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 Apr 7 2016, 02:03 PM
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yak..... for sure! Join us anytime!
 Mr Ruby! So glad to hear from you again! I was planning on hitting the creek on Sat or Sunday but there is tentative job interference looming for me now. I'll know by sometime tomorrow whether or not I can dip my shovel. I won a terrific petrified wood pendant from the CP referral contest.... which you had done the setting. It is astonishing. It will be a present for my Mother's 93rd birthday, and she is gonna love it! Also, your maker's mark is very cool.  You sir, are very talented.Hope to see you again soon, and say hi to Char!. 
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Apr 7 2016, 02:14 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
Looks like I may be up there Saturday as well.
Yak - come on out...it's JeffCo open space and not a claim, so there aren't any prohibitions for anyone who wants to show up. If you've got waders and good gloves for cold water, they're definitely helpful. If you can bring a gold pan (check in Golden if you're not sure where), shovel and a couple buckets, you'll be in business. If I can get up there, I'll bring an extra sluice; usually someone has a spare. Same with a classification screen to remove the larger stones. I take 2, and only use them when sampling. At home to clean up the gold, you'll need a snuffer bottle and vial of some sort to put your values in. My recommendation is to show up, get a panning lesson or 2 (lots of techniques and variations therein....gotta find which work best for you), capture some concentrates and practice panning concentrates at home. -------------------- Lifetime Member
opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448 |
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Apr 7 2016, 03:09 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 29-March 16 Member No.: 122,603 |
QUOTE (EMac @ Apr 7 2016, 03:14 PM)  Looks like I may be up there Saturday as well. Yak - come on out...it's JeffCo open space and not a claim, so there aren't any prohibitions for anyone who wants to show up. If you've got waders and good gloves for cold water, they're definitely helpful. If you can bring a gold pan (check in Golden if you're not sure where), shovel and a couple buckets, you'll be in business. If I can get up there, I'll bring an extra sluice; usually someone has a spare. Same with a classification screen to remove the larger stones. I take 2, and only use them when sampling. At home to clean up the gold, you'll need a snuffer bottle and vial of some sort to put your values in. My recommendation is to show up, get a panning lesson or 2 (lots of techniques and variations therein....gotta find which work best for you), capture some concentrates and practice panning concentrates at home. Great! What kind of gloves do you use for cold water? I have a shovel, buckets, gold pan (No idea how to use) and some Bogs. You guys can keep my gold, I dont mind paying for an education:) Ill take you up on the concentrate practice material though. Where on the creek, Im pretty familiar with that road from when I lived in Golden. |
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Apr 7 2016, 03:11 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 23-August 11 From: Loveland, Co Member No.: 27,483 |
Hey Chris! Glad you like the pendant! I hope your mother likes it too. My work is guaranteed, so if there are any problems, let me know.
I am keeping an eye on the weather there in JeffCO - not too enthusiastic about working in the rain. Not sure which day I'll go, but if I see your jeep, I'll stop and throw a rock. There is always next weekend. I would like to get a couple of days in before runoff though... we'll see. Hey Yak! Looking forward to meeting you on the river. -------------------- Happy and proud Lifetime member!
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Apr 7 2016, 07:52 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Dang it.... it'll have to be next weekend for me, friends. This work contract just got approved and I'm on it through this weekend.
 I'm happy about the contract but was looking forward to this weekend. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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Apr 8 2016, 08:32 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: 7-March 16 From: Fort Collins Member No.: 122,572 |
Need to finish some work around the house, so I am out tomorrow also. My birthday is on Tuesday, have the day off and will be in the creek if anyone want's to do some weekday sluicing.
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Apr 9 2016, 07:27 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
I'm spending the day with my beautiful bride someplace other than the creek.
Yak - might not be the best day to go and get a lesson -------------------- Lifetime Member
opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448 |
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Apr 12 2016, 01:51 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
CC Canyon closed due to a rockslide today.... glad I'm not there for that!
 Happy Birthday relics, I hope you aren't there today. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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Apr 12 2016, 02:35 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
With the weather coming, this weekend doesn't look good, so they'll have time to get those loose rocks out of the way. Of course if the weather turns towards the better, I plan to be up there.
DOT says it was at MM 267.5, so just down the creek from where we usually go (found from google since I'm not on FB): CODOT -------------------- Lifetime Member
opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448 |
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Apr 13 2016, 06:59 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
Howdy folks! I'm back in town... but as Emac said, forecast for this weekend sucks. I might be able to make it up Mon or Tue if anyone wants to hook up. Jonesing for some good Co GOLD!
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Apr 13 2016, 07:31 AM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Welcome back Crusty!
My work season is back in full swing right now... been working nights even. Not looking good for me to hit the creek for a bit unfortunately. 
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Apr 13 2016, 08:21 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: 7-March 16 From: Fort Collins Member No.: 122,572 |
QUOTE (swizz @ Apr 12 2016, 02:51 PM) CC Canyon closed due to a rockslide today.... glad I'm not there for that! Happy Birthday relics, I hope you aren't there today. Was there all day yesterday. The slide happened after I got there, and was cleaned up before I left. Had no idea it even happened until I saw it on the news. I was wondering why there was no traffic. |
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Apr 13 2016, 10:55 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: 7-March 16 From: Fort Collins Member No.: 122,572 |
My daughter came with me yesterday and she ran about 5 buckets through a sluice I setup for her. I ran 7 buckets through my sluice and saw really good gold in the top of the sluice all day as well as the largest piece of gold I have yet to see in Clear Creek.
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Apr 13 2016, 11:04 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
Nice! Where were you at there? Same MM as before?
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opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448 |
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Apr 13 2016, 11:09 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
Swizz, now that you worked the upper area and the old spot we were working a couple weeks apart, which are you thinking is a better spot? I know the upstream location will be a no go once the water gets higher, so I guess the lower will be where we end up anyway
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