John-Edmonton

The ice is pretty thin, so I can break it up to open more areas.

Took the Calfornia Mini out on the North Saskatchewan River and worked the area where I previously found a gold streak. Quite happy with my results. Maybe a few more hunts on this river before freeze-up.

On 10/27/2023 at 12:25 AM, Valens Legacy said:

Great hunt and wish it was warmer for you.

Nice to see some more for you to add to your collection, looks like about 2 grams of flour.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe out there.

I wish it was 2 grams. It's looks are deceiving because it's flour gold. I am guessing 1/3 gram.

Heavy pans...........

It's never too cold, to go and dig gold I have often said. I took out the California Mini (on such a cold winter's day) with below freezing temperatures. I ran the unit non-stop for 2 1/2 hours, as I was afraid that if I shut the water flow off, my riffles would freeze up and my electric pump wouldn't start again. So, after I fired my last shovel into the highbanker, I quickly removed the sluice and ran the concentrates into a waiting container. It worked flawlessly.😁

Interesting........

I usually switch to my mini highbanker throughout the winter, as I can pack it up much faster and get back to a warm car. I added some ribbed carpet to see how it would turn out. I have used ribbed carpet in my rockers with great results. That carpet really likes to hang on to flour gold.

Headed to work this morning with a mild sore throat. Did a quick rapid test on myself, which turned out positive. Said my good-byes and went straight home. I figure I picked it up from admitting a patient last week who tested positive.  Anyhow, felt better this evening and cleaned up yesterdays gold, weighed the last two digs together and finished my photo shoot. All is well. I have had covid before, and getting it again should give me better immunity for the existing strains.

Hit another gold streak today. My clean-up sluice was just screaming of gold. No weight yet, as I still want to go back tomorrow and work on that site. Fantastic weather. It was hot and sunny. They are calling for some snow on Monday with a high a couple of degrees below freezing. Oh well !!!!!!🥶

Now this is really cool! Because some sluices/highbankers are made out out of light ABS plastics, they fit nicely on utility sleds. And, you can find ones which are solid, with no holes. Guess what? They float on water, allowing the user of this mining equipment to "float" it along a body of water and travel great distances to find new locations for gold. I just purchased a new one  today (my old sled is wearing out). That's what I did today, and I call it a success!You can now travel great distances with ease, opening up new locations which previously were probably unattainable due to their distances at one time. The world is your oyster, I mean nugget!

Here's my past weekend totals. The North Sakatchewan River is behaving nicely. Peaks at about noon, then starts dropping. Had to plan my digging areas carefully, so that I wouldn't run out of water.  Been busy at work and raking/bagging leaves at home the last couple of evenings. Finally got some time to clean, weigh and photo tonight.

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Pretty soon I will be replacing shovelling gravel to shovelling snow.

Had an annual physical with my Physcian yesterday. He wants me to increase my exercise. So.....that means I have to prospect more often and longer trips. I like it! I met up with my buddy this morning for a  North Saskatchewan River dig. Close to freezing with a cold blistering wind from the east. The river levels are dropping, allowing new territory to dig. I hit a decent spot today too! Here's the kind of day it was........

Got in a couple of prospecting trips this week. My gold streak is starting to thin out. My buddy got his metal detector back from repairs, so we went metal detecting for the day on Friday. I ordered a microscope attachment for a computer (only $29.00 Amazon) and played around with it tonite. The weather is just fantastic!

7 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Looks like a nice hunt again for you, with some nice gold in just 2 hours.

I just wish you could use a higher resolution camera setting so I could zoom in on the pictures.

Very nice setup you have and I like the way you can use it.

Good luck on your next outing as it seems as though you are on the gold.

I can take photos of high resolution, but it would have to zoom in on a smaller portion of flour gold.

Took the California Mini Highbanker out for a quick hunt after work today. This is always my go-to unit for short hunts, as it is very light, fits in a 5 gallon pail for easy transport and like other drop riffle units, it has an excellent capture rate when set up properly.

1 hour ago, fogrider said:

Excellent!

Has the smoke abated in "Edmonchuck"?

Well, for the time being, there is no smoke. However, that can change quickly. Keeping my fingers crossed.🍻

8 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Beautiful area and I am sure that there is a lot more gold there that you have not yet found.

Should have some nice size nuggets in that river edge, and not just flour gold.

Good luck and stay safe out there.

No nuggets in this river. The odd picker (maybe one a year).

A couple more hunts the past two days. Welcome autumn! The leaves are turning to vivid yellow and red colors, the mosquitoes are gone, it's cooler and the days are getting shorter. And with little mountain runoff, the river is exposing more gravel bars. I again hit my honey-hole gold streak. Got another 2.6 grams to add to my totals. I am hoping the get an ounce this year.

Went back to that rich flour gold patch today and again got a substantial amount of flour gold from the North Saskatchewan River. Today's amount was 1.9g for a 4 hour gig. So, that makes a total of four grams of gold during my last 2 trips (totaling 8 hours).

I can pick up the battery with my baby finger.

I am using a 60A/Hr Lithium ion battery, with a Johnson 2200gal/hr bilge pump. The spray bars come with the unit. I purchased the unit at Geo Sluice Mining.

This stuff is almost as expensive as gold. I made 5.1 LBS of this stuff. Here's my jerky fresh out of my dehydrator this afternoon. Got to keep warm during the cooling days ahead.

This is the hottest gold streak I have hit. This is the cleanup results from this past Sunday.  Those drop riffles really "ROCK!" I got over 2 grams of flour gold in 4 hours. Unbelievable! I believe it's a record for me.

Bugs are gone, cool weather and low water opens up more gold-rich gravel. I think I found another pay streak today, judging by the amount of gold showing in my hopper drop zone on the sluice. Ran out of time to clean it this evening. Will do a final clean up later on this week.

That would be nice. A group hunt with all the posters on this forum.