Nice Pictures of my Spot.

[bigjoek]

 

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[G.I.B.]

Great photos, and a wonderful place to prospect. I wish you the best of luck, and just know- I'm jealous!

 

[bigjoek]

2 miles of river or glacier carved bedrock, With text book gravel bars all over, and lots of wash outs!!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Natural beauty +gold = good times!

 

[DesertNuggets]

Nice pics!

 

[bigjoek]

I had the Henry too. It worked awesome..[. Poor mans sluice is pretty good)

 

[419GottaMinute]

One word: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

 

[bigjoek]

Yes digging a month of 20º ground is pretty brutal on a guy. and equipment

 

[phishisgroovin]

One word: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

i concur.
Beautiful, but got the chills just looking at the snow & cold water lol!

 

[bigjoek]

Its really hard when gravel is clumped together and the water in the pan freezes in 1 minute. But that what its all about

 

[63bkpkr]

bigjoeK,

That is a great looking canyon! You are in some steep country and narrow and in the winter! Do be careful about downpours as I would not like to be in that canyon when a wall of water swept through it. Your pictures are great, the thought of panning in 20 degree weather makes my fingers hurt. Take good care of yourself and be careful about freezing your extremities. I used to cross country ski/backpack and playing with mother nature in those conditions is touchy business, one little mistake and she gets your right now. Then again in that kind of weather a hot camp fire is absolutely the Best!.......63bkpkr

 

[mattfink]

beautiful pictures!!!! here's a pic of my spot just before christmas

 

[bigjoek]

What state. I love winter gold. Less competition

 

[NeoTokyo]

Awesome pics.

 

[63bkpkr]

mattfink,
Very picturesque, I keep looking for a horse drawn sleigh to be crossing the bridge! So that pict was taken Dec 2012, was it a an especially light year for snow, cold, ice and more cold in MN? That low slung critter in the drive looks like it would make some noise and really scream going down a drag strip! Please don't tell me its a chopped 4 x 4 and you currently use it to go into the hills with.

Have fun..............63bkpkr

 

[mattfink]

mattfink,
Very picturesque, I keep looking for a horse drawn sleigh to be crossing the bridge! So that pict was taken Dec 2012, was it a an especially light year for snow, cold, ice and more cold in MN? That low slung critter in the drive looks like it would make some noise and really scream going down a drag strip! Please don't tell me its a chopped 4 x 4 and you currently use it to go into the hills with.

Have fun..............63bkpkr

haha no that car is a creation by Gas Monkey Garage the guys from the Fast and Loud tv show on discovery. I snapped the pic a few years back at the Back to the 50's car show we have every year in MN. The snow and cold came late this year now that I look the pic was taken December 8 and the next day was the first heavy snow of 10in here's a pic of it the weekend before.....
the spot is actually in a minneapolis suburb near the Mall of America.....

 

[bigjoek]

That's some huge rocks for a tiny stream like that

 

[63bkpkr]

mattfink,
Timing, what an amazing phenomenon. Snow one day nearly dry the next week. That is a great looking creek though it does not look like water flows all year round. Is it mostly a run off waterway? Next question that has to be asked; so its right around the corner from the Mall of America and do you get any, even the slightest trace, of color out of it? You know the saying, "gold is where you find it"..............63bkpkr

 

[mattfink]

pic of 2 hours of panning this creek. the dry looking pic the water is flowing pretty good just not visible in the pic....its at a bad angle

 

[mattfink]

it does flow all year round it drains into the minnesota river from many miles of lakes and ponds