Summer Of Oz Week 2

[Condor]

Tough sledding out here in WA.  We've put in a lot of miles exploring along the "line of strike" gold producing zone.  We generally start from old Drill Site roads or old pushes and do a 1/4 mile up and back grid along the likely areas.  The few we're finding are where weathering has exposed deeper ground on the old pushes, plus the Z 7000 can find tiny gold the original detectors missed.  They didn't miss much based on our return so far. 

Our hearts were thumping yesterday when I got a deep low tone way down in the caprock.  Luckily Nurse Paul was nearby and brought over the jackhammer.  Paul put in a yeoman's effort on the hammer, Dennis and I traded off digging out the hole.  We waved over the hole with everything we had, GPX, GPZ and 2300, and with the exception of the 2300 it all sounded good, but it just never improved even after we were down over a foot.  Finally even the 2300 was giving us a signal and we gave up for the evening.  Paul went back this morning and finally pulled out some kind of hot rock, the story is much more detailed, but that's the jist.  No doubt Paul has his version of events.

The weather has turned nasty, threatening rain and gusty winds.  Camp Yank took some damage from the wind, turned over the prep table for cooking.  Pots, pans, plates and everything associated got dumped into the dirt.  Paul cleaned it up considerably, but I think he left some soap on my dinner plate, cuz I'm feeling a bit puny this morning.  We have the gazebo anchored on each end with an ATV to keep it from blowing away.  

Dennis gold photo is his cumulative, mine shows this weeks finds only.  It's just a matter of time till we hit a big one.

Flies continue to be a menace, they just don't quit.  They're having a tough time today with these gusty winds, but they'll find a way.

 

[flakmagnet]

 It looks like an intriguing area and as you make very clear, it's not the easy pickings we tend to hear of so often. Jackhammering into the cap rock for gold is no picnic I'm sure. Nice gold and hopefully more is coming.

[vanursepaul]

Probably the 2 liter jug of purple wine., not a little dish soap that made him puny with the runs??

[beatup]

Hang in there you guys

[LuckyLundy]

Enjoy that cloud cover!

Rick

[strick]

I just love the look of the dirt over there...even if you need a Jack hammer at times...

strick

[fredmason]

Youse guys should check that HOTROCK...it could be a meteorite. Of course you can't keep it...it would belong to the Crown.

Strick, almost everything in or under the caprock is golden...almost...

It is very exciting when you get a deep signal and it is under the caprock...the breathing gets short and the BP rises...then the work starts.

good luck guys

fred

[geof_junk]

6 hours ago, fredmason said:

Youse guys should check that HOTROCK...it could be a meteorite. Of course you can't keep it...it would belong to the Crown.

Strick, almost everything in or under the caprock is golden...almost...

It is very exciting when you get a deep signal and it is under the caprock...the breathing gets short and the BP rises...then the work starts.

good luck guys

fred

Fred I got a good signal under cap rock after getting down about three feet it open up to goanna  hole. All I got for my effort was a dingo trap. I don't know if the trap caught the goanna or whether he dragged the traps catch back in his den. Next time I will look for any burrows, the entrance was 3 meter away.   

 

[fredmason]

Dang, that is a big trap for a dingo...

Yes, the burrows are a problem, especially when some smart-ass person throws a beer can down the hole.

I should modify my statement-

in virgin ground a signal under the caprock is ALMOST always gold....