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  1. Feb 16, 2019, 02:04 PM
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    Went back to my favorate Virginia creek

    This time with a different technique. A couple of come along s ,100 ft of rope,a hand drill,and some steel anchor bolts.
    Target area Big rocks, OR better yet, whats underneath them. With above tools we moved a small pile of 1/2 to 1 Ton boulders.Dug under them (as far as we could go). Classified material (on site) to 1/4",brought material home,reduced material further to minus 10, and minus 20 mesh,ran material on my home made Miller Table........And the results Click image for larger version.  Name: 003.JPG  Views: 297  Size: 2.61 MB  ID: 1681467
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  2. Feb 16, 2019, 02:55 PM #2
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    What are we seeing here? A mixture of gravel and gold or what?
    If it can't be grown, it must be mined!
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    Quote Originally Posted by arizau View Post
    What are we seeing here? A mixture of gravel and gold or what?
    Time for new glasses !
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  5. Feb 19, 2019, 01:25 PM
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    Next time instead of rope I'll be using a tow strap
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    Nice take. My sister lives in Virginia. Next time I go down, I'll have to bring my equipment. Are there any good public spots there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RTD-Tech View Post
    Nice take. My sister lives in Virginia. Next time I go down, I'll have to bring my equipment. Are there any good public spots there?
    In Virginia, if you access a creek (from a public road) and stay BELOW the high water mark your legal.
    Heres a map of Virginias gold belt https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/dgmr/pdf/gold.pdf
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    Looks good, how long did it take to do all of that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by arizau View Post
    What are we seeing here? A mixture of gravel and gold or what?
    Great haul! I zoomed in on the picture, did see what I think is a wee bit of gravel in it, but the rest sure looks like gold to me. And we're only about 90 minutes apart - and I've never found a speck on my streams.
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    That scale is in grains, right?



    Nice haul.
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  12. Mar 04, 2019, 02:19 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duckshot View Post
    That scale is in grains, right?



    Nice haul.
    Yes Grains
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeepseekerADS View Post
    Great haul! I zoomed in on the picture, did see what I think is a wee bit of gravel in it, but the rest sure looks like gold to me. And we're only about 90 minutes apart - and I've never found a speck on my streams.
    Yeah,a little gravel. Most of what looks like gravel,is small garnet .What your looking at is how it came (directly)off the Miller-table. Love the Miller !Some don't, but once its set up correctly, its hard to beat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeepseekerADS View Post
    Great haul! I zoomed in on the picture, did see what I think is a wee bit of gravel in it, but the rest sure looks like gold to me. And we're only about 90 minutes apart - and I've never found a speck on my streams.
    Gotta head North East 2 Hrs. from your location in the 'Virginia gold belt'
    4 page pdf file here https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/dgmr/pdf/gold.pdf
    Louisa County VA. to be exact
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    Yes Grains
    Darn it. Still, about 5-1/2 grams. Not bad!
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