Jeez...can't wait until I get my Bazooka!
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Jeez...can't wait until I get my Bazooka!
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Wow; beautiful stuff there. And I was teaching chemistry to semi-bored cadets yesterday. Sigh. Still, I will hit the Denver area sometime this winter...when weather, time and circumstances come together.
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I can answer that! Having worked with Kevin, he prefers to shovel right into the Bazooka, if possible. We have stood in the middle of the Platte, digging right in front of the sluice so we don't have to carry and we definitely don't have to classify. He will bucket and carry stuff when he cannot get a suitable place to set up his sluice near to where he wants to dig.
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Exactly right Dave as you well know! In this case the creek was flat water so I built a dam. With 6" of head from the dam, the Bazooka works great and I just stood a foot upstream of the dam and shoveled like heck for an hour!
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Yes, all submerged creek bed material, shoveled straight into the sluice, only use for a bucket is to clean out the sluice...and thanks for the kudos!
No visibility on the slick plate, nope not a bit. I run it too steep for that.
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Kevin the only thing where shoveling in New England is snow. Your getting my gold fever boiling. Nice find.
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Can you send some to NorCal? It's so warm I have allergies and I'm getting bitten by mosquitoes! Would LOVE to have snow to shovel!
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The city of Nashua N.H is giving it away. To any one that will come and get it. They just got 30 plus inches. And no place to put it. And possibly another 12" Monday.
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Got out at lunchtime for 45 min of actual digging in my honey hole today. My hole was partway filled in with light sand due to the ongoing movement of sand in the creek but I still did really well. Ran the Bazooka Sniper today since the creek level was pretty low.
-50, 30-50, +30 A total of 0.54 grams...that'll pay for lunch lol!
Got out at lunchtime for 45 min of actual digging in my honey hole today. My hole was partway filled in with light sand due to the ongoing movement of sand in the creek but I still did really well. Ran the Bazooka Sniper today since the creek level was pretty low.
-50, 30-50, +30 A total of 0.54 grams...that'll pay for lunch lol!
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Jeff95531
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Kevin, wow! I count 30+ at +30 mesh. What a great lunch hour! I'm not surprised by the weight and like Christina Aguilera says...Keeps Getting Better. 
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Jeff my wife started dancing when I played the video 
And yes, I was pretty thrilled by the number of larger flakes! Can't wait for the next time I get out...
And yes, I was pretty thrilled by the number of larger flakes! Can't wait for the next time I get out...triple d
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I think that hole is going to pay for. The truck and camper. Very nice find.
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Half gram at lunch, gotta love it! Wish I could dig at a moments notice like that.
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Heres a goody for you Kevin,
from the Dale district south Calif, probably a miner from the colo mines ? the guys put it on the arm of the old arrastra.
Hope you enjoy.
GT.............
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from the Dale district south Calif, probably a miner from the colo mines ? the guys put it on the arm of the old arrastra.
Hope you enjoy.
GT.............
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How cool is that?!!
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KevinInColorado
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Hey there's a great thought! Not too likely but I know a guy that paid for a brand new GM Yukon with gold he panned so...you never know!
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Got out today. Dug dirt for another tnetter, sluiced for about 30 min until it got dark and sadly learned that the right leg of my chest waders has sprung a leak. Brrrr.
Got out today. Dug dirt for another tnetter, sluiced for about 30 min until it got dark and sadly learned that the right leg of my chest waders has sprung a leak. Brrrr.
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huntsman53
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Congrats Kevin! That is some nice lunch pay! With the size of those bigger pickers, I would bet that it won't be long before you start pulling out some real lunkers.
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