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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #10 on: February 12, 2011, 08:29:30 pm »

thanks for info i knew some guys(old timers ) that used to go to GA. to prospect they found some once and awhile but they have passed i should have grilled em for info on how . they had stories if gettin to close to a guys still one time i miss those guys

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #11 on: February 13, 2011, 07:36:48 pm »

I would say always find out local laws Me just let me find some Gold!!!!

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #12 on: February 15, 2011, 01:37:41 pm »

Joseywhales,

Don't know about you but I would rather claim jump than get to close to someones still... of patch of hippy lettuce.

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #13 on: February 15, 2011, 02:21:10 pm »

i know what you mean i saw a show about a guy in north carolina that found a gemstone emerald or ruby on of em any way he started a mine there i noticed when the camera panned back you could see a shadow of a guy with m16/a.r. 15 /m4 standing there and as they panned out of the scene sure enough there was a guy standing by the hole with one of the above mentioned assault rifles guarding the miner as he was diggin with a backhoe LOL! I thought man i wouldn't want to wander lost into those too a guy might get lead poisoned .

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #14 on: February 15, 2011, 06:35:04 pm »

One of the biggest pitfalls of a new miner is not understanding your equipment before hitting the field. You can use an old lead tire weight and shave off a few pieces into a baggie of dirt. Get a pan of water and pan out the dirt. If you keep all the lead you would have kept all the gold. Same with sluices and dredges, know what you are doing before you cart it all the way to the goldfield

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #15 on: February 15, 2011, 07:54:26 pm »

I will have to try that some time sounds like good practice thanks for info JOSEY

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #16 on: February 16, 2011, 01:10:52 am »

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One of the biggest pitfalls of a new miner is not understanding your equipment before hitting the field. You can use an old lead tire weight and shave off a few pieces into a baggie of dirt. Get a pan of water and pan out the dirt. If you keep all the lead you would have kept all the gold. Same with sluices and dredges, know what you are doing before you cart it all the way to the goldfield good hunting

That shaving lead is a great ideas to test my sluice and drywasher. I built a couple out of boredom and hopes I can do some back yard prospecting before I buy a commercial made one. Building was easy, getting em to work another problem. Practice, practice, practice.

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #17 on: February 16, 2011, 08:39:15 am »

#7 Bird shot works good too. Great

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #18 on: February 16, 2011, 10:27:36 pm »

Yea, I never understood why they had a shop vac hooked up, or how the air made it worked. I didn't put a hopper or a bellows in my dry washer, wanna guess what happened. My sluice and Dry Washer are sections so I can change them out and go wet/dry or any configuration I want. I actually got the sluice right first time running.

But ty for the birdshot idea. I just don't keep guns around the house, the neighbors might think I'm rich and break in.

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	Re: conditions and pit falls « Reply #19 on: February 17, 2011, 09:36:53 am »

Birdshot is easier to count too, and you want to count em before you start.

I do like to use some small really small flakes though just to see if I am losing much fines. Once you have had a little success you can use some of your findings to test new equipment and it's almost like finding new gold when the yellow shows up Grin

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