Steve Herschbach Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Great work JP! The hot rocks here (probably a compact basalt) only react at a couple inches in Sharp and are few enough so as to not present a real problem. Well, the skunk may not be dead but it is wounded. We had a few days of great weather but today it rained so hard we called the game and quit mid-day. Internet access has been almost non-existent the last few days. We tried going up to Sue's (Downtown Chicken) but she has cut off internet access so the Goldpanner and Chicken Gold Camp are the only WiFi game in town now, and if have found bad as WiFi is at Chicken Gold Camp it is even worse at the Goldpanner. We finally got some ok nuggets but not any big ones yet. I scored nuggets weighing 3.1 grams, 2.9 grams, 2.8 grams, and 2.6 grams with my GPX and some small stuff with the Gold Bug 2. Tom got a nice 2.1 gram nugget plus some smaller nuggets with the SDC 2300 totaling 5.7 grams. We only have tomorrow to hunt before heading to Fairbanks the next day to get Chris. I will have decent internet for a bit and will get more photos uploaded then. Looks like overall warmer weather for Chris than we had 10 days ago but rain showers are forecast also. Rain showers are fine as long as they are not the torrential downpour we got hit with today! Four nuggets Steve found with GPX 5000 Eleven nuggets Tom found with SDC 2300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eucmh Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I don't wanna be a happiness killer but the most important nuget I've found in my entire life was a couple of gold teeth inside the skull of a German Soldier in the Huertgen Forest ... you guys make me sick ... hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Alaska Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I don't wanna be a happiness killer but the most important nuget I've found in my entire life was a couple of gold teeth inside the skull of a German Soldier in the Huertgen Forest ... you guys make me sick ... hehehehe Well, miners are famous for saying that "gold is where you find it." Your post proves this beyond any shadow of doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkNugget Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Stopped in and had a nice chat with Steve and Tom over the 4th weekend in Chicken. They were hitting it hard, long days on the tailing piles up on Jack Wade creek. Steve had quite a bag of dug trash, lot's of junk metal. Took the Chicken Dredge tour with Mike Busby, very interesting to see a complete nearly operational bucket dredge, inside and out. He gives a very informative tour, after saving it from the being scrapped and purchasing it for a $1 they spent $200K moving it in one piece the one mile to his claims, it weighs 500 tons, or 1,000,000 pounds. It's interesting to see the workers tools where they last left them. It's now on the National Historical Registry. Put it on your bucket list if in Chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 News Flash! So we go to Fairbanks to get Chris Ralph, and today was first day detecting for him. He wanders around few hours with the Minelab SDC 2300 and bangs a 3/4 ounce solid gold slug! Just what my brother and I have been trying to do for three weeks and Chris does it in a few hours. Go figure, but that is how hunting tailing piles go. Chris did indeed bring an extra bag packed with good luck with him. Pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Way to go, Chris!!! fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 That is why you should never invite anyone to join you detecting :) Good going, Chris. Watch out, Steve will be trying to cut in front of you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Seeker Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Congratulations Chris!! Maybe Steve and Tom can replicate your luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Good job, can't wait to see the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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