Jason in Enid
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Fun few days dredging! UPDATE!
What a great last few days it's been! I'm sunburned, beaten, bruised, bug-bit, sore, tired, and wishing I was still out there!
My son and I made a last minute gold dredging trip. I haven't worked my cons so I don't know if I have anything for our efforts or not. I met several other dredgers on the river, two of whom I knew from here, but had never met in person. Wasn't planned, just great minds think alike!
I was really proud of my son. At one point he spent almost an hour on the bottom working the nozzle (in almost zero vis). I shoveled tailings and kept an eye on him to make sure he was safe.
I ended up with a hole 7 foot across and about 7 foot deep. I never hit bedrock. Thought I did at one point, (saw fresh bedrock in the tailings) but then the hole just kept going down. I was working blind the last few feet. I went 4 feet through overburden to a concrete-hardpack. Broke a hole through (and broke my pick!) and then burrowed my way through another 3 feet of hard pack with the blaster nozzle. I was still feeling big cobbles one the bottom when I stopped. One thing I noticed in this hole, there weren't any BIG rocks in what I moved. They may have been deeper than I got.
Spent the last morning doing some exploration (good looking spot!) and I lost my camera over the side of the canoe. I spent almost half an hour swimming on breathholds, searching the bottom, but I FOUND IT! Unfortunately it was after the exploration so I have no pics of a prospective new spot.
What a great last few days it's been! I'm sunburned, beaten, bruised, bug-bit, sore, tired, and wishing I was still out there!
My son and I made a last minute gold dredging trip. I haven't worked my cons so I don't know if I have anything for our efforts or not. I met several other dredgers on the river, two of whom I knew from here, but had never met in person. Wasn't planned, just great minds think alike!
I was really proud of my son. At one point he spent almost an hour on the bottom working the nozzle (in almost zero vis). I shoveled tailings and kept an eye on him to make sure he was safe.
I ended up with a hole 7 foot across and about 7 foot deep. I never hit bedrock. Thought I did at one point, (saw fresh bedrock in the tailings) but then the hole just kept going down. I was working blind the last few feet. I went 4 feet through overburden to a concrete-hardpack. Broke a hole through (and broke my pick!) and then burrowed my way through another 3 feet of hard pack with the blaster nozzle. I was still feeling big cobbles one the bottom when I stopped. One thing I noticed in this hole, there weren't any BIG rocks in what I moved. They may have been deeper than I got.
Spent the last morning doing some exploration (good looking spot!) and I lost my camera over the side of the canoe. I spent almost half an hour swimming on breathholds, searching the bottom, but I FOUND IT! Unfortunately it was after the exploration so I have no pics of a prospective new spot.
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