Jeff95531
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Palm sized fillet and fried. Yum! Could eat them like chips. 
Kevin in Colorado...and elsewhere
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Honestly not trying to hijack the thread.... Here is what you can look forward to Kevin.
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KevinInColorado
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Ducky you're ALWAYS welcome to post here!
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KevinInColorado
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Back to the business at hand, here's the gold from last time I was out 
...along with a little bird shot.
...along with a little bird shot.GoldpannerDave
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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....
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I love how flat your gold always looks!!
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Well, yes, but I would rather have it less flat; thicker, larger, heavier, etc.
Why stop there? Pan for ingots!!!
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KevinInColorado
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Different spot, several more miles from home but also Castlerock formation material.
as you can see, it's a little tiny creek
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KevinInColorado
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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
more better bigger...now I REALLY wanna go back there Oh and here's my prospector's selfie lol
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Anduril
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Why stop there? Pan for ingots!!!
Probably a little hard on the 'ol back, but I like the way you think!
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Why stop there? Pan for ingots!!!
I wish I could!!
Apparently, they don't grow 'em that size around here.
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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.
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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.
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KevinInColorado
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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!
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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.
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KevinInColorado
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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...
PS yes, Ducky, this creek is very much your style! Lots of interesting spots along it that I want to sample...
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KevinInColorado
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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!
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!
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Asmbandits
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Thats some nice Colorado gold, bigger than some of stuff ive been getting here in Cali lately!
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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!
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!
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