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 Aug 19 2010, 03:00 PM
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 Diggin' In!  Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 19-August 10 From: Fraser Colorado Member No.: 7,342  |
Hey folks thought I would introduce myself, Friends call me Jerbilly, yep a WV hillbilly that got transplanted to Colorado bout 10 yrs ago.Just starting to learn the prospecting thing this summer. I have been working the grand county area as I live in Fraser...I know not much has ever been found here BUT all the signs are right and it has been found here just really fine palc and not much of it but me and my prospecting partner have a lot of fun lookin . Would love to find someone more experienced to head out with sometime or just more locals interested.Also into detecting and hounding.
On a different note I do have a creek that fills my sluice with a deep red what i think is garnet but I mean it fills my ripple generators with a red you can see just lookin down in the water at it also a real heavy black sand area.I have just been working the top 6" of the sand bars should i keep workin it even though i havent found anything there yet? I can take some shots of the red stuff if ya like I seperated and saved some for ID |
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Aug 19 2010, 08:42 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 12-April 10 Member No.: 7,212 |
QUOTE (smackz @ Aug 19 2010, 04:00 PM)  Hey folks thought I would introduce myself, Friends call me Jerbilly, yep a WV hillbilly that got transplanted to Colorado bout 10 yrs ago.Just starting to learn the prospecting thing this summer. I have been working the grand county area as I live in Fraser...I know not much has ever been found here BUT all the signs are right and it has been found here just really fine palc and not much of it but me and my prospecting partner have a lot of fun lookin . Would love to find someone more experienced to head out with sometime or just more locals interested.Also into detecting and hounding. On a different note I do have a creek that fills my sluice with a deep red what i think is garnet but I mean it fills my ripple generators with a red you can see just lookin down in the water at it also a real heavy black sand area.I have just been working the top 6" of the sand bars should i keep workin it even though i havent found anything there yet? I can take some shots of the red stuff if ya like I seperated and saved some for ID Welcome!!!!!!!!!! take a picture of them and post it we will help you ID what you are finding. |
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Aug 19 2010, 09:59 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 19-August 10 From: Fraser Colorado Member No.: 7,342 |
I'll get em up tomarrow I have some other pieces i want to get pics of too ythat i need to id, but about the red stuff i could fill my sluice with it lol (a red or rose quarz poss but dont think so)
forgot I already had one if not to good |
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Aug 19 2010, 10:47 PM
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 Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Welcome to CP
 Looks a lot like Pyrope Garnet to me. I get a lot of it trapped in my sluice also as it is relatively heavy, rarely anything over 10mm in size though... cool stuff. Now giddy back up there and git some gold!  
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Aug 22 2010, 07:13 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 19-August 10 From: Fraser Colorado Member No.: 7,342 |
Sry havent gotton the other pics up yet, been on-call for the past two days and first thing thing morn the phone wrang and well, guess its Clear creek today! I know I will come back with color today (if we can wiggle in between claims)! Wish me luck
 Maybee able to put the fox to work today.
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Aug 24 2010, 02:54 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Welcome to the forums smackz and good luck out on clear creek too. You should find some nice color along in there for sure.
I'd agree with Swizz, those definately look like garnets, sweet color too!  CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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