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Has anyone here ever found one ounce of gold in a single day? If so, how did you do it??
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Has anyone here ever found one ounce of gold in a single day? If so, how did you do it??
Terry Soloman;1.3oz[/QUOTE said:Encouragement to "re-pan" my waters here, searched the heck out of it when I first came home, now 6 years later.......
Found 6 ounces with just my eyeglass n shovel, this was two seasons ago at the Maria mine, Dale district. Old timer 1800s was diggin test spots, i found a small depression what looked to be a dig it was below a 20 ft shaft.
Started scrapin on the hole it was soft had been dug before, i ended up diggin about 4 ft deep by 6 ft .
To my supprise the old guy had left the vein hangin in place, there was a piece of ore pinched n swelled from 6in to 2 in thickness it yielded a 55 drum of ore had 6 ounces in it, this took a whole 4 hours work, was more work luggin buckets to the truck.
Guess he found better and left this stuff for later and forgot, just goes to show its still out there and doesnt require heavy equipment.
I ended up spendin a couple months chiseling out a 30 ft by 15 ft deep trench solid rock got 1/4 ounce for my troubles.
Anyways some guys came by dug in my spot, all my tools were there, then they took my 90 day post used it for there discovery.
Looked at my paper work never called or dropped a note in the mail sayin hey gonna take over here.
Never been back i think the guys workin it got a story runnin in the minin journal, goes to show ya its still out there good luck.
Gt.....
The moral of the story is if something stands out check it out and pay attention to color changes in ground you are working. Ask around in the are you are working about dirt colors and what pays better.
We pass 1 oz in Rye Patch easily in a day but you’ve got to be willing to dig down past 3 feet.
Place has been hit hard with detectors but after years of prospecting and listening to the 4th-generation locals there is still plenty to be had!
Jackhammers are your friend lol.
Chuck