mikep691
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I needed a detox weekend. A weekend away from people. I was on the road four of the five days last week, and everybody from the north coast to Fresno needs to be sited for at least one of these: DWB (Driving while Blonde), DWS (Driving while Stupid) or DWT (Driving while Texting). It wasn't about the gold as much as just not seeing another Human Being for a weekend.
So here's the layout: I slept in Saturday morning, realized my extension cord was loaned out. After collecting my cord, Dora and I finally got to the claim at 9:30ish. The debate began. Are we minin' or campin'? Well, it's a mix. I went about drinkin' my sedative while setting up to mine. This weekend was "Diggin' is my therapy, Beer is my sedative, and the Gold is a bonus"
Game Plan: Bring the gravels from the bedrock waterfall to a level I can shovel:
Remember, I'm not into work by this point, so it's hose the gravels down, and spend as little time shoveling as possible. I basically worked four hours, and drank my sedative the rest of the time. End of Saturday cleanout:
Nothing special about the evening except I got five drops of rain, it had been a wonderful day so far. The tent is up and Dora is in with dirty feet first as always. My work has me up early most mornings, so being wide awake at 4am is no surprise. Get coffee going and wait for sunrise....
As soon as I can see to navigate, I'm off to the creek. Today is all about getting the last few shovels in the Redneck Highbanker, then sucker tubing what don't stay in the shovel. I did several cleanouts just to see where the gold was on the bedrock. Every clean out was decent.
It's time to set up the sucker, and clean some bedrock at this point. Well, it might have been in the middle of those pics. I set up Rockguy's G&S type sucker, and before I couls even get after it, I had six flashers staring at me. Believe me or not, I picked six pieces of gold off that bedrock before ever sucking any gravel.
So, my form of detox is not about drugs or alcohol, but about PEOPLE. I'll post some vids when they finish uploading. All said and done, .99 grams:
There is something to be said about drinking beer from a gold can......
So here's the layout: I slept in Saturday morning, realized my extension cord was loaned out. After collecting my cord, Dora and I finally got to the claim at 9:30ish. The debate began. Are we minin' or campin'? Well, it's a mix. I went about drinkin' my sedative while setting up to mine. This weekend was "Diggin' is my therapy, Beer is my sedative, and the Gold is a bonus"
Game Plan: Bring the gravels from the bedrock waterfall to a level I can shovel:
Remember, I'm not into work by this point, so it's hose the gravels down, and spend as little time shoveling as possible. I basically worked four hours, and drank my sedative the rest of the time. End of Saturday cleanout:
Nothing special about the evening except I got five drops of rain, it had been a wonderful day so far. The tent is up and Dora is in with dirty feet first as always. My work has me up early most mornings, so being wide awake at 4am is no surprise. Get coffee going and wait for sunrise....
As soon as I can see to navigate, I'm off to the creek. Today is all about getting the last few shovels in the Redneck Highbanker, then sucker tubing what don't stay in the shovel. I did several cleanouts just to see where the gold was on the bedrock. Every clean out was decent.
It's time to set up the sucker, and clean some bedrock at this point. Well, it might have been in the middle of those pics. I set up Rockguy's G&S type sucker, and before I couls even get after it, I had six flashers staring at me. Believe me or not, I picked six pieces of gold off that bedrock before ever sucking any gravel.
So, my form of detox is not about drugs or alcohol, but about PEOPLE. I'll post some vids when they finish uploading. All said and done, .99 grams:
There is something to be said about drinking beer from a gold can......
