Got out a little today....................

johnedoe · Feb 7, 2017

OOOOhhhhhhh I don't envy that guy.

Capt Nemo · Feb 7, 2017

Oregon Viking said:
wildminer.... Do you know if the bucket line dredge is on private property? Photo op!!
That is a loooooooooong beach. Seven Devils to Bullard's is further then I want to walk.

Careful.....

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That guy needs to attach some 2' 2x4's to his tires with ratchet straps. Sounds stupid but works.

johnedoe · Feb 7, 2017

Went up to look the beach over again today.....

I am hitting it this weekend unless the weather turns to absolute crap.... the tides are screwed up again but the days are long enough now that I should be able to get on the beach a little after 2:00PM.

Here are some pics of what it looked like today and the 1/3rd bucket of sand I brought home..... only had one bucket today so I was lop-sided.... damn that was uncomfortable.

Will run it probably tomorrow.

KevinInColorado · Feb 7, 2017

Lopsided...lol!
I'd rather carry two full buckets than one half full.

johnedoe · Feb 7, 2017

KevinInColorado said:
Lopsided...lol!
I'd rather carry two full buckets than one half full.

Tru Dat....... :laughing7:

And I'll tell you what.... IF.... you can carry 2 full buckets of beach black sand... Your a better and bigger man than I am...LOL

wildminer · Feb 7, 2017

The dredge is long gone and I'm pretty sure Bandon Dunes golf course has the property now. That p/u should have let some air out of the tires and kept her moving in that spot! Probably the spring or summer as the blonds are showing because of the wind. Better to stay on the wet sand as it is more firm or take a hint where the other tracks are and how they did, like that other rig. If you don't want to walk or drive on the beach right there at the end of the paved road is Whisky Run Cr.. There is another creek to the north at Seven Devils wayside with a big grassy area and lots of parking. I've never tested there but maybe me or someone should. I get too busy and forget half of the things I need to do. That's what the wife says anyway.

wildminer · Feb 7, 2017

JD, Now I see why you watch watch the tides so close!

Oregon Viking · Feb 7, 2017

johnedoe said:
Tru Dat.......

And I'll tell you what.... IF.... you can carry 2 full buckets of beach black sand... Your a better and bigger man than I am...LOL

The buckets break......... :BangHead:

johnedoe · Feb 7, 2017

wildminer said:
JD, Now I see why you watch watch the tides so close!

Yup.... they come right up to that embankment..... and then some....
And I have a good tide app. on my cell.

arizau · Feb 8, 2017

wildminer said:
The dredge is long gone and I'm pretty sure Bandon Dunes golf course has the property now. That p/u should have let some air out of the tires and kept her moving in that spot! Probably the spring or summer as the blonds are showing because of the wind. Better to stay on the wet sand as it is more firm or take a hint where the other tracks are and how they did, like that other rig. If you don't want to walk or drive on the beach right there at the end of the paved road is Whisky Run Cr.. There is another creek to the north at Seven Devils wayside with a big grassy area and lots of parking. I've never tested there but maybe me or someone should. I get too busy and forget half of the things I need to do. That's what the wife says anyway.

A few years ago I talked to a couple of guys that were using a river rocker box (https://www.google.com/webhp?source...ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=gold+river+rocker+box) at Seven Devils. They said they were members of the North Bend Prospectors and had borrowed it from another member. They were scooping the black sand that was showing between the rocks in the creek just below where the trail exits on the beach. I asked about the efficiency of the box and they said that it was catching gold. I have been there several times since but there was never as much black sand showing so never have sluiced. I'm pretty sure that there, as well as all the other beaches, you have to catch it during or just after the stormy season to get good deposits of black sand.....I just never seem to be there at the right time or don't have my mining equipment with me when I am. :BangHead:

wildminer · Feb 8, 2017

I'll go down to the beach and take some photos of the area in a few days and post. Gonna blow and rain this week.

Oregon Viking · Feb 8, 2017

I just got back from Whaleshead beach, I figured I have worked in this "slight" amount of rain, why not set up the sluices in the creek? Plenty of flow....Before I got to the beach a wave rolled right through were I would have been. Sneaker or just a large wave, 2+ feet of water where I would have been feeding black sand :BangHead:

So as I quit often do, I just brought some of the beach home with me! :headbang:

Nope!

We need a local around Bullards beach (wildminer..) :laughing7:

to see if there is a creek with decent flow, this summer of course, so those attending the "Bullards beach bash", know what to bring. I have an A52P, with the rubber green miracle mat type mat. Also An A52 stripped and replaced with V- mat. Cool thing about that is the original expanded and riffles can be re-installed right over the V-mat. Not that I would as it is now a beach sluice. I have a Blue Bowl (D.A.M.) that will be making the trip also.

Will there be a keg? :laughing7:

johnedoe · Feb 8, 2017

Well the bucket of material I got yesterday was very disappointing........
This is the results of running it.

Still gonna hit the beach this weekend though.

Goldfleks · Feb 9, 2017

Oregon Viking said:
We need a local around Bullards beach (wildminer..) to see if there is a creek with decent flow, this summer of course, so those attending the "Bullards beach bash", know what to bring. I have an A52P, with the rubber green miracle mat type mat. Also An A52 stripped and replaced with V- mat. Cool thing about that is the original expanded and riffles can be re-installed right over the V-mat. Not that I would as it is now a beach sluice. I have a Blue Bowl (D.A.M.) that will be making the trip also.

Will there be a keg?

Sounds like a party.

johnedoe · Feb 9, 2017

anything is possible...... :laughing7:

johnedoe · Feb 11, 2017

Here's what we did today and here is a very fast shakeout pan of the results... I will do a more proper cleanup tomorrow.

We just put the sluice in a freshet running out of the rocks at the top of the beach and let ma nature do most of the work.
We only hauled 2 cart loads... the rest was from the freshet runoff.

Reed Lukens · Feb 11, 2017

Looks like you were set up on some good looking sand

johnedoe · Feb 11, 2017

Well we didn't have to work very hard at it....LOL
I'll finish up the cleanup today and see what we got.
Just redirected the freshet and let it do the work.

arizau · Feb 11, 2017

johnedoe said:
Here's what we did today and here is a very fast shakeout pan of the results... I will do a more proper cleanup tomorrow.

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We just put the sluice in a freshet running out of the rocks at the top of the beach and let ma nature do most of the work.
We only hauled 2 cart loads... the rest was from the freshet runoff.
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Is it camera magnification that makes the black sands appear more coarse than the usual minus 100 mesh beach sand? Nice of ma nature to help feed the sluice. :icon_thumleft: