Gravelwasher
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Headed out in the Placerville area with my sluice this weekend as long as the weather holds up. Anybody else planning on wetting their sluice this weekend? Lots of au to you all!!
Gravelwasher said:Headed out in the Placerville area with my sluice this weekend as long as the weather holds up. Anybody else planning on wetting their sluice this weekend? Lots of au to you all!!
Gravelwasher, no worries, dredging is only a misdemeanor. Although I have seen guys in court for other offenses get told to stay off the national forest for a certain period of time. That would suck.Gravelwasher said:Ya like he said, the floating sluice w/big hose, no no officer its a floating sluice with a big hose not a dredge and get these cuffs off me.
Gravelwasher said:This weekend was a blast!! Meeting some locals who enjoy sluicing as much as I do was great!! Went to a new spot to meet with CaminoChaos that we had never been to. Found a little au but with three of us out there camino his bro and I, we should have hit something if it was there. I found 3 trees, about 30 years old judging from size, they all fell over together and were partially in the creek so they tilted up a nice patch of clays and gravels and rocks all in the roots, i got a good 4 five gallon trips out of it and not much to show. Day number two Camino and I met up at one of my winter sampling spots were I could only get to one spot because of how high the water was and I had only been there twice before. Well today the water was down just enough to get in to a few more spots and pick a place to wash the gravel. Camino did good hit some chunky flakes right off the bat on bedrock. I did ok mainly fines but a few nice colors . I have some crappy pics, my camera wanted new batteries and I did not have any on hand. Let me know what you think guys as to quantity or colors found for 10-12 five gallon buckets classified with a 1/2 inch? Lots a luck to you all!!! Gravelwasher
pvillehunter said:the fact that we can do some research and head five miles (or way less ) out of town say "i bet if we dig here we'll get sumthin" a and then do is sweet and makes us lucky fellas wish i could head out with you guys well make it happen.....hows next Tuesday lookin Camino?? im headin out tomorrow no matter what even if it is still so cold im too Jealous. Might go to spot B as I've only explored there I'll see if i can find where you guys were diggin and do some more sampling nearby..........we'll hit it guys if theres flood gold in the gravels like we get....and those flakes down on the bedrock then its just a matter of time before we figure out the paylayers/paystreaks...ill let you know what i come up with.
Caminochaos said:pvillehunter said:the fact that we can do some research and head five miles (or way less ) out of town say "i bet if we dig here we'll get sumthin" a and then do is sweet and makes us lucky fellas wish i could head out with you guys well make it happen.....hows next Tuesday lookin Camino?? im headin out tomorrow no matter what even if it is still so cold im too Jealous. Might go to spot B as I've only explored there I'll see if i can find where you guys were diggin and do some more sampling nearby..........we'll hit it guys if theres flood gold in the gravels like we get....and those flakes down on the bedrock then its just a matter of time before we figure out the paylayers/paystreaks...ill let you know what i come up with.
Yeah we are definately on for next tuesday. Got the day off and the kids will be at school. You see gravel and I were. across from the downstream side of the hydrolic. You'll see the crevising I did and the holes Gravel dug. Don't go to far you'll be on private property.