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 Mar 19 2016, 12:17 PM
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QUOTE (EMac @ Mar 18 2016, 10:30 PM)  Lane and I are heading up tomorrow anyway.   Hope you guys do great! Let me know how the river crossing is, I plan to hit it on Sunday. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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Mar 19 2016, 02:14 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-March 16 Member No.: 122,582 |
Hey Swizz if you go tomorrow could I go with you?
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 Mar 19 2016, 05:59 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Sure! I'm planning to be there by around 8.... look for white Jeep, and me with white wolfy dog. I'll be upstream from the parking lot. Do you have chest waders?
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Mar 19 2016, 06:26 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-March 16 Member No.: 122,582 |
Yes and where do you guys meet at and thank you
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Mar 19 2016, 07:29 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
The parking lot that is at MM260. We don't meet anywhere in particular, just look for me in the parking lot or upstream from the parking lot with the pooch. I'd like to go back to the other side of the river again tomorrow if the water level allows... that's why I was asking about your waders.
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Mar 19 2016, 08:28 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-March 16 Member No.: 122,582 |
Cool thanks again
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Mar 19 2016, 08:42 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-March 16 Member No.: 122,582 |
I have a silver Dodge
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Mar 20 2016, 07:58 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Great day of prospecting with you today CL6!
 Sorry Timber ate your shovel! I just ordered you the exact same Ames model from Amazon Prime. Next time we meet up I'll trade you for the munched one.Super cold when we got there this morning but warmed up really nice by noon. We stayed on the near side of the river and tag-teamed a good hole. We were both showing nice colors for sure. This is a pic of the upper section of my Angus after the first bucket, frickin Gold everywhere. That warmed me up!   2016-03-20_07-16-42 by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr
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Mar 20 2016, 08:06 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: 7-March 16 From: Fort Collins Member No.: 122,572 |
Nice Chris, wish I could've been there. How was the water level?
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Mar 20 2016, 08:20 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-March 16 Member No.: 122,582 |
Swizz it's all good about the shovel I had so much fun and thank you for teaching me a few things yes it was cold and that color in my sluice warmed me right up had a blast can't wait to do that again
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Mar 20 2016, 09:12 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
QUOTE (relicsncoins @ Mar 20 2016, 08:06 PM) Nice Chris, wish I could've been there. How was the water level? Water level was pretty much the same with slight fluctuations throughout the day. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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Mar 21 2016, 08:14 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,208 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Sounds like another fun day! Great way to spend the first day of spring.
I can't believe Timber ate his shovel!!  Terra was trying to bury Colin while we were digging for Fulgurites yesterday, no shovel eating though.  -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Mar 21 2016, 08:03 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-March 16 Member No.: 122,582 |
It's all good about the shovel it still worked
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Mar 22 2016, 11:48 AM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
Sorry I didn't get back to you on the water level Chris; you probably saw it was fine to get across. We were up there from about 9:30 until about 1PM, and it was -7.5C when we arrived; I've never seen ice crystals forming in moving water before, so that was pretty novel. Couldn't resist knocking them lose all day. Icicles on the gold cube:
Lane looking enthusiastic about the cold water before setting up.
I've had extremely limited time to play with the blue bowl, but I'm getting it. Was a little frustrated the other day with -50/+100 where I tried to sneak in some +30 panning while letting it run. Turned around to find the water at the bowl edge and most of the material washed down the middle. Figure I'll get that stuff later when I gold cube the previously worked cons a 2nd time. Lesson learned from baseball comes back: keep your eye on the...ahem...bowl.
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Mar 22 2016, 11:53 AM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Definitely do not turn your back on the Bowl! Also.... you have way too much material in there. I made that mistake early in the game and have a similar pic in my BB thread with an overfilled Bowl. Feed it 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time, much easier to process.... drizzle it in just upstream of the inlet to the Bowl
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