Kevin in Colorado...and elsewhere

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

Gold Member
Jan 9, 2012
7,037
11,370
Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Another glorious “and elsewhere” day today as I got out digging with Utah Mason in American Fork Canyon. Good gold and a fun way to deliver his Grizzly Goldtrap! ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1512447845.200140.jpg
Art shot :P
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MidMoTreasure

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Jul 2, 2012
335
713
Mid-Missouri
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Minelab CTX 3030, Minelab E-Trac, Garrett Super Sluice, Banjo Pan
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Looks a bit chilly there fellas! How'd you all do?
 

fmrUSMC_0844

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Sep 4, 2008
1,567
1,104
Mormonville, AKA Salt Lake City, UT
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Whites MXT Pro, Whites TDI, Keene A52, Calsluice, Gold Hog Piglet
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Metal Detecting

Gold4Mike

Full Member
May 10, 2017
230
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Mount Vernon, Washington
Detector(s) used
Angus Mackirk Foreman
Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer
Gold Hog Piglet highbanker
Home made slate miller table
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
I've heard that cold gold is the best gold.
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
7,037
11,370
Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
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Prospecting
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From the American Fork Canyon outing. 3 pieces of +50 and a lot of tiny stuff. I think it’s my best AF results yet :)

Thanks again Utah Mason, sweet spot! Enjoy your new sluice :D
 

utah mason

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Jul 10, 2015
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utah
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From the American Fork Canyon outing. 3 pieces of +50 and a lot of tiny stuff. I think it’s my best AF results yet :)

Thanks again Utah Mason, sweet spot! Enjoy your new sluice :D
Nice!
Pretty good clean up for that low in the canyon.
I'm going to clean my cons up tomorrow. Hopefully it looks pretty similar. Looking forward to seeing you next year, and checking out those spots we talked about.



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63bkpkr

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Aug 9, 2007
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4,618
Southern California
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XLT, GMT, 6000D Coinmaster
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All Treasure Hunting
Hey Fellas, that sure looks like fun! Did you happen to have a campfire off to one side? Simple warm food & warm drink on an outing like that seems like it would be a natural. I've not been out in the snow in quite some time but I like doing it as long as I can stay warm!................63bkpkr
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Hey Fellas, that sure looks like fun! Did you happen to have a campfire off to one side? Simple warm food & warm drink on an outing like that seems like it would be a natural. I've not been out in the snow in quite some time but I like doing it as long as I can stay warm!................63bkpkr

We had beers and a little propane heater thanks to UM, very nice!
 

devldog

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Mar 9, 2012
3,646
6,341
Georgia
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Whites MXT ALL PRO, Minelab Safari
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Kevin In Colorado, Congrat's on getting out for some gold panning from a Kevin in Georgia (devldog). I am a relic hunter here and we have to do a lot of our hunting in the winter months due to the heat of our summers which can be unbearable coupled with our high humidity.
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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11,370
Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
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This is part of the crew that showed up yesterday at Arapahoe Bar Prospecting Park in metro Denver for a creek and park cleanup day. We gathered a whole pickup truck load of trash, had a grilled hot dog lunch and spent the afternoon digging :)
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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
7,037
11,370
Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Got out again Monday. Good chance to test the Snake River Products prototype “Titan” sluice:
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Worked well. Even entirely under waster! Looking forward to seeing how my ideas for tweaks work out in the production version!

A friend who was with me:
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Interestingly we found similar good gold on both sides of the river at this spot.
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Got out to sample a site as part of my book research. Came up empty which is happily rare. It’s a county park but never mind lol!
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Also visited a cool hard rock mine which is just opening for tours. 17 veins!! It’ll be in the book :)
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Au dave

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Aug 5, 2015
296
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Eastern Victoria
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Home made drop riffle, 'zook' mini prospector, 'zook' sniper
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Other
Gidday KinC happy new year and good to see you're still digging - although I reckon you are pretty keen working iced water ... looking at 40 deg C ( 105 F) in my neck of the woods today ... heavy pans.
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
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Prospecting
That's a rarity for you to come up with no color Kevin! Like the mine addition to the book.

I was glad I hadn’t talked you into going with me! (I just hit the one site while I was in the area to do the mine tour)
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
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Prospecting
Made up for yesterday by going back to a recently discovered hot spot today :) I think the picker redeemed me LOL!
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...running my Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer :)
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
7,037
11,370
Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
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Went out sampling yesterday while my wife had her haircut. Found a spot to go back to next time :) “hey honey, do you need a haircut?” lol [emoji23]
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
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Got into the South Platte River in central Denver last Wednesday. Panned and did a sample run with the sluice. A great spot to go digging if you work in downtown denver and the freeways are jammed up after work! This will definitely make it into the book :)
#findingGOLDinColorado
 

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KevinInColorado

KevinInColorado

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Jan 9, 2012
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Summit County, Colorado
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Grizzly Goldtrap Explorer & Motherlode, Gold Cube with trommel or Banker on top, Angus Mackirk Expedition, Gold-n-Sand Xtream Hand pump
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
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Got out dredging with my friend Nick today. We had to take turns on the nozzle frequently..so cold! Fun times tho :) #januarydredgers

PS photo taken very carefully to prevent location identification as this is a public spot that isn’t well known and pays well 🤫
 

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