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« on: May 08, 2010, 11:18:42 pm »
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Sorry, don't have any pictures, but I spent a couple of hours splashing around in the creek at the old Cavender Creek Gold Mine site today.  I spent most of my time digging to bedrock in the creek.  The weather was beautiful and the water was warm enough in my wetsuit to let me stay out there for a while.  I found about a dozen small nuggets.  Nothing more than a few grams or so though... maybe 1/8 an ounce total.  I spent a little time panning some sand, and found some HEAVY black sand, sand that I couldn't wash out of my pan, so I scooped up five gallons of it, sifted it,  and brought it home to pan tomorrow.

All in all it was a great day.  Even if I hadn't found a thing I'd have been happy. Spring has finally sprung and I can splash in the rivers again.  If anybody wants to come up here and play in this creek, it's got a lot of potential.  I might have only pulled down 1/8 of an ounce today, but that was with nothing but a #4 screen and a pan... so there's a lot in there.

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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2010, 11:40:44 pm »
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sounds like a fun day.

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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 12:23:59 am »
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    you know..my dad used to pan when i was a kid, and i honestly want to get into it for the heck of it.  what would you recommend for the basic starter?...books, tools, equipment  etc?

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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2010, 12:43:48 am »
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No books... bring a 20 dollar bill down here to the local tourist gold mine (probably could be had for half that on a google search) and just buy a pan and I'll show you how to use it.  It's a perfectly good waste of a Saturday afternoon.  You'll pull down minimum wage on a good day... but at least you get to splash around in the water and have fun.

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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2010, 12:48:29 am »
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   it shows you're from Georgia? if i ever make it back that way i'll be sure to look you up and make it to your river and do some panning.  i'm thinking about starting the hobby here in utah with my assistant fire chief

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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2010, 12:57:57 am »
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Yeah, I'm in Dahlonega, Ga... Look it up if you want.  It was the site of the very first gold rush ever in the US.  People were kicking nuggets over the groung here back in the 1820's, and we had a US mint here in town due to the gold that was being dug out of the hills.  Around 1849 everybody fled this area for San Fransciso, and I'm glad, because that leaves more for me. Smiley

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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2010, 01:05:22 am »
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    and there's nothing selfish about that.....finders keepers....losers weepers.  if you ever get the chance to take photos of the area you are panning or any of your finds, you should post them, that would be cool to see.  thank  you for the information

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