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  1. You know, when I go out prospecting with a detector, I always take a small pan with me to check odd things like that for color. The gold may not be large enough to detect but may still have a large concentration of gold that can be worked other ways. I thought this video had some tundra in it but it kind of don't. If you haven't watched it yet give it a look its really interesting. http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/3404-video-1949-alaska-gold-mining-bucketline-dredges-in-action/?tab=comments#comment-37905
  2. So how many times over did that pay for your new detector? Congratulations, Bryan!
  3. LOL, sorry being a smart a$$ again. Yes, you can get gold from the Tundra. The problem is getting to it. Usually you have a lot of soggy overburden that is often frozen on the bottom.
  4. It is funny. Seems a bit silly to include that into my treasure hall, and there was a time I would have discarded them as garbage, but I actually earn a few hundred extra dollars a year scrapping or selling on Craigslist. Last year I sold about twice that amount on CL for a 100.00 and that has me thinking about the value of the minor stuff a bit more. 100.00 here 100.00 there and soon I have Enough for a new detector. It would be interesting to know if others save and sell odd finds or interesting ways to make extra profit from the hobby. HH SM
  5. Absolutely! Black Gold is mined all over the North Slope of Alaska. Also a lot of Nome and the Brooks Range are Tundra. Both are gold producing areas.
  6. Folks, if you don't have a local dealer or you don't feel your being taken care of give Brian and AMDS a shot, I can assure you will be well taken care of, not only during the purchase but after as well. That is something that is missing with a lot of online retailers. Don't forget they are waaaaay more than a detector shop, detectors, mining equipment and parts, diving suits and related gear as well as power sports, ATV's, snow machines, boats, really the inventory is huge and if they don't have it in stock they can order it, no matter how obscure it is. That is the nice thing in dealing with a supplier that not only sells but is passionate and active in the game we play. I bought my fist snow machine from AMDS 22 years ago and been happy ever since! THANKS!
  7. Thanks Steve, not only do you deserve a vacation but I really like your post on surf detecting. They give me a lot of ideas on what to do to increase my success at the beach, plus they are fun to read. Yes, the lead was a bit much this trip. But the small 1/2 oz. weights sound really close to the large 14 kt. gold rings so I'm ok with digging them. Also, I would have thought the area I picked would have been heavily detected but with the lead and jewelry I found it wasn't as bad as I thought. The surf was really strong this year and I know I left two gold rings wedged in the cracks as the surf was too much for me to deal with. Next year I plan to bring a pry bar. I have some notes on the location of those and a few unknown potentials. I did have three ladies approach me to look for lost items, one lost her car keys but the other two lost their diamond wedding rings, the pictures of the rings where impressive. I did look a bit but the surf was too much for me and the search area they gave me was large. Might have to poke around those areas next trip. I did get a Fisher F-Pulse pin pointer to take this trip. My vision isn't the best and I thought that would speed up my recovery on the small stuff. those pull tabs are a pain for me to recover in the surf. I didn't have much time to test it out (figured I'd do that in Hawaii) and of course I got a lemon. Locked up on me every time I tried to use it. Had to pull the batteries every time to reset it. Oh the great joy of getting a fist run product! But on the flip side I learned you can get prescription goggles, next year I will be sporting a pair. We'll see how I do on finding change this year, if I get enough I might be sporting a Equinox next year!
  8. Just got home from my annual trip to Hawaii. Thought Id post my detecting adventure for you guy's. With all the hoopla on the new Minelab Equinox that are coming out...........well my old Excalibur is feeling a bit long in the tooth, as it goes. I'd like to pony up for a Equinox but the reality is I only get to detect at the beach two weeks a year and other than a rare park hunt most of the time is running a dredge. The obvious solution was to mod my Excal. Other than a Pluggers dive shaft that I added last year it's stock. Last year I had made up my mind to replace the headphones, FYI the stock yellow Koss phones suck! I was able to get a Pin Point kit with headphone jack to fit Grey Ghost phones. I purchased it from Joe Priest, AKA - OBN (oldbeechnut) If your ever in need that is a stand up guy! After a bit of surgery I ended up with a pretty impressive setup. IMHO. Both the headphones and the remote PP switch are excellent adds. Cost me about 300.00 and it's money well spent! Excalibur before adding mods. Excalibur with PP kit and new headphones. I was able to get out detecting eight days for about three hours each day and spent about half that time in the surf and the rest watching the girls on the beach. So I feel pretty good with what I got in the time invested, actually it was a good run for my talent on a detector. Ended up with pretty minimal trash using the Pin Point feature, 93 lead weights. (surf) 1-14 KTGF chain. (beach) ^ 2 - 925 silver rings. (surf) 2 - 14 KT gold men's rings. (surf) A pile of change. (mostly beach) And a 10 Ruble coin, had to google that to figure out what it was. LOL. And some really pretty sunsets! HH.
