Suggestions in essential equipment

[StevenHavillJr]

I am looking for a list of equipment that is good/essential to have for most of California's terrain.

What I own is the simple stuff
Gold pans by Garret
plenty of buckets
Snuffer bottles
few classifiers
rock hammer/pick
some crevicing tools
Keene sluice

I am looking for advice on how I could progress in upping my arsenal, not restricting to just California either.

 

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[triple d]

Brian I have two bgt sluices. If we get out together. You can see how they run. I think you will like what they can do.

 

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[rodoconnor]

According to governmental health warnings we would all be better off not eating anything since everything we eat has some concentration of elements or compounds that are detrimental to our health. My advice....Don't eat copper or molybdenum concentrates!* Believe or not, that was part of a health warning that was required to be on a form that had to accompany all of our shipments of these products when I was a working man. If you sense a little sarcasm here, there is but the government errs way, way, way on the side of safety in their guidelines and in so doing causes a lot of angst in many people.

Good health to all.

*The mine where I worked from startup to over 30 years just announced shutdown plans after almost 50 years of 24/7/365 operation. Coinciding low copper and moly prices turned millions of tons of ore reserves into waste material when based on current prices vs. operating costs. Sad!

And yet, somehow we are living longer tan ever.

 

[nh.nugget]

Sounds like a plan TRIP!

 

[triple d]

Ok Brian can"t wait the winter to end has been to long already.

 

[nh.nugget]

Absolutly, already got cabin fever! So bored I cleaned my garage and burned a huge brush pile last night. If it wasn't for the snow (lack of parking) I'd be there now in the water!

 

[triple d]

Brian river"s are flowing pretty high. Right now and with the snow it would be hard. But I know its hard to be home bound. Ive got some more rock im crushing. Not fun but some thing to do. But it does have a small amount of gold in it. I may get enought out of a bucket full to buy a coke.Really not worth it but. But that"s the way I am. Its a challange I guess.

 

[motohed]

Ok , Iv'e read this post a few times , I'm admit I'm a gizmo guy . I was wondering if anyone has has maybe run these sluices together , or any different sluices together for that matter , it just seems like you could run a bazooka sluice into a keene sluice , etc and trap most all of the gold , I know I'm a newby , but I have crush a lot of stone and sized it down to pipe sand with almost no waste , it seem like finding gold the same way should be possible .

 

[Tuolumne]

The bucket seat and wheel grill/stove, essential Tuolumne style

 

[Tuolumne]

saw this on Modesto craigslist, if I didn't have a bazooka it would go good with my bucket seat.....

Bazooka, shovel, bucket, Jobe 1849 11" gold pan- Thats all I really need

 

[Asmbandits]

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saw this on Modesto craigslist, if I didn't have a bazooka it would go good with my bucket seat.....

Bazooka, shovel, bucket, Jobe 1849 11" gold pan- Thats all I really need

That's pretty cool and would still help with the zooka as you would be carrying more material and not cobble to the zooka. Ive had ideas of building something similar for my half 55 gal sled I use to move material.

 

[Laz7777]

Ok , Iv'e read this post a few times , I'm admit I'm a gizmo guy . I was wondering if anyone has has maybe run these sluices together , or any different sluices together for that matter , it just seems like you could run a bazooka sluice into a keene sluice , etc and trap most all of the gold , I know I'm a newby , but I have crush a lot of stone and sized it down to pipe sand with almost no waste , it seem like finding gold the same way should be possible .

if there is an independent study, I'd like to read it. making claims are one thing, real results are hard to dispute.
to do something like this, you'd need a weighed amount of gold, a weighed and graded amount of sand/gravel/rock, and equal water pressure, along with a clean up that is equal in every way.
merely stating one type/brand of gear does not = truth/results

 

[motohed]

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The bucket seat and wheel grill/stove, essential Tuolumne style

I just bought one today , now I'm waiting for delivery .

 

[motohed]

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saw this on Modesto craigslist, if I didn't have a bazooka it would go good with my bucket seat.....

Bazooka, shovel, bucket, Jobe 1849 11" gold pan- Thats all I really need

Sorry this is what I bought today .