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post Sep 3 2012, 08:29 AM
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Welcome aboard Dave, Sheila and Mike sign0016.gif and thank you very much for the kind compliments!
We'll all be looking forward to your future participation.

This is a great time to upgrade too Dave with the discounts currently in the membership drive. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif Let us know if you have any questions anytime. Hope you are both fully recovered from the unfortunate mishaps too, think safety in the field! happy088.gif
Sounds like the FS officials in Wyoming are way outside their delegated authority for sure and yes very irritating! Maybe the Wyoming FS should browse this site sometime to learn about that. info_grin.gif biggrin.gif

Mike, thank you for your service to our country! smileyflag.gif Hope you all get to make it up north and good luck in your prospects when you guys do go.
Should be some good winter reading in the forum for your research and let us know if you have questions as well.

Thanks for the introductions too, it's very nice to hear a little about ya'lls history/life. Make yourselves all right at home around the site.

Hope to see ya'll out on the digs sometime!

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post Sep 3 2012, 11:41 AM
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QUOTE (swizz @ Sep 2 2012, 11:27 AM) *
Dave,
Now that you injected 'reality' into the world of workamping it sound a little less appealing. unsure.gif
I had no idea that it was so competitive and not so financially rewading... it still has some good appeal though. The nomadic lifestyle has an uncanny charm to me. Thank you for that behind-the-scenes perspective! I'll never view camp hosts the same again and they've always had my respect. Very intriguing career you have had too!


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Camp Hosting and Workamping are typically totally different reality checks. Camp Hosting generally is laid back & you are typically only working for your site. Workamping is typically faster-paced and can range from just working for your site to also getting paid wages. Where we are workamping now, few people crave to work in this part of the country so we get paid for every hour & our site is included without deducting pay. Camp hosting can run the gammit between just campground security to doing more work like collecting camping fees, selling firewood, sprucing up and/or cleaning the bathrooms - depends on the place. The campground we workamp at if I come in to get a drink of water (I have to pay for my own water here unlike our winter employer) I am reminded that he has to shell out $2 for every 15 minutes I am on the clock & I best be running a weedwhacker or lawn mower or be cleaning the bathrooms every minute I am clocked in. I also have to break free from slave labor every few minutes to escort people to their sites, but not too soon so as to not stand there for more than a few seconds while the guests are being checked in. My home is on wheels and we have left plenty of workamping jobs early because of seemingly rediculus situations, be we stuck this one out due to the managers (puppet rulers who are very nice), we having already bought Denver concert tickets, and because there was plenty of prospecting opportunities in WY this summer. We have been extended the offer to come back her next summer, but am holding back until we exhaust all potential offers in the Colorado area, etc.

Yesterday we ran 5 buckets of 1/2" classified through our 30" sluice ... was a bit afraid I was sending to much cloudy water down stream (was a bit of clay in our classifieds) until we walked down to see 3 large high bankers running at the same time within 75 feet of each other. This morning I classified our heavies into 20, 30, & 40+ mesh in order to run in my Blue Wheel tomorrow, there was so much mica in the clay that we could have made a sequin dress! Tomorrow I will see if we have any color in our fines, it would be a great end to the weekend if we did.

This coming weekend we hope to collect a few samples Sunday & Monday in Colorado after the concert Saturday, been a couple years since we prospected there.

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post Sep 3 2012, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE (Scratch60 @ Sep 2 2012, 01:20 PM) *
Thanks Swizz,
Odd you should mention the model 23. I have one on my right hip as I type this.


Gen 3 or Gen 4 guys? I am doing some research & think either would be great to have in the field as a big & small critter persuader.

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post Sep 3 2012, 04:47 PM
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QUOTE (ColoradoProspector @ Sep 3 2012, 09:29 AM) *
This is a great time to upgrade too Dave with the discounts currently in the membership drive. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif Let us know if you have any questions anytime. Hope you are both fully recovered from the unfortunate mishaps too, think safety in the field! happy088.gif
Sounds like the FS officials in Wyoming are way outside their delegated authority for sure and yes very irritating! Maybe the Wyoming FS should browse this site sometime to learn about that. info_grin.gif biggrin.gif


This is the form that started it all:
http://www.cheyennegpaa.com/PDF/LetterOfIntent.pdf

There "could" be clay in the soil and they need to determine if ordinary gold panning would cloud the stream & cause harm to the creatures living there (not to mention the open range cattle already trampling everything in sight there).

We will consider the lifetime membership in the next few weeks before we leave Wyoming this November, still working on a plan that will fund us with fuel money to be able to return next summer since we are making below poverty wages and don't have a personal gold mine to "Tap into", LOL!

Thanks for the welcome!

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post Sep 3 2012, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE (RVer Dave @ Sep 3 2012, 04:13 PM) *
Gen 3 or Gen 4 guys? I am doing some research & think either would be great to have in the field as a big & small critter persuader.


Not sure which generation mine is, I bought it about two years ago. I ordered it with the green grip option.
My reasoning was that it is lightweight, packs a good punch, holds 11 rounds, and is extremely durable and dependable. I can do a field breakdown in less than 30 seconds.... this is a well engineered weapon in my opinion. I also like that it doesn't have a "safety" per se. For Colorado I think that .40 is a good caliber. If I was in AK or somewhere that might have Grizz... I'd kick it up a notch. I wear it all day when mining (leg holster, open carry) and often forget that it's there. It gets wet, muddy, and bashed into rocks & trees... no problems whatsoever, tuffer and more reliable than me. It's a fine lil pea shooter.


