My First Gold!!!

[ejimbo4]

Well I actually found this in a crevice Monday.I spent about 2 1/2 hours digging out the crevice in a boulder and it took me 3 days of panning out the cons(about 3" in a 5 gal. bucket) in my spare time but I finally managed to get it in a vial this morning! I am super excited and can't wait to get back to the creek but I do have to figure out something better for recovery than panning.This flour gold is so small and fine I was amazed.I think I actually did pretty good in getting most of the gold but I am saving the cons I panned until I can run it through something that will catch the fine gold. I am hoping that if I move up the creek it might get a little better(This is all new to me and this was my second time out)Anyways here is a pic of my vial.....Thanks for looking!

 

[Gunrunner61]

Awesome.............HH

 

[donkarlos]

Impressive!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Nice yella! Congrats!!!

 

[John Boy]

That's pretty dang good for your second time out.can't go wrong with gold it being over sixteen hundred an ounce.doing great.

 

[hamiddetecting]

Good start and welcome.

 

[materdigger1]

Awsome - go get it

 

[detectahead]

A pat on the back is well deserved! Great job!

 

[ejimbo4]

Thank you! I am trying to decide on a cheap sluice concentrator to clean all the fine cons. I saw that Califoria Sluice had a Bucket Sluice Concentrator.....anyone here ever used one?

 

[Davers]

GOOD JOB ...That's hard [back breaking] work .

 

[ejimbo4]

Davers! I see you are in Acworth? Do you do any panning? I am looking for someone to hook up with and hit the creeks. I also just picked up a Garrett Ace 250...

 

[Shines]

nice catch, good luck up stream hope you catch a nice nug....

 

[NCguyinTN93]

Hey I would be willing to hook up with you and do some panning if you want all I need to do is drive down to where ever you are.

 

[Dignitup]

Very Nice color there! Keep it up and good luck.

 

[LilBulldogJunior]

holy cow!!!! its awsome...congrats