Lost cave of Gold

[jeff of pa]

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[cptbild]

Jeff
This is going on to our list of places to look for!

Anyone out there care to come along ?

Doc & Cptbil

 

[aarthrj3811]

Thanks Jeff...The wife says " Lets go"...Art

Sand Mountain

 

[aarthrj3811]

Went looking for Hank Knights lost cave of gold Saturday. Narrowed it down to a strip of land ½ mile wide by 8 miles long. I don’t know if it is his cave or not but I know there is a long string of gold there. Five hours of fighting those sand washes with my 2 wheel drive Chevie. Next time I will take the Jeep. This is a military bombing range and I did find some claim markers on the west side. I will keep you informed Capbil. This is the country other there

 

[aarthrj3811]

This old man has some sore legs. I wandered around on top of the mountain for 5 hours looking for Hank Knights cave. There is gold up there but I have not dug any yet. I sent some information to Captbil as there is enough to go around. ….Art

 

[aarthrj3811]

Time to move a boulder and do some digging

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Bill…We had a flash flood up there on Monday…..About 5 miles of the road is gone….Art

 

[aarthrj3811]

Talked my step son in to taking me in there. It was a adventure in a fore-runner…To long for that kind of stuff…Art

 

[stevesno]

That specimen is spectacular! Thanks for sharing with us...Steve

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Stevesno…..Thanks…..I am learning to enjoy my age. I mined only for Placer Gold almost full time since 1981. Then the Doctors told me I should not dive. I had a big hole in my life. I worked on the stream beds for a few years but that was hard work. So I started looking for big treasures. The learning curve is long when looking for treasure.
I spent a lot of years away from home sometimes as long as 3 months. Now my wife is my full time assistant. We pack a lunch and go for a ride. When I stop to look around she picks up rocks and takes photo’s of the area. Now the most important thing is the hunt. If I decide to dig she helps.
I don’t get to excited about gold anymore, but hunting it so much fun and that’s what I have become…A gold prospector instead of a gold miner….Art

 

[stevesno]

Hey Stevesno…..Thanks…..I am learning to enjoy my age. I mined only for Placer Gold almost full time since 1981. Then the Doctors told me I should not dive. I had a big hole in my life. I worked on the stream beds for a few years but that was hard work. So I started looking for big treasures. The learning curve is long when looking for treasure.
I spent a lot of years away from home sometimes as long as 3 months. Now my wife is my full time assistant. We pack a lunch and go for a ride. When I stop to look around she picks up rocks and takes photo’s of the area. Now the most important thing is the hunt. If I decide to dig she helps.
I don’t get to excited about gold anymore, but hunting it so much fun and that’s what I have become…A gold prospector instead of a gold miner….Art

Sounds like you've got it figured out! The thrill of the hunt is always the best part of the ride, mother nature is a bonus....but it doesn't hurt to have a recovery every now and then for the old morale

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Steve…As long as pays my expenses I know of no other hobby that works that way….Art

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Bob 631…I know what you are talking about. The original entrance for the cave of gold is located about a mille up a steep gully. The cave was cut by water, or some other natural event and continues on the other side of the gully. To tough for me. I located the cave in another gully and it is only about a 1 ½ feet to the top of the cave. I don’t want to open it right now as it would flood this winter if I didn’t build a dam or a diversion for the rain water. The biggest draw back to this location is the 4 hour drive to get there. … Art

 

[cptbild]

aarthrj3811
"Us'ns" have got a few $$$$$, (Operating/expense Money ) that could be used to drag a "CAT" there and maybe put in the "diversion dam" ?
If? The project comes down to that!
I know that a BIG ONE! runs around $600-$800 a day!
That's Fueled up!, Fired up! and delivered !
What do you think ?

 

[sailrunner]

Has anyone explored this cave yet? I'm courious.

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey panning man…I have not been up there again. I will go up there this summer. Here are a couple of Cord. for up there….39 25.550n….118 14.395w Road 39 25.474n…118 14.529w…..Rock
39 25.478n….118 14.661w….closed cave
Anyone that wants to go up there is more than welcome. Lots of different tunnels with gold in them…Art

 

[nvradar]

Hey Art sounds like a good place to go look. I don`t have a GPS yet can you recommend one that doesn`t take a college degree to run?

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Nvradar…I use a Magellan exporist…The older GPS were a lot easier to use and came with good instructions…I went to the Magellan web site and downloaded the full instructions…Made it a lot easier to set up……Art

 

[nvradar]

I guess you get what you pay for?? Spendy?

 

[aarthrj3811]

It depends on what you want…..All I need is an instrument that will get me close…I also like some thing that has a good go-to indicator….i don’t need one with a bunch of junk maps and all the other bells and whistles….Just something that gives me good readings so I can put them into Google Earth…Art