North Fork American River

[goldenmojo]

 

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[vpnavy]

Nice photograph! Thanks for sharing...

 

[tamrock]

Do any panning?

 

[goldenmojo]

Do any panning?

Here's yesterday take. I work up to the high water mark and found three small pockets about one foot x six inches covered with fist sized cobble. I credit Lanny in AB for the tip on looking for that size cobble with that size of gold.

 

[tamrock]

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Here's yesterday take. I work up to the high water mark and found three small pockets about one foot x six inches covered with fist sized cobble. I credit Lanny in AB for the tip on looking for that size cobble with that size of gold.

Nice Take! I lived in Fair Oaks in the later 80s and me and a friend from work would go in there and pan some in the that same looking area if memory serve me, but I know much of the river looks that way. I recall allot of ticks in areas that looked like that as I had Vizsla dog that was a companion back then and had to clean her of those dang little critters before we headed back home. It's sure a great place to get some sunshine and spend a little time outdoors, even if you don't find allot of paydirt.

 

[goldenmojo]

How's the gold hunting in CO?

 

[tamrock]

How's the gold hunting in CO?

Not as good as California. It's here and there, but I'm thinking there'd be allot in your pan if it wasn't 97% flour size particles. I think if you worked steady for 5 days you would get what you washed in a day with your pan. I lived in the mountains along the Arkansas river and that's where I looked for gold back then and its there, but you will need to work for it. I've been told in other places in Colorado are better.

 

[goldenmojo]

]The gold I get is usually pretty small as I work higher up from the waterline. Further upstream about 5 miles the gold gets chunkier. I am just waiting for the river level to lower after the rains and then I will be searching out the bigger pieces. Here is a pic from January when the water was lower.

 

[tamrock]

Sure ain't what a washed pan in Colorado looks like. Out here it be 25 times more black sand and you'd need a close up shot to show the few tiny specks of gold in it. But to give us some credit some streams are better then others.