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Here is picture of my dry washer which is a 3 tray Keene 151 that I put together. We have a article in this month's icmj magazine if you want to read about our struggles. Has a shaker screen and about a one ton hopper. Gold is from only one clean out. Runs about 8 tons per hour.

I can see one major problem....... How are they going to find a camera man that is fit enough and has the balls to follow me to where I found this?

We all know it, but how many of us actually do it? I'm talking about asking your friends and total strangers about places to hunt. Many old timers know about places that no one else does. And they know other people who know places, and they know people, and so on. Once you gain their trust and are honest and straightforward with them, all kinds of doors can be opened to you. Here is a perfect example; It's actually a long story how this came about but suffice to say, this little piece came from an "estate" that her late husband had acquired many years before. This, along with several antique tools, were bought for less than $50. She had no use for them anymore and had no family members that were interested. I've looked online for similar items but haven't found anything this big or impressive out there. There is a small label on the back that says "Anaconda mine". No idea which one as there are at least three of them in the west. In the direct sunlight the display of color is breathtaking!

I noted this on another forum but want to do so here too so here goes. How many of you have experience with pocket gold? I've pocket hunted a few places hopping around with a little luck, mostly CA Mother lode country and AZ. Here are some good reads for ya if'n you're not familiar with it. Anyone from the east do this, like Georgia or Virginia? I'l be visiting Virginia for a few weeks this year, would love to hear some local voices. Pocket Gold - Prospecting For The Source POCKET GOLD - LOCATING THE SOURCE Pocket Hunting for Gold » Pocket Hunting for Gold Pocket Gold Prospecting Pocket Gold Prospecting Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon—Part I Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon?Part I - ICMJ's Prospecting and Mining Journal

Finally finished the new dry blower I have been building with 5 Keene 151 trays . Then took her out for a trial and got her dirty! Works bloody great!! I did a video but havent finished editing, will upload it a bit later.

You are all cordially invited to the 2016 Rye Patch Nuggetshoot. Free to attend. We plant 100 brass tokens in a 40 acre field. We are approaching $ 20 k in prizes. Which include over 10 mid range metal detectors, kids detectors, silver bars, digging tools, gift cards, hats, t-shirts, and more I can't even think of. If you would like to sponsor, shoot me your email and I will get you a sponsor package. Camping right nearby. And a potluck dinner on Saturday night.

I actually saw my first ever Perseid meteor last night on the way home from work at 12: 30 am. For 14 years, it has always been too cloudy to see anything. I only saw one, but it was a fireball. Caught a glimpse of a bright object at the top edge of my windshield, looked closer and saw a bright white ball of fire with a white tail arc over my car. I had the car window down this time, but heard no sonic booms.....5th one I have seen in last 5 years now..Wonder if a dashboard camera would catch these events? The first one I ever saw was on the Interstate coming home from an Indiana Gold prospecting trip. I thought it was a low flying airplane until I looked closer, again at the top edge of my windshield, and saw it was a Green ball of light with a short green tail, like the size of the sun. It freaked me out so bad I had to sit in a gas station for 1/2 hour to calm down. Dunno why the first fireball was green in color and the other 4 were white ?

The Goldhounds to a great job on their own with video, just sell the footage to the highest bidder I say :)

There isnt a camera man around that could keep up with the goldhounds! They would be the best canidates for this tv job, but im sure the show wouldnt pay them enough, and they wouldnt want all their secret locations plastered all over the tv. Best of luck! Dale, Tremain, Dave, Sandra

Paulito, The atmospheric conditions you described are exactly why The UCLA atmospheric research facility I worked at in Alaska was located where it was. Alaska has extremely clear conditions and intense darkness in winter with no city light sources. I was an atmospheric research technician, running experiments there for many years. I forget what year it was that we had an intense Leonids meteor shower. But in that year we tracked hundreds of Leonids per hour. Of course our experiments did not depend on visual sightings, although we did have some of those. With this equipment we see every meteor that enters the atmosphere. Each one is recorded digitally. Our experimental equipment included a liquid Mercury telescope, laser excitation, photometers and computer diagnostics. This is one of the lasers inside of the building. Look closely for the yellow laser line. It comes out of the laser horizontally on the left, then hits a turning mirror and shoots straight up. This is the laser exiting the building. It excites the Sodium layer at 90 Km in altitude. This is the liquid Mercury parabolic dish telescope. It holds 450 lbs. of Mercury.

well first you have to tell us where you found that, then I'll run right out there and see if I can do it while toting a camera,(and a shovel).

Good to see you had a good trip downunder. Next time you will have to do a stint with the Goldhounds crew Steve!

Tom bohmker up in oregon wrote a couple books about pocket gold. One was "the elusive pocket gold of s w. oregon and "finding pocket gold in California's klamath mountains. I believe those titles are right. I also seen on a canadian gold forum ( cant remember the name) so good post about the geology of them. And also the Australian forums have some good post about them. although I think they call them reefs. alot of prospectors find gold that is from a pocket and have no idea it did. Whether it is on a hillside or in a stream. most of the gold that I collect is from pocket deposits. they are a very interesting subject good luck

The color of the tail is determined by the different gasses it passes through as it enters the atmosphere. Generally gasses are stratified in layers at different altitudes.

Here is a list of prizes that we have received. We also have a list promised donations. But we won'tprint it until we receive it. Last year we printed it and and many backed out on their proposed donations. We need more kids detectors. They are our future detectorists.

For me the TRX sensitivity setting 4 is unusable, 3 is borderline but still prone to falsing, and 2 is probably the most stable all-round setting. Both My Garrett AT Carrot and Minelab Profind also require retuning on basaltic or mineralised soils, otherwise they will suffer the same instability as with the TRX (profind put to ground on startup). In my experience, the only pinpointer I've owned that runs dead quiet on such ground is the Deteknix PI X-pointer, although it doesn't quite offer the same sensitivity to small targets, nor have the battery life of the more common VLF pinpointers. It can also have crosstalk issues with certain detectors being PI. Not sure what the newer units are like not having used them. As for crossplay between VLF pinpointers and your chosen detector, it all depends on what combo you have. My TRX seemed fine with most of my detectors, whereas the Garrett AT will send pulses through my Deus if too close to the coil, though nothing drastic and certainly manageable. The coil should be kept at least a couple of feet away during recovery, I would expect most pinpointers would set off the detector if only held a foot away from the coil - some more than others. If you are unsure on whether your chosen detector will play ball with a particular pinpointer, if possible, it might pay to try before you buy to make a more informed purchase.

Scott, Digger Bob here. I attended last year and will again this year. I got Whites to donate a GMT and TRX pinpointer last year and will try again this year. Maybe Tom and I can get together and pull something together. BTW, I will try again this year to take people out to the gold fields and show them how to nugget hunt after the official hunt. If anyone is interested, contact me there at the hunt. I'll put a sign out or something. I think Miner John and I will camp at the same place again, near the dam. If necessary, send me some info that I can forward to the factory.