Yes.... Sometimes Prospecting Can Be Very Adventurous!

[John-Edmonton]

 

 

Getting down to the river, I spotted a family of geese, who spotted me at the same time. They observed me for a while, then decided it was safe to pass by. I unofficially hired them as my "CLAIM" guards, to keep others away.

I brought along my metal detector, as I sometimes do, to unwind a bit from all the digging.

Due to the heat and smoke, I choose to screen my concentrates before feeding them into my California mini. I then find a cooler spot in the shade to sit down on an empty bucket and process them in my highbanker.

The smoke was real bad from numerous surrounding fires, with advisories in the news to stay indoors or wear masks outdoors. A stark reminder of covid.

The smoke creates different sun sets, often times turning it to a red, bleeding sun.

Here's a couple of interesting finds. Metal detecting with my Garrett APEX, I dug this  token or coin with an elephant on one side, with some sort  of numeric table on the reverse. When screening buckets, I always stack my buckets two high, so as to not bend over as much, maintaining a straight back while screening the material. Because the gravel is closer to my eyes while screening, I get a closer look for interesting rocks for tumbling. I managed to eye-ball  this beautiful rock fossil  with some sort of plant imbedded it.

Here's the gold I got after 8 5 gallon buckets. 

 

[rexhavoc]

Well done on many fronts there, sir! Difficult to detect NSR gold with an Apex or any other detector for that matter, but that token is interesting. Any guesses as to what it is, or made of? 

 

 

[Old Miner Don]

1 hour ago, John-Edmonton said:

 

 

Getting down to the river, I spotted a family of geese, who spotted me at the same time. They observed me for a while, then decided it was safe to pass by. I unofficially hired them as my "CLAIM" guards, to keep others away.

I brought along my metal detector, as I sometimes do, to unwind a bit from all the digging.

Due to the heat and smoke, I choose to screen my concentrates before feeding them into my California mini. I then find a cooler spot in the shade to sit down on an empty bucket and process them in my highbanker.

The smoke was real bad from numerous surrounding fires, with advisories in the news to stay indoors or wear masks outdoors. A stark reminder of covid.

The smoke creates different sun sets, often times turning it to a red, bleeding sun.

Here's a couple of interesting finds. Metal detecting with my Garrett APEX, I dug this  token or coin with an elephant on one side, with some sort  of numeric table on the reverse. When screening buckets, I always stack my buckets two high, so as to not bend over as much, maintaining a straight back while screening the material. Because the gravel is closer to my eyes while screening, I get a closer look for interesting rocks for tumbling. I managed to eye-ball  this beautiful rock fossil  with some sort of plant imbedded it.

Here's the gold I got after 8 5 gallon buckets. 

 

Nice gold on that claim!