Western montana gold hounds ?

[davidhorton001]

Yeah, I started about two years ago. My first time out I found a picker and some fines,that got me hooked. My three year old daughter loves to go out panning too. It's a great family hobby. I really want to check out up blodget canyon. I know there has to be good gold on the west side.

 

[jasobdb]

I'm not far from there I have thought to but most I have talked with say it's very sparse if any at all

 

[davidhorton001]

Interesting, this is why I like having someone to bounce ideas off of. It saves gas money lol. I do know of a creek that my wife's grandpa has found pickers at. I want to go to this year. I have checked out a lot of the places around Missoula and have found some good ore samples that I still need to crush and pan.

 

[jasobdb]

Nice I'm still after that elusive picker I have ran a lot of dirt and yet to find one

 

[davidhorton001]

I found mine in just 8 pans. Lol. Well we should get together some time and talk. Do you have a iPad or iPhone?

 

[jasobdb]

I phone

 

[davidhorton001]

If you haven't already get the diggers map app it's very helpful. I know we could find pickers this summer.

 

[jasobdb]

Sweet thanks for the tip and I hope so I have been driving my girl nuts with all the mapping and planning so

 

[davidhorton001]

Lol yeah it drives my wife nuts too. Let's get together sometime and go over some stuff.

 

[jasobdb]

Yeah we should for sure

 

[dashriprock]

Are you a member of the gpaa still I have been looking at joining but wasn't sure what claims they had in my area thought it would be cool to meet people with more experience and learn a bunch me and my fiancé love to get out and look for gold I just picked up a very old Garrett metal detector but it seems to work well so she's excited to try that out soon

Yes I am. Back in '88 I decided to become a life member as I could make monthly payments and it was cheaper than the yearly dues. Don't know what the cost is these days but most likely they still do that.

 

[dashriprock]

GPAA does have 5 claims in Montana listed in my mining guide but I haven't visited any of them yet. I have been to a couple creeks and hopefully I will find more with better results this year.

 

[jasobdb]

Thanks for all the info guys

 

[jasobdb]

I'm working on a hand dredge I will post pics when I'm done just waiting on parts maybe get some feedback from you guys

 

[dashriprock]

Will be interesting to see what you come up with.

 

[jmy74]

Also from southwest montana. All this nice weather is giving me the itch to get out.

 

[jasobdb]

Where at ?

 

[jmy74]

I live in Butte. And try to get out as much as possible. My gold prospecting partner and I built a small trommel last winter as well as a couple of sluices that we usually run as recircs in the garage.

 

[jasobdb]

Oh that's sweet I have been looking at building a trommel

 

[jmy74]

I will try to get some pictures posted tomorrow. If you build one I have about a million ways to not do it. I am actually just gearing up to make another one for a friend