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post Sep 5 2012, 09:13 AM
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QUOTE (swizz @ Sep 3 2012, 07:54 PM) *
Not sure which generation mine is, I bought it about two years ago. I ordered it with the green grip option.
My reasoning was that it is lightweight, packs a good punch, holds 11 rounds, and is extremely durable and dependable. I can do a field breakdown in less than 30 seconds.... this is a well engineered weapon in my opinion. I also like that it doesn't have a "safety" per se. For Colorado I think that .40 is a good caliber. If I was in AK or somewhere that might have Grizz... I'd kick it up a notch. I wear it all day when mining (leg holster, open carry) and often forget that it's there. It gets wet, muddy, and bashed into rocks & trees... no problems whatsoever, tuffer and more reliable than me. It's a fine lil pea shooter.


Swizz,
That would be a Gen 3. They are nearly identical except for the spring assembly which makes them not interchangable. Glock claims to continue building both, some of the Gen 4's have trouble with weaker loads pushing the doube spring back far enough to eject the cartridge. In CA only peace officiers can buy a Gen 4. They are both great tools and I'd be proud to own either one. I like the fact I can trade barrels & calibers around so I could have a bear swatter load and a lighter target load for Sheila to practice with.

I found out I can only buy one in WY if they ship it to my domicile state of South Dakota, but that would use up my budget on the round trip for fuel to go pick it up. Funny thing I can buy one in CA if I travel there ... that is a bit further too, LOL.

I found several Glock 33's (357 SIG) that I might want to consider as they were on the way south to FL, but again some state laws really frown upon the private sale to out of state folks.

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post Sep 8 2012, 02:31 PM
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QUOTE (RVer Dave @ Sep 5 2012, 10:13 AM) *
... some state laws really frown upon the private sale to out of state folks.


Found a guy from our domicile of SD wanting to sell his Gen2 Glock G23 .40 S&W & all his accessories & spare ammo, so we are heading to meet him half-way next weekend to take delivery. The biggest differences in the Gen2 to the 3&4 series is no rail for a laser and no embedded hand grips. It will come in handy on the gold claims more for a peace of mind than anything. We have encountered bears and mountain lions before, most just go on their way with a little noise making. A couple weekends ago I was metal detecting down a dead end spur NFS road when I encountered bear tracks on the way back that were fresh. Sheila had my pick tool for protection when she heard deep rumbling in a bush that turned out to be a squirrel. We use 4-watt ham radio VHF/UHF HT's for communication while we are apart. I found three mushroomed copper jacket bullets on that road & a bunch of .223 cartridges unfired that looked to be 25 years or more old. No nuggets though. Once I saw the bear tracks I hurried my sweeps a bit. You can't be too careful out in the beautiful wild.

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post Sep 8 2012, 02:58 PM
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I have a duffle bag that has 2 sets of bear claw marks on it where a bear wanted to taste-test my wetsuit. That was in Alaska though.

This was taken my first night in alaska.
http://golddredgervideo.com/prospecting/alaska/bearhi.wmv The video was shot at about 3:00am. The barrel is a 55 gallon one. He left when I went outside in my jockey shorts with camera in hand. Must havce been a scarey sight.

We always carried guns as ther were a lot of bears in the area. For the most part they were more afraid of us then we were of them.
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post Sep 14 2012, 07:37 AM
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post Sep 17 2012, 09:12 PM
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Got my laptop working again, now maybe can try the chatroom on chat night perhaps.

We just put in a bid as paid campground hosts for a USFS campground @ 9,200' near Poncha Springs, CO next summer ... so maybe we will be in CO next summer after all! We just turned down a well paying managers couple offer for a campground in central FL, too far from our favorite claims indeed!

Picked up my "bear swatter" yesterday so now will have a peace of mind with us I hope to never use ...

Looking forward to returning to CO next summer, still have 6 weeks left in S. WY this fall yet.

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post Oct 10 2012, 02:14 PM
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It may be irregular to post such a request here but I have been trying for a week and can't get any response.

I am a CP member (joined in September) and got the Sept password but got no newsletter or email with the pwd for October. I have sent emails and PMs over the last week with no response so I guess the forum admin / CP is out. Can someone please PM or email (wstiller@comcast.net) me the password?

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post Oct 10 2012, 03:26 PM
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Hi Wolfgang,

Sorry for the difficulties you are having.

We sent you your October newsletter and have resent the newsletter and replied to all but CP's forum message, but you don't seem to be getting any of them. I'm thinking it must be some kind of setting on your end. E-mails and send outs are working good on this end. You might want to check your spam box in case it is something your mail server is doing.

Hopefully we can resolve this problem soon for you.

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post Oct 10 2012, 03:48 PM
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QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Oct 10 2012, 04:26 PM) *
Hi Wolfgang,

Sorry for the difficulties you are having.

We sent you your October newsletter and have resent the newsletter and replied to all but CP's forum message, but you don't seem to be getting any of them. I'm thinking it must be some kind of setting on your end. E-mails and send outs are working good on this end. You might want to check your spam box in case it is something your mail server is doing.

Hopefully we can resolve this problem soon for you.

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You got me the newsletter to my wstiller email address. Thanks!
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i have not been here in awhile. i am coming to co at the end of sept 2013, to look at some property in lake county. i will be in co. sept 26-29. i will have my panning equip to do some prospecting. any ideas of where i could hit. i am thinking on hanging out at vics in black hawk unless someone has a better idea. see yall in a month
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my boss is skeptical, laughs at me every time i mention panning for gold. i will show the skeptical ass some color when i get back. hopefully i will be moving to co next year,2014. i am so ready for this trip to co.
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