Northeast payday

[GrizzlyGremlin]

Best day to date. Very different material. Almost 0 black sand and chunky gold. Just about No fines as well. Anyone know why this gold was there?? I will be going back for 4 days in sept. my brother and i drove up 3.5 hours prospected for 7 hours and drove back with no complaints about the drive and just as excited as we were on the ride up. I hope colorado is ready for my return.

 

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[Fullpan]

N.E. gold? - i'm totally BLOWN AWAY.

 

[Doitlaynstyle]

That is amazing! My hat is off to you sir. Congratulations!

 

[GrizzlyGremlin]

Yep chunky Northeast Gold! Most came from 1.5 buckets. We were just panning, no sluice or nothin. The bedrock was a weird type i haven't seen before. It was decomposing granitic bookshelf type stuff. Looked like a bunch of old gravestones stacked next to each other. Is there a geology nut who can elaborate on what causes the shelving? Theres nothing like picking multiple pieces of gold out of your pan! We were so stoked. We have been doing poorly lately and this was a verrrrrry nice change of pace and added much needed fuel to the fire. Ill be back sept 4,5,6,7 to really clean this place up! We prospected lots of ground and found this spot at 230, dug for 2.5 hrs and it was over. Heres a shot .

 

[GoldDoozah]

Best day to date. Very different material. Almost 0 black sand and chunky gold. Just about No fines as well. Anyone know why this gold was there?? I will be going back for 4 days in sept. my brother and i drove up 3.5 hours prospected for 7 hours and drove back with no complaints about the drive and just as excited as we were on the ride up. I hope colorado is ready for my return.

Very nice!

 

[Kruzman]

Which state and quadrant? There have been several different enrichment events in the northeast. I'm from NC and know the geology of that area fairly well. without knowing more, its hard to say but my best guess is that the gold washed down and was trapped by the cracks in the granit. if the water force was high, the fines and black sand would be more likely to get blow out/passed and would be further downhill.

 

[Jeff95531]

Great job of prospecting GG. Lots of folks having first's this month. Hope my next best find is as good as yours

 

[JayeLK]

The shelving, as you call it, is a process called exfoliation. Granite is formed deep underground under lots of pressure. As the over burden rock gets weathered from the surface of the granite mass that pressure is released, especially near the surface of the mass. This pressure release near the surface causes differential stresses in the mass that are essentially parallel to the surface. Think of an onion where the layers are the stress layers. Cracks then form to release this pressure which are also essentially parallel to the surface. The cracks get enlarged during freeze thaw cycles causing the "shelves.". At least that is what my geology professor taught us.

JayeLK

 

[TAKODA]

Best day to date. Very different material. Almost 0 black sand and chunky gold. Just about No fines as well. Anyone know why this gold was there?? I will be going back for 4 days in sept. my brother and i drove up 3.5 hours prospected for 7 hours and drove back with no complaints about the drive and just as excited as we were on the ride up. I hope colorado is ready for my return.

Nice Shine .

 

[63bkpkr]

GG, very nice! That is, the gold and the ground. From the picture there appear to be other cracks to be worked so you will have your work cut out for you. IF the dirt was not packed badly then possibly a vacuum would be of assistance getting way down in there. AZ Viper posted a Vac he built and it was a rock solid design and worked well. The best of success to you both..........................63bkpkr

 

[GrizzlyGremlin]

Thanks All, this place is Loaded with cracks. Its a crevicing wonderland. Some were almost too compacted to get into, we needed smaller tools, but the one we found was perfectly 1.5" for 25 feet. We dug the downstream half of the crack. The upstream side which is lower to river level is still waiting for me to get there the first week of sept. i've hunted lots of cracks and can tell pretty well if it has been worked. This one was worked but not more than a foot down and only in one small spot. We scraped clay at 18" with pockets of gravel. Thats a deep little crack! Its haunting my dreams about going back. Its all i can think about. I KNOW theres a big nug somewhere there and im going to rip every crack open until i find it.

 

[AzViper]

Yep chunky Northeast Gold! Most came from 1.5 buckets. We were just panning, no sluice or nothin. The bedrock was a weird type i haven't seen before. It was decomposing granitic bookshelf type stuff. Looked like a bunch of old gravestones stacked next to each other. Is there a geology nut who can elaborate on what causes the shelving? Theres nothing like picking multiple pieces of gold out of your pan! We were so stoked. We have been doing poorly lately and this was a verrrrrry nice change of pace and added much needed fuel to the fire. Ill be back sept 4,5,6,7 to really clean this place up! We prospected lots of ground and found this spot at 230, dug for 2.5 hrs and it was over. Heres a shot .

Looks like a place that needs this kit (10 TON) to spread the rocks apart or lift the rocks and use a Vac-Pac to suck the gold from the bottoms. Check my signature link below on building a Vac-Pac. They work wonders in sucking up the deep gold. You can make adapters to fit the end of the hose to reach down into the crevices using 3/4" PVC heating it and flattening the tubing to make it narrower. Don't bother with the battery powered vac by Dewalt as they do not have the suction power as a gas powered vac. Hydraulic Spreader <<-------LINK

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