How To Kill A Skunk…

[GotAU?]

Went out for a day with a buddy from AZ that likes to highbank - in the desert!  I could have brought a drywasher, but I assumed that the soil would be too wet so I just brought my 6000 instead.  I spent most of the day chasing a skunk around with it while my buddy was making mud jello out of the 20 gallons of water I brought for his highbanker.  It was a long day and the sun was about to put us in the deepening canyon shade, and I wasn’t very happy about being skunked so I grabbed a small shovel, a bucket and a 1/4-inch classifier and went for a short hike to get some grab samples off of a channel wall.  I panned out the bucket of classified dirt from it when I returned to camp and got some color - about as much as a ball point from a pen’s-worth.

That made it better, but I still prefer detecting  over drywashing for the other benefits that go with it like hiking and exploring in the open desert and putting my mind at ease while just listening to the machine purring along, it’s very relaxing and sometimes may be rewarding as well!

The highbanker take- mine was too small to see well.

[Ridge Runner]

A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.

 No matter how small the gold is it’s still gold.

 Bird in hand is better than two in bush.

 One more  

 Never leave gold to find gold.

 GotAU? maybe one of my statements will ease your pain.

 Chuck 

[GotAU?]

3 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.

 No matter how small the gold is it’s still gold.

 Bird in hand is better than two in bush.

 One more  

 Never leave gold to find gold.

 GotAU? maybe one of my statements will ease your pain.

 Chuck 

HiChuck,

Thanks for the reply but really- no pain… I really enjoy just being out there more than anything, and the gold would be a nice icing on it, but the searching and exploring is the best part. That’s why drywashing is ok to me and I enjoy running a puffer for a bit, but detecting is really fun.  I’m also looking for cool rocks and minerals, fossils and petrified wood, lizards and other live stuff, and even looking at the flowering plants when I go. And best of all is sharing it with my wife and family, or a couple friends makes it even better.  

[Valens Legacy]

Glad that you were able to walk away with something at least.

Hope you next outing goes better.

[Ridge Runner]

GotAU

 I know nothing about killing a skunk but I can tell how to keep them from smelling. 
 First thing you do is run up to one and grab it by the tail but be sure to lift it off the ground fast. If you do this like I said he won’t spray you and then put a clothespin on its nose this will stop it from smelling.

 Be sure you read over my instructions because this is something you don’t want to get wrong.

 Chuck 

[phrunt]

If that was a small sample in a bucket the soil looks like it'd be pretty good if you hit it in a big way, I'd call that a success and go back better equipped for more 🙂