chickenminer

Spencer... sounds like quite a 'boss' to me. I would think if you wanted to show him

HOW MUCH you guys appreciated his kindness, that you would invite him to your

claim and/or tag along on a prospecting trip or two.

Go here for a giggle and to quench your curiosity..

http://www.chickenalaska.com/history.html

 There are other versions but if you can't have fun with it .... what's the point

.I wonder how Chicken Miners dirt is?

 

-Tom

 Tom,

   I sell a limited amount of paydirt only because my customers keep asking me to. I don't make money on it and frankly it's a

pain in the butt to do so.  How's that for a sales pitch!

 

 

There is no way Land Matters, or anyone else, can map claims to their actual boundaries across all those 387,800 active mining claims in the western public land states.

 

Barry

  Pay attention class.  This will be on the test later !!

Barry, that should have been in BOLD.

Well ... next time I'm sitting in the outhouse at 50 below all I have to do is remember

 I'm sittin' over a gold mine ! That'll make it better

Great site .... well done !!

Steve,
  I can take a hint 

It appears that Forest Service and BLM employees are following the letter of the law. I haven't found a single verifiable circumstance where any district manager has tried to make their own rules or regulations.  Real life.

 

Barry

Barry,

I'm assuming you are speaking of this in context to do with metal detecting.

Otherwise I have an issue with your statement.

I may be splitting hairs here but they sure misuse interpretation and intent of those

laws, rules and regulations with policy. Real life !

Chris...

Different Steve, didn't you notice the name !

Wow... what a sweet specimen !

I could use stainless but it's harder to work with. Much prefer brass if I

can find a reasonable supplier.

Steve,

Just looking to replace screen in some Tyler 8" screens.

#8, 10, 14, 20 and 40 mesh.

Be nice to find a place that will sell a sq ft.

Anyone have a source for brass screen?

Looking for woven wire, not perforated.

Can't seem to find a supplier for small quantity

or under $250 min order.

Thanks!

Wow ... nice specimen !

-35 here this morning. Wandering the AZ desert looking for rocks

sounds pretty good !

Bob,

   I found this with my old eyeballs. Sitting on the side of an old dozer cut from back in

the 50's.

  Haven't been able to pick up anything with the Bug!

 Yup, it's calcite.

Steve & Chris ...

   This is a great thread! Want your opinion on what the SDC 2300 would do on

samples like mine below.

 This sample came off that bench I was working on when you guys came to visit.

Old reports mention finding samples in calcite stringers in the same area.

 Picked this up near to a marble type bedrock in close contact to a serpentinite.

 I have been trying to find where this came from with my Gold Bug II.

Digger ... Congrats on the incredible find !

 Thanks for posting the great photos too !

Never owned a Honda, but I have put tens of thousands of miles on 4 wheelers.

 Owned Kawasaki, Yamaha, Arctic Cat and Suzuki.

Hands down the most durable, reliable and comfortable I have ever owned were Suzukis !

 I had one King Quad with 40,000 miles before I sold it for parts. Currently have another

with almost 11,000 miles. Plus an Arctic Cat 400 with 9,000 miles.

  The worse machine for maintenance/repair was the Kawasaki. Close behind was the Yamaha Grizzly!

 I think there are a lot of good machines out now, but the above is my personal observation.

Take it for what it is worth to ya.

 Good luck in your choice.

What a beauty !

I like the idea of a clean-up in one lump

 Although I am not complaining as I bought 7,500 shares of Home Depot stock back in 2009 at $24.00 per share.

    Not bad .... a very nice poke at today's price of $93 and change !

Tom...

You might want to look at the Black Magic table.

I don't have one but I have heard good reports.

http://store.myprogold.com/index.php/black-magic-fine-gold-recovery.html

 We bought a couple Suzuki King Quads back in the 90's. I finally had to replace mine after 40,000 miles of hard use.

Never did a single repair to the engine. Just normal maintenance to the machine like brakes, U-joints and wheel bearings.

  My wife's has 10,000 miles and still going strong.

 Had a Yamaha Grizzly 600 briefly. I couldn't get rid of that one fast enough!

 I currently have an Arctic Cat. At 9,500 miles it has required far more repair work than I have ever done on both Suzukis!

I won't be buying another one.

 Just my experience.

Dave,

  Great job! Very nice finds.

What was the total weight of your 16 nuggets, if you don't mind saying.

 Also, did you find them mostly in the "pushes" area or out on your own ?

 One of these years I gotta get up to Nome area, just to check out all the gold districts.

Great way to end your Fortymile adventure!

Rained most of the day again here. I'm not complaining though, good for me

up on the bench.

 Be safe on your trip south and I'm sure we'll bump in to each other again one

of these days. May even be in the desert somewhere   !