Topic: Gold prospecting?

[Zs Confederate Toy]

Anyone out there searchin for gold? With the alltime highs, I'm suprised that more people aren't. If you do prospect, what do you use? Pan, dredge, highbanker?

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yard sales and flee markets no :bull crap: you would be suprised what people are getting rid of for next to nothing, that have no idea of its value ...... trust me

[Broke_Okie_Ty]

yard sales and flee markets no :bull crap: you would be suprised what people are getting rid of for next to nothing, that have no idea of its value ...... trust me

x2

Im going prospecting for a few next week. we high bank because CA outlawed dredging. however, i know a few people who dredge in southern OR. its a lot of hard work, but its better than working a crap job. its bonus points for being out in the woods and good exercise.

[Toymin8r]

There are a few threads on pirate from Alaska that have been panning in creeks.   

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

I did hear about the dredge outlaw in Cali. But the GPAA is going after them on that (half the reason we re upped our membership). Out here in CO there really aren't too many restrictions. You can get a permit for up to a 4 inch dredge and you can dredge anywhere that ISN'T Gold Medal Water. (World Class fishing, flies and lures only). We use a Keene 2.5 suction dredge when dredging. But when esplorin new area we have a Minelab Eureka and a Tesoro Lobo.
Keep this one goin. I wanna hear/see what yall do and or find out there

[RockRescue]

I own a Home in Southern Oregon on The Rouge river  and i see people dredging all the time   I have not tried it .   A few months back they blew a dam up    upstream    and   this place was full of people  gold panning

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

I could imagine there bein tons of people out there after the "flooding" from the dam. I've heard that Oregon is a pretty good place to try for gold.

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

Heres some pics of what I run
The Keene Eng dredge. Old venturi style


The many sluices that we use.

The one on the right is one that I made for clean up. No riffles just black ribbed matting. I will set it up in the next couple days and take some pics of it in use. I have some concentrates that I wanna go thru

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

Did some clean up on some black sands that I had saved up with my mini wash plant. The flake is too small to catch with my camera but it looks like the stars in the night sky on the black pan
Heres the wash plant

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

I got a pic worth sharin. Its not much but it was only one pan out of a whole 5 gal bucket

[*** YELLER ***]

nice werk bud

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

Danka.

[*** YELLER ***]

the wife loves to metal detect we have a cheapo now but everytime we go to the beach we go treasure hunting, coins and cheap jewrly,but its real fun deo you do any of that kinda thing ??

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

Yeah we do. Everytime we go out we take the detectors. We have a Minelab Eureka and a Tesoro Lobo. I havn't found anything big yet. Some rusty metal mostly, mine cart track, nails. I still have to figure out the quirks of the machines a little better.

[*** YELLER ***]

Yeah we do. Everytime we go out we take the detectors. We have a Minelab Eureka and a Tesoro Lobo. I havn't found anything big yet. Some rusty metal mostly, mine cart track, nails. I still have to figure out the quirks of the machines a little better.

well when yer done with the fancy detecters send them my way we need a new one LOL

[Prismo]

I own a Home in Southern Oregon on The Rouge river  and i see people dredging all the time   I have not tried it .   A few months back they blew a dam up    upstream    and   this place was full of people  gold panning

The dam between Rogue River and Grants Pass?

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

well when yer done with the fancy detecters send them my way we need a new one LOL

LOL they are pretty fancy, but if you are gonna find the mother lode ya gotta get the best IMO hahaha

[*** YELLER ***]

LOL they are pretty fancy, but if you are gonna find the mother lode ya gotta get the best IMO hahaha

oh fer sure, but we do it like once or twice a year so no big money here

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

oh fer sure, but we do it like once or twice a year so no big money here

Definitly. We dont go out there tryin to make the big money. Its more or less to get out of the house but finding the big money would be a plus haha

[RockRescue]

Yes Prismo  the Gold Ray dam   

[Cheesemaker]

I just picked up a pan.  I got a small creek that has a ton of quartz in it.  And they say, you find quartz, you can find gold.  It's those what the hell things.  That and there is Gold Creek on the Nehalem River that has a gold in it.  I would just love to find a few grains to say I found some. 

I've also been told that if you find black sand on the beach, it has gold in it.

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

Gold does travel with both black sand and quartz. BUT not always where you find quartz and black sand will you find gold. The black sand its heavy like gold so there is a good chance.
Good luck with your pannin! Post us some pics if you find andything, hell even if you don't. 

[Broke_Okie_Ty]

Gold does travel with both black sand and quartz. BUT not always where you find quartz and black sand will you find gold. The black sand its heavy like gold so there is a good chance.

X2, you can also find it clay too. make sure you brake the clumps up good when you pan it out.

dont forget to keep your eyes out for the other metals and stones too. i was told look for platinum and jade.

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

X2, you can also find it clay too. make sure you brake the clumps up good when you pan it out.

dont forget to keep your eyes out for the other metals and stones too. i was told look for platinum and jade.

Yes Jade. Look out for that.  Gold can look like lead too (covered in Mercury) I have lots of it. Keep an eye out for that too.

[gnob]

The dam between Rogue River and Grants Pass?

that was the savage rapids damn, it also was removed a few years back.  gold rey is about ten miles up river close to central point.

[Zs Confederate Toy [OP]]

The GPAA has some commercials out on the Outdoors channel that make alot of sense to me. Its not the advertising that Buzzard is doin but the other words he speaks We are members, have been for a while. http://www.goldprospectors.org/portals/0/swf/player.swf?file=/stats/track.asp?mtr=/Portals/0/video/articles/GenInfo/TheBuzzardIsBack/Buzzard Commercial 2 web.mp4&allowfullscreen=true&allowscriptaccess=true&autostart=true&obj.addChild(chd);Stretcher.stretch(obj,config[%27480%27],config[%27270%27],config[%27stretching=fill%27]);
You might have to copy and paste the whole address to see it