Golden Weekend

[Aufisher]

Got out Saturday and Sunday with Hangtowndiggins. Got a bit of shine and some great memories! Hangtowndiggins is one hell of a great guy. He finds good spots to dig, helps carry my gear and brings me lunch! Thanks again buddy! Enjoy the photos!

 

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[elgatodelnoche]

Flowing water! It's a miracle! I have forgotten what flowing water looks like. That brings back memories.

 

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[Hangtowndiggins]

Goldwasher, thanks for ALL of your help, I definitely owe you one or two.. We parked at the sign and worked the area around the bottom of the slip n slide. Next time will have to spend the day downstream on bedrock and see what we take home. We still got some good color doing what we could and weren't expecting much for our first time at a new spot. Thanks again!

 

[Hangtowndiggins]

Mighty fine looking yellow AU

 

[IDdesertman]

FUN FUN FUN

 

[goldenmojo]

Hey guys if you "drove" down where I think you did vs. the turnout ant slip in slide down.....you should go downstream a few hundred feet from where it looks like you are at. There is a set of small falls made of bedrock with a low pressure area and good bench material right on that slate. You are right about the water level. Try to hit the margin of the creek where you can tell the high water has left material. look for a rusty clay layer, thats how you can find the older material. when we dredge that creek a mile further down we got way more gold from the edges and cleaning shallow bedrock than we did from the instream cracks and gravel. I worked that area for an entire summer five days a week and we did really well.

I recently ( this week) read a great xplanation of why gold is distributed like that in a creek from a geology book in the late 1800's. It's in my bookmarks but I cant seem to find it. If I do I'll post it.

GM