There's gold

[eelgrass]

in them thar hills! Last year about this time I went up on Forest Service to cut a load of firewood. On the way home I stopped along the Trinity River for lunch and a little prospecting. After I ate, I grabbed my bucket and a spade and a 1/4" screen and dug out on a high bank that had a lot of smooth river rock. I washed it through the screen into the bucket, dumped the water out, threw it in the truck and drove home. There it sat until the other day.

It's been raining so I decided to classify it down farther and then panned out the small stuff into a tub at home. No nuggets but I was surprised at the amount of fine gold it held. This from about a quart of fine dirt. Lots of black sand which makes it hard to pan. I made about $.25/hr. I have to go back there again and poke around.

 

[larrbo]

Nice job eel, I think you're ready to be on Gold Rush.

 

[bucks]

How about a GPS coordinate

 

[SS!]

That’s way cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[Zeke]

Very cool.
It’s not very cost effective but neither is hunting and we all love that too.
Keep up the good work Mr Eel.
Zeke

 

[JPickett]

That’s a hell of a pan there. Think what you could pull out of that bank with a little mobile sluce box. Could be making 3-4 bucks an hour maybe

 

[whiteantlertip]

Looks like a gold rush multi million dollar claim

 

[EVILNR]

you need to get back out there.

 

[slamdunk]

Pretty dang good pan there!
That little hobby gets addictive, I needed therapy to get away from it years ago!?

 

[eelgrass]

You have to be pretty careful; you can get gold fever pretty easy. The government closed the river down to suction dredging many years ago, but anybody can pan just about anywhere. Some places are claimed up but they're posted. They would really frown if I moved a D-8 and a big excavator in there, Tony Beets style.

 

[eelgrass]

Nice job eel, I think you're ready to be on Gold Rush.

No thanks! I've already lost too many brain cells as it is.

 

[eelgrass]

That’s way cool, thanks for sharing!

You probably have gold in your back yard.

 

[ReinerDude]

Pretty cool, I get the same way hunting for arrowheads!

 

[runamuk]

Anybody remember the old gold fever show?........
"I'd be better if ya shot me cuz gold fevers really got me."

 

[elkassassin]

Any of You Remember The BUZZARD?

 

[wweaver79]

Call the Discovery Channel your ready for a show. That is pretty cool, looks like a decent amount. I tried that a few times and all I managed to find was borderline hypothermia.

 

[2lumpy]

in them thar hills! Last year about this time I went up on Forest Service to cut a load of firewood. On the way home I stopped along the Trinity River for lunch and a little prospecting. After I ate, I grabbed my bucket and a spade and a 1/4" screen and dug out on a high bank that had a lot of smooth river rock. I washed it through the screen into the bucket, dumped the water out, threw it in the truck and drove home. There it sat until the other day.

It's been raining so I decided to classify it down farther and then panned out the small stuff into a tub at home. No nuggets but I was surprised at the amount of fine gold it held. This from about a quart of fine dirt. Lots of black sand which makes it hard to pan. I made about $.25/hr. I have to go back there again and poke around.

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Don’t care what it’s worth, looks like a good time to me. Congratulations on get’ten out there and squeezing all there is out of the good life, in your corner of paradise. Proud of ya man!

 

[hossblur]

Anybody remember the old gold fever show?........
"I'd be better if ya shot me cuz gold fevers really got me."

The intro, popped in my head as soon as I saw that.

Can't rember what I ate for dinner, but stupid chit like that jumps in.

I've toyed with the idea of throwing a pan in the sxs in the summer. Looks funner than bubble fishing a pond while camping

 

[eelgrass]

The intro, popped in my head as soon as I saw that.

Can't rember what I ate for dinner, but stupid chit like that jumps in.

I've toyed with the idea of throwing a pan in the sxs in the summer. Looks funner than bubble fishing a pond while camping

With a little research you can find historic gold bearing creeks and rivers in your area. There's still a lot of gold left. You won't get rich but there's something about swirling that pan around and seeing that shiny gold that has been laying there for eons just waiting to be discovered.

 

[jester]

Gas money

 

[whiteantlertip]

Hunting elk and muleys i always thought it was cool to find a old abandoned mine shaft dug deep in the Colorado mountains in the most rugged spots, and think of those guys who crawled into those holes hoping to strike it rich , they were some tough old birds . Keep up the panning there eel .

 

[eelgrass]

Gas money

More like donut money, but I'll never sell any. I've given most of it away.