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All the guys I know that bought new trucks with their gold were swinging minelabs :)

That sucks Paul! Sorry to hear that,

I think I'm gonna  keep my 7 with me in bed, when I sleep. :))

 I think the biggest bang you can get from the 7 is running in Normal ground setting verses Difficult, if the soil allows.

The other settings seem to have minimal effect compared to that option, and you can run almost anything and still find gold.

I was thinking the same thing, Not a bad voiice,  haha

Great story Matt! Well done Junior!

He will enjoy using the sdc at some of your other spots for sure.

My only complaint with the 2300 is you do dig a lot of shot.

Thanks for clarifying Scott.  Looks like this event is half of what flowed in '97,  unless its risen since yesterday.

Wow! Looks like twice the water flow of yesterday!

A friend sent me this one of the Yuba

I will tell you this, a high volume limit will blow your ears out if you hunt in trashy California with headphones.

I run mine at 6 or 7 to keep the decibels down

8 hours ago, Reno Chris said:

Are those recirculating  pumps for the high banker really  12 v units? Where did you get them?

They work pretty good Chris, nice and quiet too. you just cant run much hose since they dont have pressure like a gas pump. I also got my bilge pump on amazon for $50ish

Nice looking rocker there, Hardpack

Good stuff Paul, I like your style :)

No doubt! that 14 is already a back wrecker

I rarely see much  deer in those surrounding forests anymore, due to them being hunted out by people, forest fires, or maybe cats.  But there are bazillions of them living around the lower elevations in town, where they are not hunted. Make sense the cats are frequenting town more often to get their food.

If you are looking for max depth on quite type ground, just  run in Normal ground setting, instead of Difficult. The rest of the factory default settings work amazingly well,  maybe bump the sensitivity up some, if you like.  Be prepared to dig deep holes!

Those look super yum!

If one of these CA court cases ever put dredges legally back in the water, I'd imagine it would be a short lived victory.  You can bet the other side will be appealing, or some new angle of attack craftily thought up.

Go to the gold digger pizza place by the rye patch dam and talk with the owner, he owns the even claim sections at the placers and can provide some information for you. 

4 hours ago, tboykin said:

Thanks for this. It's the exact kind of thing I'm looking for. Only way to see if it's real is to get out there!

These seams that produce detectable pocket gold are normally small, like Chris said.  You will never see them  from sat imagery. Although you may see adjacent trenches or low pressure hydraulic work.

Sweet coin Rob!! Congrats

The only thing I like about the factory skids, is they run quieter. But they sure are not made to last. 

Well, physical gold is already selling for $1440, so a decent batch of nuggets should fetch at least that!

Ya J, I found that stated here:  So the way they are describing it, for example, you can't put two 20 acre 1320" claims end to end, unless you have more than 2 signers, since that would be fitting into the boundaries of two  40 acre squares.  But I dont know, maybe I'm misunderstanding that.

http://www.blm.gov/or/programs/minerals/files/guide-locating-claims.pdf

Thanks Jason and Paul!!! That's good  to know you can calculate and approximate the quarters yourself.  Ive seen something similar to Jason's  description, of a 1/2 mile long claim, taken up with 5 acre lots, by one claimant. But I'm now wondering on the legality of filing that  way myself,  since  wouldn't you be  going through two 40 acre squares to achieve that?

Ya guys this Gulch claiming is a bit of a mystery. Probably smart to stick to the 1320 x 660 acre blocks to be safe.

One more question:

If a section is only surveyed for the 4 corners, and no quarter sections or quarter quarters are surveyed, can you still describe a claim by aliquot parts by dividing up the section on paper into quarters?