So... Good miner or bad?

[goldenIrishman]

Alright guys! Time to fess up on if you were a good Miner this year or a bad one! What if any mining gear did the fat man in red bring you?

I myself must have been a baaaadddd boy. Far as mining gear goes, all I got was a lump of coal in my stocking! He must have gotten me confused with another type of miner since I don't dig for coal. I'll have to write him a note and remind him that I'm a gold miner and he should have left a big gold nugget instead of that lump of coal. I'm sure it was some kind of clerical error on the part of some elf.....

 

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[Nitric]

Contact his people and see if you can sell it back to them!!

He's getting old too! He gets things mixed up! I think he's around 270 years old?

 

[Prospector70]

got a 3700 gph bilge pump for a project.
Annnnd a 1/10 double eagle! GOLLLDDDD!

 

[Hefty1]

LOL goldenIrishman
All I got for Christmas was a certified letter.....and it wasn't from Santa.

 

[infotraker]

Bought myself a detector harness to keep my shoulders from giving out after hours of swinging.

 

[TheGoldProspector]

Nothing under my tree..being in the hospital..didn't even get a tree

 

[The Gilded Lens]

Santa didn't being me my Bazookas. Not even the baby bazooka mini. I've been a good girl too!

 

[russau]

id be happy with the lump of coal! I got a fruit cake! wanna trade?

 

[Clay Diggins]

Santa and I have a deal. I share good gold spots to explore in his free time (he has a LOT of free time) and he lets me take notes from his list of girls who have been bad.

Heavy Pans

 

[Jeff95531]

Sorry to hear that GP...hope they fix you proper this time and get you back home. Maybe this will cheer you up a bit...



Sorry...didn't decorate this year.

And what did I get? I was a good little miner and got:

A drag racing video from my time (70's) that I didn't know even existed.

Wheels of Fire Drag Racing Movie DVD 1973 | eBay

An oldie but goodie early rock book by Petersen,

Suction tweezers...10x Gold Suction Tweezers Prospecting Pan Panning Dredge Sluice Fast Free 7ml 6" | eBay

A 24" x 7" .063 Aluminum sluice box body for the Miller Table. 24" x 7" 063 Aluminum Sluice Box Body DIY Dredge Gold Mining Prospecting | eBay

and....

Last but certainly best, my new custom crafted AZViper Miller Table is almost done! http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/443477-jeff-s-rubber-mat-miller-table.html

BTW Jeff, got some news I'll share on the ph w/you tomorrow, still land line?

 

[goldenIrishman]

Hefty: Well I hope it was good news at least

Russau: ahhh so you're the one that got the perpetual fruitcake of death! Most people don't know it, but there has only been one fruitcake made. It just gets passed down to the next victim each year. The rest of the time it doubles as a door stop.

Clay: Hey man! Ya gotta share the wealth here brudda! (If ya don't I'll Let Ruby know about that deal with Santa! At least I'm single)

Grasshopper: you got it man. house phone

 

[bedrock bubba]

Bought myself a detector harness to keep my shoulders from giving out after hours of swinging.

Question for all you gold MD folks;

Is swinging an MD hard on ones lower back?

I have a real bad one, and just a slight bend at the waist sets off the dogs barking.

I have an old Fisher VLF detector(1970's) it does a double beep for gold only, but you have to constantly reset the ground balance.

 

[Reed Lukens]

It can be if not set up. I have a bad back also after an accident decades ago and as long as I set the detector up with a sling, it works great for me. It will hurt between the shoulder blades until you get used to it like with anything else. I took the quick attach bungi - Catalog Page 2
and mounted it to my back pack which took the weight of the detector and balanced it perfectly. When I wasn't using it, the detector could hang with no effort needed to hold onto it. The Swingy Thingy, which is the modified version still sold by Doc works the same

 

[Clay Diggins]

Clay: Hey man! Ya gotta share the wealth here brudda! (If ya don't I'll Let Ruby know about that deal with Santa! At least I'm single)

I haven't seen Ruby around lately. Last I saw her she was going for a ride with Santa.

Happy Holidays Jeff!

 

[Nitric]

I haven't seen Ruby around lately. Last I saw her she was going for a ride with Santa.

Happy Holidays Jeff!

After reading this thread, I'm not so sure about this Santa guy! He's getting confused between gold and coal,making side deals,and running off with the ladies!

 

[Clay Diggins]

After reading this thread, I'm not so sure about this Santa guy! He's getting confused between gold and coal,making side deals,and running off with the ladies!

Now you know why so many people refuse to admit he exists!

Heavy Pans

 

[bedrock bubba]

Reed, thanks for the info!

I may try this with my friends White detector. Now comes the hard part; digging! That's a deal killer!

But if I take a strong young 'un with me to do my digging, that is not very smart, that may work!

Keep up the great work you do Reed, you have our admiration as a top mining guy!