Bob(AK)

thanks for letting me know I have such a valuable shovel. I had never seen anyone mention it so wondered where it came from. New

never used--for sale 1/2 price--half million

Talking shovels, any of you Minelab guys ever seen a shovel like this??   28 inches long, just a baby round pointed shovel. Was given to me by a guy that had several Minelab detectors.

I agree, subbie is good for testing and working where the gold is coarse. My 4" subbie likes to blast out flat flakes 1/16 to 1/8, trust my other 4" much more. A couple things I do is to slow the pump a bit when I see color on bedrock, and empty the box into a bucket about every half hour assuming that helps.

Once running the subbie I apparently sucked up many small flakes without knowing it and when I went to empty the tray I saw a lot of gold in the end of the box and the normal coarse gold in the front. That bothered me so I grabbed a pan, scooped up some tailings and recovered 30 or so flakes in a single pan. I backed up and ran probably no more then a yard of my tailings through the same dredge and found almost an ounce.

What I like my subbie to look like

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Steve, this did come from Cabela's. 9 footer was $350 and if I remember right does have an inner bladder. Here is another photo where you detected numerous nuggets on bedrock. It is now all covered with willows and weeds.

Tom, very easy, used the frame that came with the boat with very few changes. Pretty tough material, think it will last quite well. Actually left it over winter with a tarp over and it was fine when I checked Friday.

My latest dredge make,

Strange you happened to bring this back up. I was there yesterday looking around,

Crank up the snowmachine and have some fun

That is the area. Road to McCarthy was much improved as of a couple years ago

How to make a copper nugget.  First get a piece of copper in the host rock (like my earlier post) and smash it

with a hammer to remove most of the matrix. Doesn't matter if you hit the copper since it is soft like gold. Next tumble

it with more pieces or other rocks until it looks the way you want. Here are a couple I did a few years ago, Bob

Jim, I do remember that piece, pretty one. Sorry, GMT doesn't tell me pull tab range or quarter, etc. Perhaps you or someone else can help me answer your question,  Bob

The white is calcite

Copper ore from the Wrangell's.

Covellite (blue) chalcocite(gray) and calcite. Very high % copper

I have found copper in the Sheep Mountain area and of coarse the Wrangell's. Can't find the photo I wanted

but here is a piece from the Wrangell's. Also have dredged a few small pieces from Alfred Creek.  Also photo of copper in matrix

from Sheep Mt.

I use game cameras, get ones with black flash. You need more then one in case someone

happens to see one. Camera signs, I don't like the idea. That will make the intruders look around

find them

Be gentle, the aluminum is not very thick

Very nice, I recognize some of that

OK you got me for $100 but worth it, great site. I hadn't really used it much but will now, thanks, Bob

What Dick says,  Bob

I haven't laughed like that in a long time, great

Great tunes, like that

Great looking builds. The frame on the 6" looks like you may be adding another float on each side. Only comments I have on the 4" would be that you may not want that piece of punch plate in there. The overall width looks good. I widened mine some to make it more stable. Those little dredges are quite wild in rough water. Good luck with them

Tom, I am thinking along the same line as Jasong. That expanded is great stuff but I would find a smaller size for that small dredge, B

I agree with everything sjmpainter says from where not to go to the ice cream, good luck

Good reading I had not known about. Have to finish later, my eyes keep closing.

Good hunting to you Jim. Be careful and get a truck load of silver, Bob