final clean up from 20 buckets of dirt....

[DanB]

anybody else have any luck?....db

 

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[B Street Blacksmith]

I wish 20 buckets of dirt here would give me just 1/10th of what you have there.

Sadly, I'd be lucky to get 1-3 little colors off of 20 buckets (central Texas).

 

[B Street Blacksmith]

I wish 20 buckets of dirt here would give me just 1/10th of what you have there.

Sadly, I'd be lucky to get 1-3 little colors off of 20 buckets (central Texas).

 

[yotaboy86]

this is my take from eight.. three gallon buckets today and nice color you got there

 

[B Street Blacksmith]

View attachment 1126314 this is my take from eight.. three gallon buckets today and nice color you got there

Now you are just trying to make me cry!

Nice bit of yellow rock!

 

[yotaboy86]

Thanks i found a new creek a few weeks ago and it is treating me pretty well

 

[GoldpannerDave]

Not bad; at least you are getting out and finding some!

 

[DanB]

10 buckets of dirt....az gold from the bradshaws ....db

 

[matt_unique]

Ha ha - yeah we don't find that kind of quantity in Maine from 20 buckets. I ran 7 buckets of 1/8" classified dirt one day this past season and got 20 or so flakes.

 

[QNCrazy]

Well within the last week, I've managed to pull 2.8g out of my honey hole. I moved a lot of material.

 

[AlaskaGold]

Wow nice chunky stuff, love to see the gold pics. Keep at it, that will add up quick.

 

[Vance in AK]

Wow nice chunky stuff, love to see the gold pics. Keep at it, that will add up quick.

Im with you Rob! Hopefully we will have an early spring & be able to get out there chasing it soon! In the meantime the pics do get the blood flowing

Thanks for taking us along guys

 

[specksandflecks]

View attachment 1126296 anybody else have any luck?....db

Working on it. Kind of a PITA dealing with all the heavies and flat flaky gold. Too many Irons in the fire ATM.

 

[specksandflecks]

Went and re-ran some blue bowl tailings through Letrap. It was supposed to be -50, think some bigger stuff got through though. Apparently Keene is unable to make a 50 mesh screen with proper tolerances so I got a 50 mesh screen that says "made in China". It appears to be superior to the Keene screen, for now.

2/3 bucket '-50' BB tailings.




Finished that then ran 3/4 bucket of -4 mesh from what used to be a decent little spot.





That spot isn't quite what it used to be. High water stripped away some overburden. Unfortunately it took a few small trees (roots and all), along with the gold to who knows where. Down the creek somewhere for the next generation to find I guess. All that's left is bare bedrock.




Green means go red means stop. Red is slightly disturbed still lighter color though. Hard to tell in this pic, you can tell in the pan though, water turns completely different color brown. Doesn't make a lot of sense since current flows right to left.

 

[Skiddum]

the green side looks more rusty then the red. the red looks like regular river mud. the green has that little rock half circle thing. great place

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

My thought is you should have gander down stream and find the first drop out locations. All that stuff is right there in one little place right now just waiting to be had.

Went and re-ran some blue bowl tailings through Letrap. It was supposed to be -50, think some bigger stuff got through though. Apparently Keene is unable to make a 50 mesh screen with proper tolerances so I got a 50 mesh screen that says "made in China". It appears to be superior to the Keene screen, for now.

2/3 bucket '-50' BB tailings.


View attachment 1131565

Finished that then ran 3/4 bucket of -4 mesh from what used to be a decent little spot.

View attachment 1131566



That spot isn't quite what it used to be. High water stripped away some overburden. Unfortunately it took a few small trees (roots and all), along with the gold to who knows where. Down the creek somewhere for the next generation to find I guess. All that's left is bare bedrock.


View attachment 1131385

Green means go red means stop. Red is slightly disturbed still lighter color though. Hard to tell in this pic, you can tell in the pan though, water turns completely different color brown. Doesn't make a lot of sense since current flows right to left.

 

[DanB]

This is what the gold pay dirt material looks like.....inside bend...on a fault line up heaved bedrock and old river bed.....

 

[DanB]

This pay layer is now above the current river bed...

 

[DanB]

This is what the gold day dirt material looks like.....inside bend...on a fault line up heaved bedrock and old river bed..... View attachment 1138475 View attachment 1138475 View attachment 1138475 View attachment 1138476 View attachment 1138476

 

[DanB]

Just keep washing dirt ...the more you wash the more you get.......db