Kevin in Colorado...and elsewhere

[Jeff95531]

Palm sized fillet and fried. Yum! Could eat them like chips.

 

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[Duckwalk]

Honestly not trying to hijack the thread.... Here is what you can look forward to Kevin.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Ducky you're ALWAYS welcome to post here!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Back to the business at hand, here's the gold from last time I was out ...along with a little bird shot.

 

[GoldpannerDave]

Back to the business at hand, here's the gold from last time I was out View attachment 1223326...along with a little bird shot.

Very nice looking gold with some larger pieces and lots of medium large ones! I am guessing this is from about the same area we last worked when we tested the Aurora sluice....

 

[Duckwalk]

I love how flat your gold always looks!!

 

[GoldpannerDave]

I love how flat your gold always looks!!

Well, yes, but I would rather have it less flat; thicker, larger, heavier, etc.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Well, yes, but I would rather have it less flat; thicker, larger, heavier, etc.

Why stop there? Pan for ingots!!!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Very nice looking gold with some larger pieces and lots of medium large ones! I am guessing this is from about the same area we last worked when we tested the Aurora sluice....

Different spot, several more miles from home but also Castlerock formation material.
as you can see, it's a little tiny creek

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got back to that same spot today for a little while after work. more better bigger...now I REALLY wanna go back there

Oh and here's my prospector's selfie lol

 

[Anduril]

Why stop there? Pan for ingots!!!

Probably a little hard on the 'ol back, but I like the way you think!

 

[GoldpannerDave]

Why stop there? Pan for ingots!!!

I wish I could!!

Apparently, they don't grow 'em that size around here.

 

[GoldpannerDave]

Got back to that same spot today for a little while after work.View attachment 1223460 more better bigger...now I REALLY wanna go back there

Oh and here's my prospector's selfie lol
View attachment 1223473

Very, very nice!

That is a super shot of that Bazooka; the gold, too, in the other shot.

Oh, you meant of you...well, that's OK too, but the gold and the sluice are super.

 

[triple d]

Kevin another great clean up.If you don"t mind what did those two cleanups weight. You seem to always get about the same amount. But the last two cleanups are super.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Kevin another great clean up.If you don"t mind what did those two cleanups weight. You seem to always get about the same amount. But the last two cleanups are super.

Last weeks was 0.19 gram, yesterday was 0.10 gram. Both ok for how long I spent. The real hot spots on this end of town produce 3-5X that but you can't always be digging a hot spot. In these little creeks the inside bends tend to have 2-3X the gold of the rest of the creek bed but the whole creek bed will have some gold so I dig from bank to bank and 1-3 feet down to the clay or sandstone bedrock. I figure once I have a decent dam built, I might as well dig ALL the paydirt!

 

[Duckwalk]

Different spot, several more miles from home but also Castlerock formation material.
View attachment 1223459 as you can see, it's a little tiny creek

This looks more my key. Small but productive. Is it on private land with permission or public? I like the dam, i havent been out in ages. hope to get out one more time before it gets too cold.

 

[KevinInColorado]

The land is owned by a parks & rec district which allows this activity. I even took one of their board members out prospecting a few years ago. Dave, we went to the site where you and I tested the AMP sluice. She is a retired geologist and just loved the experience. Of course I sent her home with the gold as a souvenir

PS yes, Ducky, this creek is very much your style! Lots of interesting spots along it that I want to sample...

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out to that same spot this morning. Sure is nice to be able to reuse a dam On the way in I talked with another prospector who also lives close by.
Great gold (0.40grams) and 4 pieces of birdshot. Oh, and the water is getting colder. About time for fleece and chest waders...and crabbing gloves. Winter don't stop me none!

 

[Asmbandits]

Thats some nice Colorado gold, bigger than some of stuff ive been getting here in Cali lately!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out for another hour yesterday...beautiful weather, I just wish we stayed on Daylight savings time all year 'cause it sure does get dark fast now!the -50 and the +50 first pass at panning each so I'm sure there's a bit more hiding :-)

Most of the clay bottom in my honey hole is only down about a foot or so under the gravel. This digging revealed a big pothole in the clay and I was down about 3 feet. Result seems to be more +50 flakes than usual...nice!