425jesse
Hero Member
- Feb 10, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- 4" Dalke Original Compact Dredge, 36" BGT Prospector, 30" BGT Sniper, D&D/Brawn Super Concentrator and Highbanker top, Brawn/D&D finishing table, pans and more!
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Howdy all!
I decided I too would start journaling my prospecting misadventures, and the fine Washington flour gold I try so hard to trick into coming home with me.
I don't get out all that much as family and work are my 2 top priorities, but prospecting and running my bazookas is surely a close third.
We are going to start with yesterday's adventure, as it was the most recent chase........
Yesterday I went out to issaquah to the same spot I went with KevininColorado a few weeks ago, and found the river only running about 20% as fast as it was when we were there (12cfs VS 50cfs.). There a always a few good spots to set up a Bazooka, but when the water is low, they tend to be out in the middle of the river, which is not a good spot to dig or carry buckets out to. Fortunately someone else had been working there and built a small dam on the side of the river for their sluice. I just sturdied up one side to direct enough water for my prospector, and set it up.
It was about 72 degrees in the shade, and the water in the river was absolutely perfect temp. I had a pretty good feeling about this day, even though I knew I was only going to get 3 hours from setting foot out of my car, until getting back in.
I did a couple sample pans (which at this point is likely not needed, but I like to anyways,) and they showed the same promise that this spot usually does. I dug in 2 spots that were only a few yards apart. The first spot was a central part of a gravel bar, and the second spot was towards the upstream end.
I ran 8 three gallon buckets from each spot, with a clean out in between the spots.
First Spot Clean Up...
Second a Spot Clean Up...
Pretty good day on the gold for around here and only a few hours!!
More gold to come, thanks for checking this thread out!
Cheers.
JB
I decided I too would start journaling my prospecting misadventures, and the fine Washington flour gold I try so hard to trick into coming home with me.
I don't get out all that much as family and work are my 2 top priorities, but prospecting and running my bazookas is surely a close third.
We are going to start with yesterday's adventure, as it was the most recent chase........
Yesterday I went out to issaquah to the same spot I went with KevininColorado a few weeks ago, and found the river only running about 20% as fast as it was when we were there (12cfs VS 50cfs.). There a always a few good spots to set up a Bazooka, but when the water is low, they tend to be out in the middle of the river, which is not a good spot to dig or carry buckets out to. Fortunately someone else had been working there and built a small dam on the side of the river for their sluice. I just sturdied up one side to direct enough water for my prospector, and set it up.
It was about 72 degrees in the shade, and the water in the river was absolutely perfect temp. I had a pretty good feeling about this day, even though I knew I was only going to get 3 hours from setting foot out of my car, until getting back in.
I did a couple sample pans (which at this point is likely not needed, but I like to anyways,) and they showed the same promise that this spot usually does. I dug in 2 spots that were only a few yards apart. The first spot was a central part of a gravel bar, and the second spot was towards the upstream end.
I ran 8 three gallon buckets from each spot, with a clean out in between the spots.
First Spot Clean Up...
Second a Spot Clean Up...
Pretty good day on the gold for around here and only a few hours!!
More gold to come, thanks for checking this thread out!
Cheers.
JB
