panning buddy wanted Options

[fenixsmom]

Hey cave man, had to laugh at your comment on feeding the horses; you sound just like me and my hubby; have to feed the horses before we do anything else. We have 20 mouths to feed!

I'm with Chief Mel, I thought of my 11 dogs when Caveman said that. The things we do for the animals we love!

[Caveman]

4 Horses, 6 Dogs, 3 Parrots, and one hell of a lot of wild critters (feeding on chicken scratch!).

Yes, traddoer - there are lots of small pieces there, too - but the piece I gave away weighed about six pounds! I like Tym's because the gold is consistent, and access is
reasonable, both of which make the place a great test bed. It gets stagnant during low water, but it's hard to beat for a quick trip.

[traddoerr]

4 Horses, 6 Dogs, 3 Parrots, and one hell of a lot of wild critters (feeding on chicken scratch!).

Yes, traddoer - there are lots of small pieces there, too - but the piece I gave away weighed about six pounds! I like Tym's because the gold is consistent, and access is
reasonable, both of which make the place a great test bed. It gets stagnant during low water, but it's hard to beat for a quick trip.

Sounds like we will just have to go there. six pounds, thats a good chunk, biggest we have so far is the size of a baseball. I don't know if you have been down to CC lately but the flood changed a bunch of the course of the creek, even some new deeper cuts that it flows through now, I may try to get down to the creek this Sat. time permitting, hope to run into you there sometime. Best, Dennis

[Caveman]

If you go by Tym's send some pics - I haven't been there since last May. Moved to the cabin in June.

[Chef Mel]

Do you guys have any pictures of the petrified wood on the site? If not, can you post some? That would be fun to keep and eye out for....

[traddoerr]

If you go by Tym's send some pics - I haven't been there since last May. Moved to the cabin in June.

Caveman, will do. It's amazing who much water can change things in a big way, an area where we use to cross through a small trickle to get to a rock/sand bar is now a 3' deep cut that flows fast all the time now, poor Betsy can't get to her favorite spot any more, so the last time there with her I filled about 3 buckets for her, but she said it just isn't the same for her.

[Caveman]

Set up a crossing point for her up or down stream, if you can..... it will take time, but it is legal as long as you do not interfere with the flow. I have done this using what I
have classified out, but only in short stretches. It is amazing what a few well placed large rocks will do for you - you do not have to even fill the entire 3 feet. the flow will
cut a channel between those rocks, or multiples there of. It takes time, and you can reach across large stretches over a few weeks. Especially if you use 2x6's.

[traddoerr]

Set up a crossing point for her up or down stream, if you can..... it will take time, but it is legal as long as you do not interfere with the flow. I have done this using what I
have classified out, but only in short stretches. It is amazing what a few well placed large rocks will do for you - you do not have to even fill the entire 3 feet. the flow will
cut a channel between those rocks, or multiples there of. It takes time, and you can reach across large stretches over a few weeks. Especially if you use 2x6's.

We started on one but shes 87yrs old and very small so it doesn't take much to knock her off her feet, and as mentioned it is now 3' deep and swift so its taking some really big rocks to get it so she can keep good footing, and everyone keeps moving the rocks,

[Caveman]

That really sucks. How wide is the span you are trying to cross? Is there point on the right side where you can access her spot? Or get permission to do so? Maybe you can
set up a relay with a small inflatable..... as long as she has a life jacket and is tethered? If it's who I think it is - she's one tough lady!

[traddoerr]

the spot that is 3' deep is about 8'/10' wide and then about 2' deep for another 12', can't access from any other way, but we may try to get her to get hip boots. It probably is who think it is, shes got to be the only person down there that is over 75, and she's quite the firecracker!

[Caveman]

A group of two older guys and 2 older ladies showed up at Tymkovich's a while back - and yes, the oldest lady was a pistol! I picked up the petrified wood while I was
classifying for my power sluice, and handed it to her, not really knowing what it was, and when she lit up and said what it was, I told her to keep it. It was a nice piece,
although it wascovered with muck, and I have no regrets - I was going to toss it. Now I know better, but if the same thing happened again, I would not do it any differently.
It would have collected dust in the garage, and she was able to use it. Had a good day with gold, too - for the little bit that I ran. They are good people (the group of the 4
of them), and were very pleasant to be around. Had a great couple of hours with them, and I hope they did well on gold that day. They did have the system - pan down to
concentrate quickly and take that home for final clean-up. They were fast, too!

[traddoerr]

Its amazing how fast some can pan. I'm tryingto load the photos I took when the creek was flowing good, this was after the flood, but I can only find the one from the broadway bridge of the bike path. This weather is giving me some bad cabin fever!

[traddoerr]

Its amazing how fast some can pan. I'm tryingto load the photos I took when the creek was flowing good, this was after the flood, but I can only find the one from the broadway bridge of the bike path. This weather is giving me some bad cabin fever!