Say you found a patch and I have...

[Keyboardkowboy]

So I found a patch with the GPZ 7000 well my cousin did we hit it with detectors and got a lot of gold we get this grey clay or old decaying bedrock where most of the gold came from. Should I dig it out and. Highbank it or what? I brought a few buckets home and found a few nice pickers the detectors missed what would you do? It's going to be a ton of work what do you think?

 

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[Shunkaha]

Depends on how bad you want that gold. If you're pulling out pickers, I would be all over it. Take turns digging and detecting. That GPZ should be able to get all the pickers easy. Is there water nearby? you could maybe take a large tank and fill it with water and just pan what you think is gold bearing. Good luck to you.

 

[arizau]

So I found a patch with the GPZ 7000 well my cousin did we hit it with detectors and got a lot of gold we get this grey clay or old decaying bedrock where most of the gold came from. Should I dig it out and. Highbank it or what? I brought a few buckets home and found a few nice pickers the detectors missed what would you do? It's going to be a ton of work what do you think?

Congrats on your find.
Do you suspect that your find is a pocket deposit? I think the character of the gold would help you determine that. Google "hunting for pocket gold deposits in Oregon & California - gold rush nuggets" That article may pertain to what you have found and....you go from there.

Good luck.

 

[XtreasureX]

The 7000 will miss the small nuggets. Go through the dirt another time with a gold monster or a gold bug. Or put all the dirt you can shovel in the highbanker. The 7000 can be troublesome in trash and with small stuff. Little " ribbon veins" can be overlooked by the 7000 as well. Post pics too.

 

[Underburden]

"It's going to be a ton of work what do you think?"
That's the kind of work I always enjoyed...decomposed bedrock. Always nice pickers and smiles all day long.

 

[Goldwasher]

So I found a patch with the GPZ 7000 well my cousin did we hit it with detectors and got a lot of gold we get this grey clay or old decaying bedrock where most of the gold came from. Should I dig it out and. Highbank it or what? I brought a few buckets home and found a few nice pickers the detectors missed what would you do? It's going to be a ton of work what do you think?

you found what is called a seam. it is worth digging all of the clay in it.

try to get your hands on an sdc2300 it will snif out the small stuff.

 

[mike(swWash)]

YES!!!! Dig man, dig.
Like Shunkaha said, If you can take a recirc system with you, go for it.

 

[delnorter]

Likely well worth the effort. Is there very small gold too?

Mike