic marks a sample hole. We found the best gold midway up the side of the bar.


Gold pic to follow when I get to pannin'

 

[mytimetoshine]

Got out yesterday at Arapahoe Bar and then today on the upper Colorado River. Such beautiful weather both places! Here's some pics from today...
Here's Curtis and "Dozer":
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Each item in this pic marks a sample hole. We found the best gold midway up the side of the bar.
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Gold pic to follow when I get to pannin'

oooo. Looks like a mighty fine day!

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[Goldfleks]

Beautiful.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out again today...love this weather and getting to do a prospecting binge! The view from my sample panning site at Grant-Frontier Park in central Denver:


Agolddigger

Huntforgold


80 degrees and sunny btw

Found some nice sized flakes late in the day so now I want to go back!

 

[Jeff95531]

Looks like a great time. Here? Not so lucky...

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA0395:1:US

At least it isn't snowing this time.

 

[KevinInColorado]

The gold from my sample panning at Grant Frontier Park. The big fat flake makes me want to go back asap!!

 

[Au dave]

Definately warrants at least 1 more visit ... nice gold Kevin

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[Hunt4gold]

Here's a photo of Kevin going after the elusive nugget at Grant Frontier Park on South Platte River in Denver.

 

[Goldfleks]

Hah, what's the drive time you guys have to get out there?

Looks like fun!

 

[Hunt4gold]

Hah, what's the drive time you guys have to get out there?

Looks like fun!

For me (in Littleton, CO) about 15 minutes. Kevin used to live in south Denver, but now he is enjoying retirement in the nearby mountains, about 90 min drive.

 

[KevinInColorado]

More gold pics...this is from a week ago on the upper Colorado River 90 minutes the other direction!

One hour of sluicing after a few sample pans.

Interestingly, I sluices dirt from two different spots for 30 min each and got about the same gold from each hole.
First hole: site of our best sample pan. Had to carry dirt 30 yards over cobbles...moved 6 partial buckets of unclassified in 30 minutes.
Second hole: immediately upstream of sluice. No buckets, just shovel right into sluice so more dirt moved and less risk of back pain or injuries

I panned out each 30 minute run separately on site to assess gold production. Goes to show that the best measure of your gold production is per hour not per bucket

 

[KevinInColorado]

More gold pics!


First one is from a dig on April 1 in Denver. It was a creek visit while my wife got her hair cut and had sushi with a friend. The weather was 38 degrees with intermittent snow and drizzle...perfect digging weather! I got two hours of creek time so I think I win

Doesn't the gold look pretty in the dusty blue soap dish? Gotta love my high tech finish panning tools Gold separated by size obviously: +30, 30-40, 40-50, -50 ...1/3 gram total.

The Second is the fun one really to me. You may remember a post I did about going dry washing near Joshua tree national Park after Thanksgiving. Panning in the field left me thinking I had been skunked. I finally got around to panning out the heavies from that trip. I used my usual finish panning process and as you can see I didn't get skunked. It's not a lot of gold but hey it's my first California gold!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Well, I got to have a real "and elsewhere" day on Friday. I went digging with Tiago, a local from Lisbon Portugal who came here (tnet) to ask about gold panning a few months ago. I'm in Lisbon now and brought gold pans (duh!) so we rented a car and drove to the beach where the gold was reported. We dug a really deep hole because the geology report said the gold was mostly on bedrock 3-14 feet down through the sand. Sadly we got down 8 feet but didn't hit bedrock. However, we did find one thin layer of pebbles in the sand at about the two foot deep mark. We panned that and found colors so we didn't get skunked! Tiago will tell more about the gold I'm sure so I'll leave that to him. Here's some pics of our day...

Yes, he is 6' tall and standing in that hole! You can see a horizontal dark hole in the side wall of the hole, by his head. This is where the gold bearing layer was. Only 2 feet down but we still dug 8!!


The beach was clothing-optional (think middle age and older naked folks) so my wife had to be careful what was in the background of the shots!