Share your 2016 season!

[Goldfleks]

Behold the vast wealth I have acquired during my 2016 season!!



Not much lol, my food scale won't even register how much it is, so it's under a gram! But I had a whole lot of fun finding it. I only made it out 4 times in 2016. I originally had my gold in a glass vial, but that broke (pretty sure everyone here said not to put your gold in a glass container lesson learned) and that kinda killed my enthusiasm. And with summer being so freaking hot I never made it back. But I plan to be back at it Monday in 2017!

Good luck everyone and stay safe in the New Year.

 

[Bodfish Mike]

I need to get busy --- I do it slow to help me get through the winter.

 

[Bonaro]

 

[gldguy1]

this was from the small few hours I got to get out this season

 

[Bandmenter]

My 2016 just got started in September, I got the fever. I am building a high banker sluice to be followed by a dredge. I have always wanted to do this as well as my youngest daughter. So my season has been filled with dreams, desire and fabrication. Looking forward to Late January early February to start sluicing. Happy new year to all.

Bill

 

[Goldwasher]

My digging season is Oct to March. I do snipe during the summer and guide clients.But I'm helping them get gold.
I have been selling monthly so don't have a compiled picture from October to now. I keep everything that has quartz and is over 10 mesh. I won't take a cut on specimins. Taking a hit at the jeweler is bad enough.
I can't wait four tourist season to kick back in selling my gold at 200% spot is much more fun than the sub spot I get from the Jeweler.
Here's what will be going this month I had a few delays because of mass creek flow..but the bedrock that's has been stripped on the claim has me excited for when my canyon has less shade and Ice so I can get my face back in the water.
For now it's scrape, shovel, scrape shovel..and a right foot the stays cold and wet.
The bigger piece is in an etch bath right now I'll share a pic when it gets rinsed sunday.

 

[Goldwasher]

Got this cool chip at the begging of the month. It has a cool crystal almost like a setting surrounded by gold

 

[Goldwasher]

It's rounded but looks like a terminated crystal

 

[Mgumby16]

Had a great season didn't hit the goals I set but work took me out of town for most the summer. But did gain access to a few places I've been wanting to access, will hit those places hard in 2017. Big plans for 2017 can't wait!!! Will get out to dredge this weekend for one last time in 2016. Just remember that there is no gold in Virginia or on the east coast for that matter hahaha.

 

[63bkpkr]

Bonaro, that is an interesting picture of the dredge and the river. Why, because the water around the dredge has sediment in it but the water just down stream is Clear or, seems from the picture that the sediments settle out quite quickly unlike the claims made by Anti-Mining scum that dredging ruins the rivers. I guess they never bothered to look at the rivers at flood stage that are milk chocolate brown Every Year and the frogs and fish are still there. Also, correct or not, I read the picture that you were kicking back for a few minutes, what a great place to do just that. Best of success to ya..................63bkpkr

 

[Jeff95531]

Don't laugh, I had my hands full this year and it's more than I've ever got before in my 3 seasons. The more I learn quality, the more quantity I seem to get.

 

[Kenmitch]

I just recently got into prospecting after a trip up north to the motherlode area In early September. I'm in the soak up the words of wisdom phase currently. I plan on making a couple of trips back in 2017 but haven't really decided where I'm going to go yet. Probably a 1 week trip in mid to late May or early June and another around September. Going solo so can't really go too far off the beaten path for safety reasons.

I picked up a specimen the 1st day of my trip at Empire Mine State Park. I really prefer the look of specimen gold over all other forms.



While on my trip I did spend a day at a creek playing around. Sadly I spent most of the time looking at every little rock just in case. I wound up with about .25 grams of gold in the end. The majority of what I found was tainted gold and was one larger piece till I broke it apart....So called expert at the creek said it was a chunk of lead as there wasn't really any visible color till it was popped apart.



Does eBay prospecting count?

I managed to pick this one up a couple months ago. It's only .75 grams but it has a really nice look to it.

Santa hat really brings out the bear in the little nugget.

 

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Santa hat really brings out the bear in the little nugget.

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For the win!

 

[smokeythecat]

No, no gold on the east coast. Certainly none in Virginia the Carolinas, Maryland, Pennsylvania or any of those forgotten places.

 

[okbasspro]

Not a banner year but gold found and time on the creek with sons and friends that is what makes it great.

 

[Bonaro]

Bonaro, that is an interesting picture of the dredge and the river. Why, because the water around the dredge has sediment in it but the water just down stream is Clear or, seems from the picture that the sediments settle out quite quickly unlike the claims made by Anti-Mining scum that dredging ruins the rivers. I guess they never bothered to look at the rivers at flood stage that are milk chocolate brown Every Year and the frogs and fish are still there. Also, correct or not, I read the picture that you were kicking back for a few minutes, what a great place to do just that. Best of success to ya..................63bkpkr

The dredge is surrounded by sediment because we had moved about 60 cu/yds of channel and there was quite the pool of still water behind us. It tends to recirculate your tails a bit

Kickin back behind the dredge is my job. I have a client on the nozzle doing the real work.

 

[winners58]

worked my new claim this year didn't do so good but still able to get away from the hustle & bustle of the city.
sold about 10g for gas, finally found the gold line under 7-8 foot of overburden ended up working a side area.
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my Dredge; https://youtu.be/Ho8xJgUo3C4

 

[Jeff95531]

That's a pile o gold winners. And yes, overburden is a huge pita. I never thought it would be so hard. Last hole, as I worked down 3 feet, had zero gold in the first three samples and a quarter flake with a lot of fines in the last. Bedrock should be close compared to the rest of the terrain, and wanted it so bad this week but...just not happening.

 

[Hunt4gold]

Just started in October 2016 as a newbie, but spent a lot of time researching, mapping with Google Earth, and old geologic maps of Colorado. Had a lot of fun and am looking forward to 2017 and meeting local prospectors around the Denver Colorado region.