One of my little hobbies

BudSniffer · 03-07-2011, 06:26 PM

Gold prospecting is just another of my little hobbies

I've been holding onto this for a couple of years, and now, with gold a little above $1400 an ounce, the time has come to cash in my little bits of bright yellar stuff!

Jenna_Grows · 03-07-2011, 06:40 PM

that is NEAT! I went prospecting as a kid with my folks up in the Yukon. It was a blast but never saw that much gold. Guess we missed the rush by a hundred years or so

SmokeaJoint · 03-07-2011, 06:51 PM

Wow BS thats awesome man!

Dandaweedman · 03-07-2011, 07:11 PM

That's amazing.
You get to do such kewl stuff where you are.

Here about all we can mine for is snow and clay

BudSniffer · 03-07-2011, 07:31 PM

Thanx ya'll...

You would be surprised, scientist say there is still 95% of the gold left on the earth...the old timers didn't have metal detectors and the kind of equipment we have now days....
There is gold almost every where. It's in every state in the US, except Kentucky and Hawaii. And a lot in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and lots of other places.....

There was so much found in one place in Brazil, people completely eroded away a whole mountain getting the gold out...
You have to know the places it hides, and it ain't easy gettin' it out, believe me.

Takes lots of sore muscles, skinned knuckles, trekking through the wilderness etc...

**SageTree** · 03-07-2011, 07:44 PM

Nice stuff man. My Sis and her Hubby are really into this.

How'd you get into it?

turmaline · 03-07-2011, 08:44 PM

How long did it take to get all of that? Pretty cool.

The Rev · 03-07-2011, 09:39 PM

I call BS.... a stud! Let us know how much you get for it.

The Rev

**mothernature** · 03-08-2011, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BudSniffer

It's in every state in the US, except Kentucky

figures...now I need to go look up why.

**SageTree** · 03-08-2011, 05:33 AM

I can't be sure the gold knows about political boundaries.... I bet there is a little gold creeping in along the edges

!!!

farmergiles · 03-08-2011, 05:44 AM

My advice is start your mines round the edges MN

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Budsniffer- that's a nice couple of nuggets at the bottom of the pic!

turmaline · 03-08-2011, 11:33 AM

he should make some teeth.

Mikey · 03-08-2011, 01:53 PM

man it's gonna go way up before it goes down
id sit on it

how deep was most of that?

The Rev · 03-08-2011, 02:21 PM

You should trade that in for some Acapulco Gold.

The Rev

BudSniffer · 03-08-2011, 06:17 PM

Sage Tree - Nice stuff man. My Sis and her Hubby are really into this.
How'd you get into it?

I went to one of those pay to pan for gemstones places, and when I got home I did a search on some of the ones I had, and saw some links to gold prospecting clubs.

Mr. T - How long did it take to get all of that? Pretty cool.

Actually a few years, but I don't get to go too often, as it's a long drive.

The Rev - Let us know how much you get for it.

Will do...but not too many places to sell it, called a guy yesterday, gonna go see what he will pay, but I got a little bit more of some really fine stuff to pan out first. Hopefully this weekend.

farmergiles - that's a nice couple of nuggets at the bottom of the pic!

Well, I ain't a liar, I will say, I got those 2 nice pieces from some ore I bought from someone else, I didn't find them.

Mikey - how deep was most of that?

I got some from pockets of sand in the rock, that wasn't even in the water, and the deepest was standin' in a creek with water up to my neck, holdin' my dredge nozzle down as far as I could reach, about 4 feet.

**Pharm Girl** · 03-09-2011, 09:25 AM

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Gold prospecting is just another of my little hobbies

Well...well...welll. ...wadda you know a fellow rock-hound~ In these parts the key is the ultra-mafic magmatic seggregations of the igneous rock. There was a gold mine in the area that once yielded 26 oz's of gold per ton of ore extracted...She's always mated or married to other heavy elements....she never parties alone.

José · 03-09-2011, 10:12 AM

gold mining has always interested me. I guess they used to burn the whole side of a mountain just so they could find the bed rock where to mine. I guess what interests me more is the history of it and how hard it used to be. These days it's not even interesting. I've gone panning a couple times but I was just sifting away and some black sand we found under very superficial rocks. So is that round one an actual nugget you found or just flakes smashed together?

