Anyone want to buy a dredge?

Lycof

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No this is not a for sale ad, just a rant.

Just got off of the phone with the Dept of Ecology. Apparently what he told me in June, which was that the unique characteristics of my HPA location would allow me to get a permit, were all wrong.

I now have an unusable floating dredge that I would have to travel hundreds of miles to use. That is after spending over a year to get a permit FIRST. GAH!!!
 

mike(swWash)

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I feel your pain buddy.
Mine's in mothballs until retirement to a more intelligent ??? state.
 

DizzyDigger

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Nokta FoRs Gold, a Gold Cube, 2 Keene Sluices and Lord only knows how many pans....not to mention a load of other gear my wife still doesn't know about!
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Lycof..what river, and how large of dredge?
 

metrotec

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sold mine; rules, regs and no more help dragging it up and down the creeks/river banks. nephews/grand sons and friend abandoned me.
actually traded it for a tractor and some boot
 

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Lycof

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It was Boone Creek out at Iron Springs. It's a 3" with 9.78 SF of Sluice.

Mike(swWash): For more reasons than just gold, I am seriously contemplating moving to SD.

This is a Screen shot from the video that I took the only time I got to run it.

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Lycof

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Not going for the gold, it is just better gold than here. Plus, I can dredge there, lol. My reasons for SD are not a topic for here.
 

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