Worst prospecting day ever!!

[Kuntzy]

While exploring a new area I came across I very good looking area. Needless to say I fell and broke my middle finger, it even ripped off my whole finger nail. I still continued on panning down to the heavy's. And then I made the mistake of getting near a very brushy area and ran into a water snake with the attitude of a cobra. That little snake bit me over and over until I just swam away from the area. Needless to say that made it day over for me.

Now I have to pan out my cons and see if today was worth it. Today was the most painful day of panning I have ever had. Gonna take a few days off and go to the Gatesville meet on Saturday, hopefully with better luck

anyone else just had a horrible day like this?

 

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[Methal]

First day panning ever. Ran into a rattle snake, (didn't get bit, thing scared the crap outta me though) Fell over a large boulder right down into the mud/water of the river I was trying to pan which tore the finger nail half off my index finger.
fun part was I had no idea how to pan all I found was black sand, and a few specs of what I thought was gold.
I'll never know though, somewhere floating down the river where I was is my snuffer bottle.....

Needless to say I had a bad into to panning =)

 

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[KevinInColorado]

First day panning ever. Ran into a rattle snake, (didn't get bit, thing scared the crap outta me though) Fell over a large boulder right down into the mud/water of the river I was trying to pan which tore the finger nail half off my index finger.
fun part was I had no idea how to pan all I found was black sand, and a few specs of what I thought was gold.
I'll never know though, somewhere floating down the river where I was is my snuffer bottle.....

Needless to say I had a bad into to panning =)

Sorry to hear your first outing went so badly...but welcome to tnet anyway!

I'd strongly suggest you find a prospecting buddy. Maybe join a local club too.

Where do you live and where did you go panning?

 

[Methal]

Sorry to hear your first outing went so badly...but welcome to tnet anyway!

I'd strongly suggest you find a prospecting buddy. Maybe join a local club too.

Where do you live and where did you go panning?

Pleasant Grove Ut. I was up American Fork Canyon when all this happened.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Ah right, I've been up there too. The gold there is very fine and a silvery color (due to being a gold & silver alloy actually) and eager to float if it gets dry for even just a moment...so it's a tricky place to prospect. You definitely want to find an experienced buddy.

 

[nh.nugget]

Sounds like he passed the initiation test!

 

[yodi]

I think Smith and Wesson makes a product for dealing with snakes

 

[AU_Solitude]

I broke my foot last year in January - crazy to think about because even now that area is under feet of snow. I also panned for a while before the tortuous hike out.

Worst is easily cleaning out an old mineshaft and breathing in decomposing poison oak leaf dust...that'll mess you up.

 

[Capt Nemo]

Or blastomycosis from mold spores along rivers! Had me coughing up crap from June through October last year. Had a bad outbreak along rivers here in WI.

 

[G-bone]

When I was a kid we used to pour gas in the ground nests and light them on fire. If you have never seen a yellow jacket burst into flames while airborne get ready to live.

See, they are useful

 

[triple d]

Capt. Is that like a case of Goldomycosis. I get that quite often. It can turn into a real bad fever. And it takes a golden cure to get rid of it.

 

[Capt Nemo]

Nope! Antibiotics don't cure that....Just make it worse! Those pretty turquoise pills make you have to stay out of the sun for a couple of weeks.