Weekend at Iowa Hill Bridge

[ALewis]

Here goes....

Attempting my first post !

I'm in my 1st season of prospecting / panning.... So Yes, I have the fever I already want to start moving more material so after making a trial sluice w/ some scrap metal I have been working on a fluid bed sluice, borrowing from some designs found on this site & others....

Hope the Pic's show up, took brother n law out for his first time. He caught some small mouth bass in the river? This is from sat & sun at Iowa Hill Rd, up river from the bridge. Was by far the best (2) day's i've had. Found my biggest piece so far ! No idea weight yet, I'll try and update after I go to minning store.

Have so many question's now....method of recovery, area, etc, etc., etc...

Want to thank "Goodyguy", "Fullpan", "kevinincolorado" & "63bkpkr", probly all of treasure.net !...never spoke to any of you, yet...But your post's & others have been a Huge help for me. Could not have done this without your guy's help.

 

[TheGoldProspector]

Great work!

 

[ALewis]

Thought it'd be fun to revisit one of my 1st post's !
Below is my most recent trip, still same area, but finding a lil more AU....

 

[Rowdy Yates]

Wow!! Very nice!! Looks as if your sluice is doing a good job recovering the fine stuff, too! Congrats!

Rick

 

[Herby D]

Good grief..where is Iowa Hill Road? great pics...

Most important two letter word sentence... "If it is to be, it is up to me"

 

[H&F909ORO]

Good grief..where is Iowa Hill Road? great pics... Most important two letter word sentence... "If it is to be, it is up to me"

It passes through a campground named Mineral Bar in a town called Colfax. Can't miss it. Look it up on some maps it's right off the 80.

 

[TheGoldProspector]

Good grief..where is Iowa Hill Road? great pics... Most important two letter word sentence... "If it is to be, it is up to me"

Iowa hill, is a legend in itself

 

[Herby D]

Sorry guys.. I guess I had a brain fart I guess I got excited about the pictures of gold.. when you mentioned Mineral Bar and Colfax it jared my memory.. the little time that I've spent on the North Fork has usually been at Yankee Jim's.. most of my time has been spent on the other side of 80.. on the Bear River above the Dog Bar bridge or up on the Yuba...My one trip to Mineral Bar ended up being an overnighter because of the rain slicked roads..caused me to miss my sis in law's wedding rehearsal...( my story and I'm sticking to it)...

Most important two letter word sentence.. "If it is to be, it is up to me"