John-Edmonton

On 2/9/2024 at 9:10 AM, HardPack said:

Going to take a closer look at your setup. I need Grizzly bars for classification and a pre wash for clay. I like the light weight aspect, I have to make a steep climb up & down into a claim without road access and limited water. The claim has flour, flakes and gram size gold in bench gravels.

I have had other standard highbankers.....mesh over minors moss. The plastic drop riffle units are so much lighter, actually retain less concentrates for cleaning, with a very good retention rate. My small er unit is so easy to transport, and I am going to hit the  70 year old number. Lige is better with it.

On 1/26/2024 at 1:54 AM, Valens Legacy said:

I like the way you installed the new mesh as it looks like you are able to go back to the original mesh easily.

Good luck with it and please let us know how it works out.

That was the plan. get some wingnuts and do a quick 2-minute change in the field.

4 minutes ago, Elbert said:

Outstanding. Just shows, the way to go is with gold and silver finds. For you youngsters, don't wait until you're too old like me to start that type of hunting.

And it keeps us older guys in better shape then those younger guys.💪

Here's the totals for my flour gold from ARA GOLD. I also got $1,296.34 (Can.for my gold jewelry I sent in.

Nice photos. Most of that snow will make it to gold containing waterways and spread it around. 

I carry the battery in my backpack and highbanker in a plastic sled. Very portable. 

This was on their website last week.

https://www.facebook.com/Garrettmetaldetectorsusa/

13 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice job braving the weather to test out your work.

Great job on the recovery of the gold and I hope you more than double last years totals.

Good luck and be careful out there.

I sleep good at night! Thanks.........

" I always wanted to know a rich man.haha  
The best!"

 A wife, 4 kids later and no more $$$.

Got gold today......first prospecting gig for this year. I was out trying my new 8-mesh screen in my hopper. I was satisfied with the results. Here's a quick 2 minute video from today. 

Did some modifications to my California Mini. I removed the stock punch-plate and replaced it with 8 mesh stainless steel mesh. Because I am pretty well limited to flour gold, I don't need to classify any larger. I can now run my highbanker even slower, and probably run sand through my system, which I plan to do this year. I have already discovered places with gold in the sand, and that makes for easy digging. The nice thing about the mini, is that I can hike great distances, with my battery in my back pack, or in my new ice fishing sled, which can hold all of my equipment, and still float in the water. It just doesn't get any easier pulling your equipment in the water. It should be a good season this year. Lots of hiking will get me to new spots.

Fantastic entertaining video. Perfect for this time of year. Thanks for the post!

9 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

That is some nice gold to be cashing in, and I hope that this year you will top that gold with double the amount.

Good luck during the year and stay safe out there.

Well I plan on continuing looking for that gold. All things in in life are pointing me in that direction.

14 hours ago, JohnnyRox said:

Nice haul!  If you don't mind me asking, which refinery are you sending it to?  

I use this refinery. It's my third time. Fast service, honest and give a good return.

https://www.aragold.com/

14 hours ago, RickUK said:

Amazing haul John,very well done and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Rick. Kinds sad to see it go. But, I would like to spend the $$$ while I am still alive.

I sort of accidently spilled a little gold on the scale dumping bottle number 4 into the small beaker. I managed to save most of it and returned it to the beaker. Thanks for your comments. A great hobby for sure!

I cashed out, called my poker hand, it's time! I sent my gold out to a refinery for cash. Going to a refinery eliminates the middle man, and you get a much better price for your gold. Included in my package was the gold jewelry I have found during my last several years using my Garrett metal detectors. It all adds up!

Well, working on a ortho ward, we get a lot of incisions from surgery and also a lot of bed sores. A lot of the time, we use silver impregnated dressing of various kinds. Silver is very bacteriostatic  and really shortens the healing time. I have also twice injected a solution containing gold to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Some people just don't get results from the NSAIDs, so gold injections is an other option. And finally, an old timer once told me about years ago on the farm, if a horse got an infection in one of his legs, they would put a quarter (they were all silver back then) in the wound after cleaning it out, wrap it up with dressings and remove the dressings weeks later, to find great improvement with the wound.

He has various videos of the design and build in progress. He analysed  every square inch for both strength, weight and angle of his design for maxim gold retention. It's a two (tiered 10" + 10") highbanker, also great with sand.

 Finally got caught up with this gold stuff. So glad I can sleep in tomorrow.

1 hour ago, Tony said:

Frozen riffles is one thing but frozen nuggets is an entirely different matter........😐

I'd sooner have frozen riffles thankyou, and my nuggies have been well used.🤠

8 hours ago, Dean Stone said:

If i had a place like that i would build me a tent and hunt all winter. I love to gold hunt, i get about that all summer. I hunt in OHIO, and all we have is small gold, but i love it. I think i am going to go out west this year, if i live and stay ok. I am 72 years old, and been with the same old woman for 52 years. She might not let me go, ha ha.

Nice short biography on your life. I will soon be 69, and all this digging is keeping me healthy, both physically and mentally. I love this hobby. After each clean-up, I am still in awe looking at that shiny. I too have been married to the same lady for 36 years. She doesn't care for prospecting, but she has her own hobbies. Good luck with your trip out west. And a Happy New Year to both of you.

Here's a preview of my shiny. I still have to pull the gold out of my magnetic black sands I removed after each clean-up to add to this pile. Meanwhile, my gold is safely stored in a pyrex container drying. Should have it weighed my tomorrow at midnight, or it won't belong to 2023, right?