Barry&Jason 530 journal

[b.jmining530]

I am starting a mining adventure journal like Kevinincolorado thread of all this trips and wisdom. I hate to write and I figured this would be a good way to keep a journal of all my trips with pics and other peoples input and ideas on how to be a better prospector/miner. I am fairly new to this game, less then 5 months. I live in the wonderful state of California that likes to ban all extremely affective ways of gold recovery. I live in oroville California in the 530 area code, I mostly prospect locally within the 530.

This is a pic of all my gold I have gotten by myself about 4 little trips with out my mining buddy Jason

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Thanks for the name drop! Looking forward to all the stories and successes I expect to see here :-D

 

[b.jmining530]

Well I went out today do a little bit with some friends while they fish I sluiced I found a dirty penny and some gold. I only ran about 2 buckets of material and had to build a stupid dam to divert the water to get good flow with my bazooka 30 sniper.

 

[goldenmojo]

BJ530 Can you post a pic of a stream shot with your sluice? Also you might want to hit up the TN day on the river 2 post for the upcoming bazooka fest.

 

[b.jmining530]

I could next time I go out. I never think about taking a pic of my sluice. I am so down for bazooka fest as long as I am not busy

 

[goldenmojo]

It's good to take pics of your area so that you can review them when the high water hits as it will this winter. You can correlate the two to figure out where the gold is dropping. Also without divulging your secret spot everyone likes to see what other areas look like. You can also get people to chime in with knowledge that took years to develop which will shorten your learning curve if they get a creek shot.

The TN day will be soon. Stay in touch.

 

[b.jmining530]

That's a good idea I haven't thought about it like that before, so a picture of the area for future reference if productivity and things like that?

 

[goldenmojo]

Productivity, Panshots, Bigfoot, the list is endless.......

 

[b.jmining530]

Yeah good point, I will be looking for Bigfoot in my pics lol !!! You have any idea when the TN day will be ? I usually remember how good or bad a spot it. But if I was so busy trying to build dams for my bazooka I would definitely be able to get more gold! I am working on making a cheap stand for my bazooka so that I can be more productive in my adventures. I want to get a big prospector to go gangbusters on some spots.

 

[goldenmojo]

Were trying for the 28th of June on the TN day. Keep checking the post and get to it. Here is a quick no fabrication stand that I based off of the str8flexed model. Going to try it out tomorrow on the NF American. It should work well and you have the sniper so this would work for it or just pitch your machine a little bit steeper in low flow.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/bazooka-gold-trap/403127-mini-super-mini-2.html#post4027148

 

[b.jmining530]

So I went out today with some friends to swim and find gold on the feather river near oroville ca. I am starting to have a "love hate" relationship with my bazooka sniper. I am almost instantly filling my gold trap with black sands from river material and barely can run a 5 gallon bucket before it fills up. So I decided to just pan today. I think once I make a quick and easy set up stand I won't be having so many issues with my bazooka. My biggest problem is getting it setup properly, and unloading the trap constantly, today I was able to set up fairly quickly about 5 minutes but once I moved my bazooka all the rocks moved and became a pain to move back to hold the bazooka in place. But I got a little gold today so the trip wasn't a complete waste! It was fun just sitting in the river relaxing panning

 

[TheGoldProspector]

I tend to look back more often at those times just panning, pondering the torrent of water that lay ahead of you

Good job!

 

[b.jmining530]

Like having a lot of black sand is a good thing sorta because there are a lot of "heavies" but at the same time it's a pain because my bazooka fills so quickly. I want to run my bazooka in a placer were I can run it for a "long time" before having to clean out. But panning makes you appreciate using powered gold recovery systems.

 

[bazookagoldtrap]

So I went out today with some friends to swim and find gold on the feather river near oroville ca. I am starting to have a "love hate" relationship with my bazooka sniper. I am almost instantly filling my gold trap with black sands from river material and barely can run a 5 gallon bucket before it fills up. So I decided to just pan today. I think once I make a quick and easy set up stand I won't be having so many issues with my bazooka. My biggest problem is getting it setup properly, and unloading the trap constantly, today I was able to set up fairly quickly about 5 minutes but once I moved my bazooka all the rocks moved and became a pain to move back to hold the bazooka in place. But I got a little gold today so the trip wasn't a complete waste! It was fun just sitting in the river relaxing panning

Specific Gravity (water = 1.0)

Gold 15.6-19.4
Platinum 14-19.0
Silver 10-11.0
Galena 7.4
Pyrite 5.0
Magnetite (black sand) 5.1
Rutile (black sand) 4.1
Ilmenite (black sand) 4.5
Mica 2.7
Quartz 2.6

With sufficient water flow the trap will still fluidize when full of black sand.. Based on relative particle size and trap pressure, the heavier elements will displace the black sand.

 

[b.jmining530]

Thanks, I am just worried I am not sluicing right and catching the gold. Also some people say when the trap area feels solids it's full, what do you think? I just need to go out with a somebody that has used a bazooka more then me to help me with setup and when to clean out. But I will hopefully get it figured out sooner then later, I am learning but it's frustrating some times

 

[Catchmydrift]

Hey. My buddy and I live in Paradise/Magalia and pan around here 2-3 times a week. We're always looking for new spots and have never met any other prospectors. Any interest in a meet up one of these days?

-Benny

 

[TheGoldProspector]

Hey. My buddy and I live in Paradise/Magalia and pan around here 2-3 times a week. We're always looking for new spots and have never met any other prospectors. Any interest in a meet up one of these days? -Benny

Paradise is a Glorious little town. Love the Candleshop

 

[b.jmining530]

Hey. My buddy and I live in Paradise/Magalia and pan around here 2-3 times a week. We're always looking for new spots and have never met any other prospectors. Any interest in a meet up one of these days? -Benny

I have never tried to find gold up in that area before, it would be cool to meet up with some people from here. Maybe we could meet up sometime and get some gold. Do you guys have a sluice ? How much gold do you guys get a trip and how long does it take?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Thanks, I am just worried I am not sluicing right and catching the gold. Also some people say when the trap area feels solids it's full, what do you think? I just need to go out with a somebody that has used a bazooka more then me to help me with setup and when to clean out. But I will hopefully get it figured out sooner then later, I am learning but it's frustrating some times

Try running it with a bit more drop. The Bazooka does great at kicking out black sand while keeping fine gold. Honestly I think you just need a little more pressure in the tubes (via more drop). What you are describing is only something I've experienced in flat, slow situations.

 

[b.jmining530]

Thanks Kevin, I think that also might be one of my problems. I have a hard time judging if it's too steep, and when I try to have it running steeper I have issues sleeping my bazooka in place. I honestly think once I make my stand for it I will be having less problems because I will be able to play more with the angles and things like that. As always Kevin thanks for the advise