Just cuz.......

fowledup · Jun 30, 2015

.........cuz ya all ain't posting enough freaking pictures and we need to before the admins. decide to change the "Gold Prospecting" forum name dang it! We need some inspiration!

KevinInColorado · Jun 30, 2015

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June 2015 Villa Rica, Georgia gold...some with mercury on it.

russau · Jun 30, 2015

you did well gras............................. I mean Kevin!

newman · Jun 30, 2015

Three weeks ago....

This hole, made in one day:

Produced this:

Going back up this weekend, with extra labor and bigger gear (highbanker)!

CApicker · Jun 30, 2015

OK Went out on Sunday to a spot I had never tried before on the NFA here in Cali... only did 2 pans...

Cassews · Jun 30, 2015

oh PRETTY !!!! Yep Hubs and I are going to our claims this weekend and gonna get some of that there yellow stuff. Cannot wait to do so, I sure hope the no seeums are gone now with all the heat.

Have a safe and good 4th of July and enjoy no matter what you do .

Hemisteve · Jun 30, 2015

First clean up on Saturday a few weeks ago at an AMRA / Reno club outing. We took 16 wounded warriors and veterans down to the river for the weekend. I spent the day highbanking with Brandon Reinhart and his 4 year old son who rocked :headbang:

as a tender. He did a great job keeping the grizzlies clean and the tailings clear.

The total take for the weekend was 1 1/2 ozt. and all the gold was split and given to the veterans.

63bkpkr · Jul 1, 2015

I had to wait awhile before I could send this post to let my heart rate go back down to the stable level after looking at your fine posts. Thanks to all submitters for sharing with those of us less fortunate folks. Keep up the good work. Hemisteve, very nice pan and sharing! CApicker, on the NFA, I would love to be there myself but I have a few more years of servitude to complete before I leave Texas. When I leave here my plan is to spend 3 summer months in NorCal backpacking and prospecting to get my fill before I move to where ever I pick to "settle down". fowledup, nice thread!! Thanks!!!..........................63bkpkr

This picture was taken 'several' years ago. There is a pool in back of the tent that I wanted to dredge. To do that with my little 2" keene unit I needed to lower the level of the pool so I trenched both side walls and threw the dug dirt out in the center of the stream. As I kept digging I realized that I was building my tent site. I made the assumption there would Not be a rain storm any time soon and slept soundly for a couple of days before departing. No gold but I had a great time doing all of this heavy labor. Just myself and Woof (pictured in the tent) to haul ~ 200 lbs of gear in and out, marvelous adventure! :hello:

SchoolOfHardRocks · Jul 1, 2015

Amen brother! Too much politics, egos, and BS..Let's focus on what brought us all together here on this great site-GOLD!!!

goldenIrishman · Jul 1, 2015

The take so far from testing different areas north of Kingman...

Duckwalk · Jul 1, 2015

Gold from some time this year. All i know is i uploaded it to the PC 5/1/15 sorry... From the same creek kevin got his Villa Rica GA gold.

Clay Diggins · Jul 1, 2015

1/2 yard average from New Mexico operation. Full size pan.

Heavier Pans :thumbsup:

ezrider2 · Jul 1, 2015

Hemisteve said:
First clean up on Saturday a few weeks ago at an AMRA / Reno club outing. We took 16 wounded warriors and veterans down to the river for the weekend. I spent the day highbanking with Brandon Reinhart and his 4 year old son who rocked as a tender. He did a great job keeping the grizzlies clean and the tailings clear.

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The total take for the weekend was 1 1/2 ozt. and all the gold was split and given to the veterans.

Thank you for helping and taking my brothers out on an adventure!

fowledup · Jul 1, 2015

ezrider2 said:
Thank you for helping and taking my brothers out on an adventure!

Ditto X2!, my youngest son just got home after 3 tours overseas and just shy of 10 years service. No finer therapy than a new GMT detector, truck full of mining gear and as many days as we can get up at the claim!

Hemisteve · Jul 1, 2015

ezrider2 said:
Thank you for helping and taking my brothers out on an adventure!

That is what we do. Our club started a "Healing our Heroes" program last year and it has taken off. We are doing it again in a few months.

Hemisteve · Jul 1, 2015

fowledup said:
Ditto X2!, my youngest son just got home after 3 tours overseas and just shy of 10 years service. No finer therapy than a new GMT detector, truck full of mining gear and as many days as we can get up at the claim!

Couldn't agree more. A lot of us have had friends and relatives over in the "sandbox".

Now lets see some more pictures.