Thanks To Lanny

[goldenmojo]

A hearty thanks to Lanny who taught me to look for fist sized cobble under suspended boulders up off the waterline. Works everytime.

 

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[titan100]

very nice I will remember the tip

 

[AlaskaGold]

Wow great looking gold! Great job

 

[NeoTokyo]

Cant beat wisdom from the Pro's.

 

[goldenmojo]

AG this one is going to bother you too. I had to stop at 11am to go home to do chores. Left the area only very partially worked. Got to get back to that one soon.

 

[AlaskaGold]

Mojo, your slowly killing me! If I lived any closer I be over in a heart beat to do your chores for you to keep you on some of your finds longer. All in all great finds and make sure you take time to get back to it! Again great finds.

 

[goldenmojo]

I've got a nice shed in the back yard?

 

[goldenIrishman]

ROFLMAO! Going to set him up a cot there Mojo?

I've been chasing gold for a lot of year now and one thing I really love about this forum is how so many others are always willing to give good valid advise. I've picked up a lot of good tips and tricks that I hadn't thought of before. It just goes to show that when it comes to prospecting and mining, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!

 

[Sample Pan Dan]

I am grateful for this forum and the people on it.

 

[IDdesertman]

Great color!

 

[goldenmojo]

Thanks Looking to find a nugget like the one your holding!

 

[Goodyguy]

I've certainly learned many valuable tips from Lanny over the years while reading his entertaining as well as educational long running thread started in 2003: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/metal-detecting-gold/69-bedrock-gold-mysteries.html

Also Lanny has started a new thread this year (2014) dedicated solely to prospecting tips. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/398442-gold-hunting-prospecting-tips.html

Many thanks Friend, Keep up the good work and anxiously awaiting a signed copy of your book once it's published.

Go for the Gold,
GG~

 

[Hoser John]

Lanny is one of Tnets' oldies but goodies as his great contributions never end-kudos as always Lanny and nuttn' but respect sir-tons a au 2 u 2-John

 

[goldenmojo]

John the same can be said of you and all the other heavy hitters. Thanks to all of you for passing down the knowledge.

 

[NeoTokyo]

Yup, I would be pretty sad is this forum went away.

I have learned so much here and made great friends, some I have met in person.

 

[The Gilded Lens]

A hearty thanks to Lanny who taught me to look for fist sized cobble under suspended boulders up off the waterline. Works everytime.


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Anyone have any photos of what cobble under suspended boulders looks like? I'm a visual learner. Are we talking just stacked up boulders with smaller ones underneath?

 

[goldenmojo]

They take many forms but it will be a boulder or more that can be round but is usually flatter and sitting on exposed bedrock or small boulders. They are up away from the 10 to 25 feet in elevation and will have round cobble fist sized or larger in a flat bed laying underneath. Depending on how the cobble gets trapped will determine where the gold will be and if there are cracks or traps under the suspension. The material may be only 2 inches deep and 50' distance from the water and can be holding a picker, flakes or fines. Here is a pic of one type. The last one I worked had over 60 pieces of lead in it.

 

[The Gilded Lens]

They take many forms but it will be a boulder or more that can be round but is usually flatter and sitting on exposed bedrock or small boulders. They are up away from the 10 to 25 feet in elevation and will have round cobble fist sized or larger in a flat bed laying underneath. Depending on how the cobble gets trapped will determine where the gold will be and if there are cracks or traps under the suspension. The material may be only 2 inches deep and 50' distance from the water and can be holding a picker, flakes or fines. Here is a pic of one type. The last one I worked had over 60 pieces of lead in it.

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Oh! So we're talking totally out of the summer waterline and up on the banks!?

 

[goldenmojo]

This one was 50 feet back from the water at about 15' elevation. If you magnify it you can see the cobble back in under the center rock. This one had quite a bit of gold in the pocket.

 

[goldenmojo]

Oh! So we're talking totally out of the summer waterline and up on the banks!?

Yes still in the annual waterline but higher up. If it has some sort of ramp heading up to it where the water can have an easy climb and then lose energy and flatten out is where I find them. The pocket will be facing towards the downstream side.

This picker off the NF last weekend was under the downstream end of a 10 ton flat boulder sitting on a bedrock trough in a pocket 2" deep and the size of a coffee cup, 40 feet up bank and 15 feet elevation.