Popular Post PG-Prospecting Posted August 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2019 From back in May when i first found my little nugget patch. Some of the smaller pieces of gold in this spot would ring up to the iron side, but since almost every target in this spot is gold, it shows you that on small gold the probability indicator should be ignored. Some nice gold for only an hour or so spent detecting. Will have more videos to come, im slowly working through my backlog. Thanks for watching! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Great to see some gold coming from the other side of the US. Good clear water like that makes the video much more enjoyable. Thanks for sharing and wish you more golden luck in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busho Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Well that was different! Never seen a vid chasing gold under water before. Good stuff mate. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy27 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 It's winter where I am from and that is giving me shivers! I'd love to have access to creeks like these for a play in. Awesome stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG-Prospecting Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks for the comments guys! Ill be at this spot detecting and dredging over labor day weekend. Hopefully some more nice nuggets show up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG-Prospecting Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Was at the above spot for labor day weekend. Didnt really detect much as most of the pieces worth recovering with a detector have been found, so now is the time to dredge the area. So i pulled out my homemade 2.5 inch dredge so that i could have clear water while dredging. I probably would have got more gold if i used the 4 inch, but then the water would have recirced and its more fun to be able to pick gold off of the bedrock. The homemade 2.5 inch set up. 10 inch wide box and riffles are from a side sluice of an old keene 5 inch triple. The first days haul. Biggest nugget was about 10 grains. Camping right next to where you dredge, cant beat it. My fiance and our dogs. Second days haul, the two pieces of quartz were in-situ and each have a small speck of gold visible in the quartz. I pulled more out with the intent to eventually crush it. These two pieces im going to clean up and see if more becomes visible. Hammock are so much better then tents. lol 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Well documented. Make sure you detect at the bottom of the sluice for those big chunks that rolled off the black mat! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG-Prospecting Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Haha, i doubt it would spit out a big nugget. Its already caught a gram nugget right up top where it should. And yes i try to document everything. It helps with the big picture of whats going on in the area. Below is some of my mapping, yellow squares are pickers, yellow circles are nuggets, and the triangles are colored based on the type of bedrock at each location. Is anyone else tis crazy when it comes to mapping and documenting the area that you primarily prospect? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacky Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I would suggest detecting the sluiced areas at some point for any nuggets wedged in bedrock cracks. Since you removed material you are closer to them now, should detect ones you were to far from before, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afreakofnature Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Did you notice the two prospect pits west on the hillside from most of your pickers? Might want to detect that too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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