John-Edmonton Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 60% chance of rain.....I got 100% of rain, hail, strong winds, lightning and thunder. I came prepared, brought a raincoat. I was out in the rain for a little over 3 hours. My boots were full of water from the raincoat runoff. Too funny! Half the trip was spent mossing and washing roots and half the trip was digging gravel. I did get some of that vitamin "G" too. Drop riffles sluices work great for mossing and washing roots. The roots just flow over the drop riffles and don't get caught like they used to on my inverted mesh. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Very nice job on the hunt! Looked like a lot of roots in your area to wash out the gold of, and some nice ground to run through the sluice. I always try to keep the diggings within 2 feet of the roots to keep my chances of gold high. A always good luck on your next hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Steven Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Congratulations on the success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Hey John Be careful out there when it’s lightning because you get hit by it and it can sure do a lot of damage to a good watch. Laying all jokes aside around water you are the highest target and lightning loves that. Lightning has been known to hit a hundred miles away. Chuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-Edmonton Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 1:12 PM, Ridge Runner said: Hey John Be careful out there when it’s lightning because you get hit by it and it can sure do a lot of damage to a good watch. Laying all jokes aside around water you are the highest target and lightning loves that. Lightning has been known to hit a hundred miles away. Chuck You are probably right. I shouldn't be doing risky things at my age. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Miner Don Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 5/8/2023 at 10:44 PM, John-Edmonton said: 60% chance of rain.....I got 100% of rain, hail, strong winds, lightning and thunder. I came prepared, brought a raincoat. I was out in the rain for a little over 3 hours. My boots were full of water from the raincoat runoff. Too funny! Half the trip was spent mossing and washing roots and half the trip was digging gravel. I did get some of that vitamin "G" too. Drop riffles sluices work great for mossing and washing roots. The roots just flow over the drop riffles and don't get caught like they used to on my inverted mesh. Wow nice gold! That's worth getting wet for lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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