  9. Fun scrap calculator app! I like it, Thanks.
  10. Anyone have any good phone apps? Like jewelry makers mark or coin identification Etc. It would be nice to have a good searchable data base on my phone.
  11. Looking good IBD! After using the dredge, I agree the two pressure feed hoses are a pain. I'm planning on hard piping mine as well. What are the extra Cam-Locks for? Brian, using the Urethane to glue the fittings to the pump worked excellent! ooooooops
  12. You know, looking at the gold in your post. I wouldn't hesitate to use my 4 inch sub surface dredge there. I bet my subbie only weights about 100 LBS and it will keep up with any standard four inch dredge. Adding air to any dredge will give you added ability. But its still a two inch and moving overburden is tedious. Something to think about. As far as getting sick from the water, that's never happened but I have had the swim ear thing, I use a 50/50 mix of rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide to keep that at bay. Lastly gold is where you find it. My claim has been worked off and on for the last 100 years or so, a lot of the experienced prospectors tell me where they think I should dig, a lot of times that is the obvious spots like low pressure zones (inside bends and behind boulders) so I try to look for the spots that wouldn't be first on the list of most people. Seems to be working fine. Have fun and be safe.
  13. Next week I'm teaching fifth grade kids to pan for gold (gotta get my dredge cons processed some how;-). I'll bet in a hundred years their kids will still be using a pan to find gold.
  14. Looks like nice chunky gold to me! Really, I don't see any small gold there look like its all 20 mesh plus. If you can figure out getting down to that fractured bedrock that is where you will do good. That fractured rock is Mother Natures sluice box. Your two inch dredge will be painfully slow to remove a couple feet of overburden but should be a crevis cleaning machine. Before I moved to a larger dredge I would use a three gallon bucket to scoop away the overburden then clean the bedrock with my dredge. Its surprising how fast the bucket is compared to the two inch dredge. Good post Tom - Love the Indiana gold!
  15. Really cool Bob! I guess there is more out there than gold, Thanks for sharing.
  16. Tom, I'd like to see some pictures of gold from Indiana. If you can narrate it a bit for us that would be great?
  17. If your cold try some buffalo wool gloves. They will keep you warm and still give good dexterity. https://thebuffalowoolco.com/collections/bison-apparel/gloves
  18. I have the trammel on mine. Good for running lots of material fast but have to wait to see the gold. Really interesting to see all the gold stuck in the first trough.
  19. I like light weight but really depends on how much weight you are moving. Check this link out.https://www.lewiswinch.com/choosing-the-right-chainsaw
  20. I bet the recovery is the same, just a new toy to spend money on. I find my best recovery happens when I classify my cons before I run them. Even at that I still can get a little more if I run a second or third time. My six produces a lot of cons I have buckets all over the place with gold in it. Kinda lazy when the gold gets really small.
  21. Thanks Brian, Living the dream ! Just read your classified post. You are done with commercial mining? Looks like I'm gonna have to push the dredge back to my side of the line
  22. Good to hear your back! Still a bit busy at work but I'll swing in soon. Steve's rite AMDS will benefit greatly having an energetic and experienced guy at the mining department.
  23. Tom, have you tried one of those back braces? Stretching and Yoga exercises might sound silly but I think limbering up before and after strenuous work is a good idea. Finding gold is fun but overdoing it can certainly ruin the next week at work. LOL. Did you have any luck last weekend sluicing?
  24. I have thought about the hot water systems but ultimately I decided that if I have to go to that its time to stop prospecting for the season and start enjoying the Holidays. Late 2015 I stood on the bridge and watched the confluence of Mills and Canyon Creeks freeze. Not sure how cold the water was but the air temp was -15 Deg. F. Took about 45 min. Really interesting to see the slush form on the bottom and the water freeze over in cascading layers. Thought I had a pic but couldn't find it. Cant remember dealing with slush build up on the foot valves but the fall leaves seem to stick quit well.
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