Kevins own thread - a journal (but feel free to post random thoughts)

[KevinInColorado]

yup I got to enjoy the late day sunshine in my honey hole today. Good times with my Prospector

 

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[Leonard F.]

Kevin,

An off-topic question for you: in all of your wanderings around the metro Denver streams have you seen a good stand of river Birch? I am looking for a small amount of Birch bark for a project.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Good question and no I haven't. Lots of willow and cottonwood but not much else. That said, if I was searching, I'd float Clear Creek thru Wheatridge. Lot of old forgotten orchards and planted areas there.

 

[Leonard F.]

Good question and no I haven't. Lots of willow and cottonwood but not much else. That said, if I was searching, I'd float Clear Creek thru Wheatridge. Lot of old forgotten orchards and planted areas there.

Thanks Kevin. I ride my bike along Clear Creek during the warmer months -- now would be a better time to spot some I guess.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Kevin's own thread - a journal (but feel free to post random thoughts)

Gold from last Thursday:
A couple nice flakes and a bit of merc coated but less than I hoped for considering where I was digging. Still, had a great time winter prospecting!

Total weight 0.07 grams. Not terrible for digging the outside of a bend in the creek I guess but I've been spoiled by my recent success in this creek

 

[Jeff95531]

Looks good Kevin. Still...average size is running a little bigger there than what you have been finding, no? My thinking there maybe more deeper down?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Yes Jeff, I'd say average size is a bit higher in this hole. I dug all the way to the clay creek bottom so there's no deeper to go in this case.

 

[Jeff95531]

Lol. When I get into clay, it's just getting interesting.

 

[Prospector70]

you better punch through that clay and check underneath! <3
Heavy heavy pans,
P70

 

[Duckwalk]

if his clay is anything like ours here, he is going to have about 3 - 8 feet of clay to punch through...

i have dug down 5+ feet in nothing but clay and never saw any change in material at all.

 

[KevinInColorado]

I did test the clay and the sand underneath it (then hit sandstone so I think the sand is decomposed sandstone)...anyway, no gold in those layers.

 

[Leonard F.]

Kevin, are you aware of any spots in CO where a guy can "snipe" the river bottom? Areas with exposed bedrock, and no over-burden?

 

[KevinInColorado]

The best sniping I'm aware of is on the South Platte just south of Evans Blvd and just near 8th Ave. Both places have areas of very, very hard clay with cracks and such exposed. I met a guy at Evans one time who told me he comes back every couple of months with his turkey baster to clean out the same little area of cracks and he was doing very well!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out again today for an hour in the sunshine. A glance at my cons looked pretty good. Photos to come.

 

[Scooby903]

Got out again today for an hour in the sunshine. A glance at my cons looked pretty good. Photos to come.

Can't wait!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Kevin's own thread - a journal (but feel free to post random thoughts)

...gold from yesterday and
...from today.

Same creek, yesterday was midstream, today was inside curve. Even in an 8' wide creek it matters!

Update: mid creek 0.22 grams, inside bend 0.78 grams so two hours in two days for exactly 1.00 grams...I'll take that anytime!

 

[Sample Pan Dan]

Big difference. Good looking stuff there Kevin.

 

[425jesse]

Now that is piles of gold!!

 

[Duckwalk]

really liking that flake! did you see it slide down the slick plate?

 

[arizau]

I'm curious as to whether you are working spots, there in the Denver metro area, where you shovel directly or do you collect in buckets and dump or both? Am i right in assuming most of your feed is from submerged material? Oh, by the way, impressive finds.