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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 :)Attachment 1681467
Sure is pretty��
What are we seeing here? A mixture of gravel and gold or what?
Time for new glasses !Quote:
Originally Posted by arizau
Next time instead of rope I'll be using a tow strap :)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by RTD-Tech
Heres a map of Virginias gold belt https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/dgmr/pdf/gold.pdf
Looks good, how long did it take to do all of that?
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by arizau
That scale is in grains, right?
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Nice haul.
Yes GrainsQuote:
Originally Posted by Duckshot
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepseekerADS
Gotta head North East 2 Hrs. from your location in the 'Virginia gold belt' :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepseekerADS
4 page pdf file here https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/dgmr/pdf/gold.pdf
Louisa County VA. to be exact
Darn it. Still, about 5-1/2 grams. Not bad!Quote:
Originally Posted by RTR
Next time I'll use these they wont slip like rope does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duckshot
https://www.walmart.com/ip/SmartStra...EaApUuEALw_wcB
Found out the hard way you don't wanna 'drag' the boulder.You wanna 'roll it' by drilling it on the opposite side that your on.
Under another Bolder... Deeper = Bigger :) Attachment 1691824
RTR you sure about that? VA Game Warden told me as long as there is no contact with the bank or bed of the stream then there isn't an issue, but upon contact I would be trespassing. Pretty sure we can't just go dig up some random creek just because we can get into it from a public road. If you have a better source to combat my comment please do so; being able to do as you suggest would be a game-changerQuote:
Originally Posted by RTR
I have been told by the DMME that is it is a solid blue line on a topo map that VA owns the bottom of it. However most landowners do not know that with small creeks. On rivers the adjancent land owners generally understand that they dont own the bottom of the river, but with small steams and creeks that is not the case. And its not a point i want to argue with a land owner when they have a gun in my face. If i want to prospect a small stream or creek in VA i get landowner permission to access it. Getting permission for small streams and creeks gives prospectors a good name in the community.
Even if the law says the state owns the bed if you access the creek and get caught by the adjacent landowner it goes towards giving prospectors a bad name, and possibly still have the law called on you, regardless of what the law actually says. Stick to public access of rivers and youll be fine, if you want access a small creek get landowner permission or join the Central Virginia Gold Prospectors club.
These laws change w/ the wind....Well then, can someone pull-up the 'Exact wording of the law", As of today ?
Thanks for that map, I have some land in that belt!!Quote:
Originally Posted by RTR
Start reading on pg 414 of this PDF>> http://www.emlf.org/clientuploads/di...Mcelwee_11.pdf
See 2nd. paragraph under Gold Summery.>> https://www.goldandgemgazette.com/virginia/
"Virginia deems anything Above high water mark to be private property"
Also read "Rules & Laws further down this page >> https://www.goldandgemgazette.com/virginia/
Yeah I've read that before, but after I spoke with Mr. GW I reconsidered. But as they say, "the law is the law." I'll just ask permission.
Never hurts to get permission,even tho the law is clear as stated :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Huzzah!