Finally found it!

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Discoveries »  +  ?  Page 1 of 212LastJump to page: Results 1 to 20 of 24 10Likes TopAllThis Page Thread: Finally found it!«Prev Thread | Next Thread»LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacksThread ToolsShow Printable VersionEmail this Page…Subscribe to this Thread… Ignore this ThreadSearch Thread Advanced SearchDisplayLinear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded ModeYesterday, 06:31 PM#1drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times Finally found it!

Well as most of you know, I am still just a greenhorn as far as prospecting goes. I have been covering lots of ground and taking lots o sample for the last 4 months in my little piece of paradise. Well today I decided to hike in along the creek and test pan some areas I had never seen. I dug and panned for a couple hours this morning, moving upstream every few pan fulls. All o a sudden I realize I am walking along on a gravel bar from when these couple small creeks were a raging force. Then I find a nice big hole someone left behind and the remains of a wooden framed sluice box, maybe 12"x40". So I decided to dig. I had no buckets with me, just a couple pans, a 1/4 classifier and a short handled #2 shovel. So I dug 2 pans at a time and panned them out 30 feet away. I probably panned 30 big full pans from this hole. Yes it's only one little piece, but it a nice little piece, and I found it by covering ground, reading maps, and studying the history of the area. I'll be back, hopeful next weekend with a couple buckets. Time to buy that sluice box I've been looking at. :-)

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Yesterday, 06:34 PM#2drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Here's the hole and the sluice box

Attached Thumbnails   Reply With Quote Yesterday, 06:35 PM#3Gene Slater Nov 201210 1 times

Color! Grats!!

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 06:37 PM#4jeff-gordon the MagnificentDec 2012Indy106 31 times Metal Detecting

sounds like dredge time to me

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 06:41 PM#5drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Thanks Gene! Jeff, I'm in Ca, so no dredges, and this is BLM land so I'm limited to panning and sluicing.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 07:13 PM#6Fullpan May 2012nevada453 191 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

That gravel looks dry enough to set up a cheap grizzly, a piece of 1/2 or 1/4 inch expanded metal propped up to throw shovels of dirt at. Then classify down
to an 1/8th, either wet or dry. Then get sluicing! Good luck.

TerryC likes this. Reply With Quote Yesterday, 07:36 PM#7drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Thanks Fullpan, yes nice and dry, was easy classifying with my home made 3/8 classifier. Good looking gravel.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 08:42 PM#8pvillehunter May 2009Garden Valley, ca.goldmaster 4/b443 134 times

why can't you run a drywasher? And Congrats on your first color

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 08:52 PM#9goldog Sep 2012Tujunga, CA39 7 times Prospecting

Congrts on your first color. Where in CA are you?

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 10:00 PM#10B H Prospector Feb 2010Black Hills, South Dakota232 87 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

First color is always exciting no matter the size or amount.A hoard starts one piece at a time.

B H Prospector

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 11:25 PM#11drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Thanks everyone. Pville, this is BLM land, no mechanized equipment the way I understand.

Reply With Quote Today, 12:12 AM#12TerryC  Come out from under your bed today...... DO SOMETHING!Jun 2008Yarnell, AZ and Murphys,CARight now: Garrett GTA 500, ACE 250, Fisher Impulse 8, Gold Bug 2, Whites GMT, Vibraprobe 570, and Falcon MD203,060 509 times Coinshooting, Gold prospecting, and Nuggetshooting Honorable Mentions (1)Class Ring Found & Returned

Originally Posted by goldogCongrts on your first color. Where in CA are you?(Bostonia is near El Cajon) TTC

Blessed be the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. Psalms 144:1

Reply With Quote Today, 12:17 AM#13DesertNuggets Mar 2011Tucson, AZMinelab X-Terra 705230 13 times

Congrats! I still have my very first flake in a little bottle.

Fullpan likes this. Reply With Quote Today, 12:17 AM#14drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Originally Posted by goldogCongrts on your first color. Where in CA are you?Oh yes, sorry this is San Diego county

Reply With Quote Today, 01:36 AM#15Aurabbit79er Oct 2012Southern CaliforniaA cheap little Bounty Hunter257 113 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

Originally Posted by B H ProspectorFirst color is always exciting no matter the size or amount.A hoard starts one piece at a time.

B H ProspectorDrywasher are Allowed on BLM

In all the advancing we can do to improve this world, the sharing of knowledge and wisdom is the most important.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
I am so glad I joined this Message board.
If I post anything that inspires anyone to do better mining then me, I did my part.
And If anyone inspires me to try something new, or better, I thank them now.

Reply With Quote Today, 02:01 AM#16drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Originally Posted by Aurabbit79er
Drywasher are Allowed on BLMThanks Aurabbit

Reply With Quote Today, 02:10 AM#17Lanny in AB Apr 2003AlbertaVarious Minelabs(5000, 2100, X-Terra 705), Falcon MD20, and the Tesoro Sand Shark for sniping underwater on dredged bedrock.2,080 230 times Metal detecting for gold and dredging.

Hey--here's a great big congratulations! Your first color in the pan!!

The bigger stuff will be easier to find now that you've proven your skill at finding the smaller stuff.

All the best,

Lanny

Nothin' quite as fun as chasin' sassy gold!

Reply With Quote Today, 02:12 AM#18drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Originally Posted by Lanny in ABHey--here's a great big congratulations! Your first color in the pan!!

The bigger stuff will be easier to find now that you've proven your skill at finding the smaller stuff.

All the best,

LannyThanks Lanny, I've learned a lot from you on here. :-)

TerryC likes this. Reply With Quote Today, 02:14 AM#19improvmechanic Jan 201330 7 times

Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm definitely jealous! Mostly cause I just wasted a day trekking though the snow for black sand. Good luck bud! Here's hopin you've got some nice big stuff waiting for you in there!

TerryC likes this. Reply With Quote Today, 03:29 AM#20drywallman Oct 2012Bostonia,Ca154 29 times

Originally Posted by improvmechanicDon't take this the wrong way, but I'm definitely jealous! Mostly cause I just wasted a day trekking though the snow for black sand. Good luck bud! Here's hopin you've got some nice big stuff waiting for you in there!Thanks Improvmechanic. Ya it was beautiful weather here today, at 4000' elevation it was 60 and partly cloudy, waters pretty chilly though :-)

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