Need to make you hand dredge. Found a good spot last sat that nobody messed with cuz they didn't wanna dig in and break up clay. Just kept sucking the top After moving the big rocks outta the way. About a 5 ft area where the fast water flowed. Spent all day running half buckets of stuff sucked off the clay over and over agian. Had the best day so far this year doing that. Just wanna add without that shrimp pump I would've have had half the gold I've gotten in the last 3 yrs without it. Nice day on the creek thanks for bringing us along. 👍
Spring and the frogs 🐸 will soon arrive and you might have found a new place to dig ... Your findings and that miniature horse 🐎 shoe flake should be a starting point for a new adventure ???? 😊
I actually did a second day of that "gulley" prospecting in a different area which has decent gold but more interesting to me, honeycombed quartz. I'm hoping to see what's in the samples I've brought home.
I got a little bit of pay from around a stump today that looks exactly like that one that floods big time only when it rains other than that it's dry, I haven't had a chance to pan it out yet.
If I'm not in a rush for time, I like to get my gold cleaned up pretty good at the creek using the snakeskin section of my pan. I will then dry it up at home and use a magnet to get anything magnetic out that's still left. Nobody wants a dirty trophy, right? What's your preferred method for cleaning?
That's where I started and found my first piece of gold and got yeller fever. I learned quickly that there are places with a lot less black sand and gold that is easier to get to
