SchoolOfHardRocks
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Kind of a rough weekend prospecting for me... I get out to the north fork of the american river on friday and it was..interesting. Placer County Sherrif Search & Rescue was looking for a couple of lost rafters(been lost almost a week 
), and as i was sniping in the water caught the interest of search and rescue workers on the ground and in the air. I continued working in the water for about another hour after my first encounter with them, but after the helicopter hovering about a hundred feet above me as they were investigating a person in the water i figured it would be best if i spent the rest of the day hiking/exploring new areas, not wasting search and rescues time investigating this person in the water over and over again (you would think someone would have eventually communicated their encounter with me so that all of them could stop checking me out)- so that day went pretty much to ****.
The next day i find a few hour gap in my day and decide to rush for the hills. I have the galaxy S5 active which claims to be water proof up to 3 feet-NOT. After filming an underwater picker i had just found the phone went dead
Then, I got lazy and sat the picker i had found on my backpack. 5 minutes later I was hungry and grabbed my backpack, forgetting the gold that was on it...and it's gone! I spent the remainder of my time on the river looking for that lost picker never to find it.
And then, i was supposed to go prospecting on Sunday with a fellow Tnet member. But in addition to having no phone, my sister in law apparently had too much to drink saturday night and now I'm stuck with her kids Sunday morning-so i was a no-show at the river.BOOOOO!
All in all it was a rough weekend BUT at least i got to spend some time at the river and check out some new areas..and even got a little gold. Most importantly, i hope they found those rafters. As time goes on I find myself getting more and more comfortable in the wilderness. This was a reminder that this is rough terrain and very dangerous! Always use caution and never go into situations without a plan and a backup plan. Goin to tahoe with the fam next weekend so no gold for a couple of weeks. That's alright though, family time is gold.
), and as i was sniping in the water caught the interest of search and rescue workers on the ground and in the air. I continued working in the water for about another hour after my first encounter with them, but after the helicopter hovering about a hundred feet above me as they were investigating a person in the water i figured it would be best if i spent the rest of the day hiking/exploring new areas, not wasting search and rescues time investigating this person in the water over and over again (you would think someone would have eventually communicated their encounter with me so that all of them could stop checking me out)- so that day went pretty much to ****.The next day i find a few hour gap in my day and decide to rush for the hills. I have the galaxy S5 active which claims to be water proof up to 3 feet-NOT. After filming an underwater picker i had just found the phone went dead
Then, I got lazy and sat the picker i had found on my backpack. 5 minutes later I was hungry and grabbed my backpack, forgetting the gold that was on it...and it's gone! I spent the remainder of my time on the river looking for that lost picker never to find it. And then, i was supposed to go prospecting on Sunday with a fellow Tnet member. But in addition to having no phone, my sister in law apparently had too much to drink saturday night and now I'm stuck with her kids Sunday morning-so i was a no-show at the river.BOOOOO!
All in all it was a rough weekend BUT at least i got to spend some time at the river and check out some new areas..and even got a little gold. Most importantly, i hope they found those rafters. As time goes on I find myself getting more and more comfortable in the wilderness. This was a reminder that this is rough terrain and very dangerous! Always use caution and never go into situations without a plan and a backup plan. Goin to tahoe with the fam next weekend so no gold for a couple of weeks. That's alright though, family time is gold.
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..cheers Mick
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Lol, you're a clown mooning the choppers man..I might have to try that some time. 
