Shimp, while you are young, there are still a few bennies to learning
what you are now, while at that age.
Most of us here over 50 could easily add the tag of "O&B" to our
ID's cause all those little aches we had at your age are now not
so little. BTW, O&B stands for "Old and Busted"..
About 4 hours of diggin'/sluicing is plenty for me, and that's about
all I can handle at a crack. Hard digging and classifying just wears
me right out...BUT, at 17 you can go out there and bust ass all day
and still have the energy left to do it all again the next day.
A friend and I went out this afternoon on a whim, and worked
for about 3 hrs. I ran 5 gal. of 1/8"- material, and that's a lot of
classifying in this rockieranhell creek. Had an awesome afternoon
with beautiful weather, but there will be a price to pay tomorrow..
How about we make you a bit less of a greenhorn...when can you
make it up to Skagit County? Can't promise anything but small
gold, but we can certainly tune up your panning skills and show
you how to properly set up and run a sluice.
Been looking forward to having Jesse425 up as well...maybe you guys
could carpool up for an afternoon?
