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 Feb 2 2013, 10:54 AM
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russau  Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43  |
well i see your on your way to lots of fun with your setup! good luck!!
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Feb 3 2013, 02:18 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Well, disapointing total - approx 1.1 grains, plus appox .6 grains from the buckets I cubed to total 1.8 grains on Andrew's scale. The gold is much finer than I thought, so it kind of looks like more.... I will post pics as soon as the home computer is fixed.
It sure looked like a lot more than that in the inspection mat alone (deep V, 11 1/2" wide x 1' long, EVERY row filled end-to-end, not solid, but still...)-  I should have done a clean-out right then; instead, I refueled and kept going. Lessend the angle from about 3 to 1 down to 2 to 1 also, as the UR mats looked clear. Live and learn. I'm still doing something wrong, It should have been more based on the test pans and 2 buckets..... I'm going to get the Cube down there and do 1 or 2 buckets on site to check myself. I think I was going to fast when I started back up, and I should not have changed the angle. Darn. If I had done a clean out, it would have ended the day there, and I wasn't ready/got greedy.  Oh well, another rookie mistake. Like I said before, this is a great area to test oneself and equipment as it's close in (15 minutes from home) and has has reliable gold, even though it's very fine.That's about it for now - not discouraged, just frustrated and need to work out the kinks. I got kind of used to getting it right the first time out when I was a kid - 30 to 40 years ago! Drat again. Ah, well - at least I got out and found some things that need to be fixed before I got to a Really good area! Still had fun too! Caveman -------------------- Caveman
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Feb 7 2013, 10:18 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Well, I went through the evaluation process with Andrew, and sorted out some things. Turns out, a yard is just over 40 5 gallon buckets (40.395). I moved norwhere near that much material in 2 hours.... maybe 15 to 18 buckets total, most of which (8 - 9 buckets) would be 2in+ rocks. Out of the remainder, maybe 2 buckets of pay, pay being -1/8 inch (and there's lots and lots of 1/8+ gravel here). The gold in this area is -30, mostly -50 and below. So, in 2 to 2 1/4 hours, 2 buckets of pay in the cold, and in hard to work material, averaging .6 grains per bucket was pretty good - better than 5x what I did starting out when I was happy getting .7 grains in 8 buckets of 1/4 inch all day. Darn fever....
 So, all-in-all, a good start. I need to get down there and really moved some dirt, use some hand tools to loosen things up and not rely on the suction to do the work. I got the tools, just need to use 'em. Like I saaid before, I'm still learning, and I gotta stop being so darn impatient.  Yeah, right - I am a caveman, I wanna make it work NOW!  Forgot my #1 rule.....Have fun out there! Caverman -------------------- Caveman
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Feb 12 2013, 09:04 AM
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Diggin' your Avatar Caveman!
 
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and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥  |
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Feb 12 2013, 11:08 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Feb 12 2013, 08:04 AM)  Diggin' your Avatar Caveman! Thanks! I have to admit that he's prettier than I am! Went through some of my past pic's to post a personal photo, and ohmygaw!  I'm lucky the camera still works. 
-------------------- Caveman
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Feb 15 2013, 09:28 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Feb 12 2013, 08:04 AM) Diggin' your Avatar Caveman! Now, if I could just find a caveman smiley....... -------------------- Caveman
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Feb 15 2013, 11:21 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Dang, whatta nice day! Even though it's cold, I wish I was out working the creek!
-------------------- Caveman
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Feb 15 2013, 11:38 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Found a few.....
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-------------------- Caveman
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Feb 15 2013, 01:14 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,208 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
 Very cool! I added this one  to the emoticons list in the forum that you posted. -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥ |
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Feb 15 2013, 03:25 PM
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Feb 15 2013, 04:35 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
That's one grumpy cave-smiley!
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Feb 15 2013, 04:46 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
It's the uni-brow
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Feb 16 2013, 08:43 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
HEY! Careful there..... we cavepeople are a little sensitive 'bout that...
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Apr 1 2013, 01:53 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Got out again on the 29th, ran for 3 hours, (about 11am to around 2) Dang, but I was slow setting up. Got .8 grains - pretty good for what I ran through the dredge - maybe 8 buckets worth of pay. The milk crate worked great getting the larger rock out of the way! Blaster hose worked great too. Kept futzin' with flow and angle, and figured out that I need to work with the shorter section of suction hose for this sluice, plus get the high end as low as possible to improve flow. No clogs, just worked slow and steady. I was blowing the gold out of the riffles at first, then I found the sweet spot of flow and angle, so there was no more gold in the tailings. Good day overall, and am looking forward to the next!
-------------------- Caveman
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Apr 1 2013, 02:39 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Total for the year so far is 2.6 grains.... 2 times out and I have almost haf of the total for last year. WOOHOO!
 One more testing trip planned, then lookout! Riiiiiiight...... bet I get just over a grain.... you'll see.
-------------------- Caveman
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