I do think it would be amazing to find a nugget of any size, the most I've found are silly little flakes.

Tricto · 03-09-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SpankyMcLankey

gold mining has always interested me. I guess they used to burn the whole side of a mountain just so they could find the bed rock where to mine. I guess what interests me more is the history of it and how hard it used to be. These days it's not even interesting. I've gone panning a couple times but I was just sifting away and some black sand we found under very superficial rocks. So is that round one an actual nugget you found or just flakes smashed together?

I do think it would be amazing to find a nugget of any size, the most I've found are silly little flakes.

Didn't know that about the burning sides of mountains off, that's crazy.

Also when you guys are all talking about 'panning', are you talking about when you buy a bag of stuff and then put it upstream into a chute and then sift it when it comes down the chute in front of you? This thread makes me realize that a metal detector might actually be cool even if you don't find anything as valuable/cool as gold, gonna go check some out

BudSniffer · 03-09-2011, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pharm Girl

Well...well...welll. ...wadda you know a fellow rock-hound~ In these parts the key is the ultra-mafic magmatic seggregations of the igneous rock. There was a gold mine in the area that once yielded 26 oz's of gold per ton of ore extracted...She's always mated or married to other heavy elements....she never parties alone.

Hey, how 'bout that? Well, I was in a club, not anymore, that had lots of black sands, with micro gold attached. They had it assayed at 4 ounces per ton of black sands.....but you had to use chlorine halide leaching to get it

Joined a new club, that has lots of nice quartz stringers, full of pockets and decomposing bedrock, but only got to go once, using my sluice box. Love to get back up there with my little 2" dredge

BudSniffer · 03-09-2011, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpankyMcLankey

gold mining has always interested me. I guess they used to burn the whole side of a mountain just so they could find the bed rock where to mine. I guess what interests me more is the history of it and how hard it used to be. These days it's not even interesting. I've gone panning a couple times but I was just sifting away and some black sand we found under very superficial rocks. So is that round one an actual nugget you found or just flakes smashed together?

I do think it would be amazing to find a nugget of any size, the most I've found are silly little flakes.

Actually they used to do a lot of hydraulic mining, which sucked. They would take a huge firehouse like nozzle and literally wash away the whole mountain, into sluices to catch the gold...believe me it ain't a piece of cake now days, you have to study the creeks and rivers and such and determine the best place the gold might be hiding, and that's no guarantee. There is a saying, "gold is where you find it"

It's a nugget, but see above, I got that one out of some concentrates I bought.

03-07-2011, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
BudSniffer Just bein' me Join Date: May 2002 Location: waayyyy over yonder Posts: 822 Thanks: 413 Thanked 306 Times in 186 Posts	One of my little hobbies Gold prospecting is just another of my little hobbies I've been holding onto this for a couple of years, and now, with gold a little above $1400 an ounce, the time has come to cash in my little bits of bright yellar stuff! Attached Images __________________ "Nobody thinks the way that I do, I guess nobody dares. My head's so full of things, I set my mind free of them. I'm breaking the rules, breaking all the rules. " -Ozzy Osbourne

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Dandaweedman Old School Join Date: May 2004 Location: At the Cabana Posts: 7,407 Thanks: 699 Thanked 760 Times in 613 Posts	That's amazing. You get to do such kewl stuff where you are. Here about all we can mine for is snow and clay __________________ Hanging in the Cabana

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BudSniffer Just bein' me Join Date: May 2002 Location: waayyyy over yonder Posts: 822 Thanks: 413 Thanked 306 Times in 186 Posts	Thanx ya'll... You would be surprised, scientist say there is still 95% of the gold left on the earth...the old timers didn't have metal detectors and the kind of equipment we have now days.... There is gold almost every where. It's in every state in the US, except Kentucky and Hawaii. And a lot in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and lots of other places..... There was so much found in one place in Brazil, people completely eroded away a whole mountain getting the gold out... You have to know the places it hides, and it ain't easy gettin' it out, believe me. Takes lots of sore muscles, skinned knuckles, trekking through the wilderness etc... __________________ "Nobody thinks the way that I do, I guess nobody dares. My head's so full of things, I set my mind free of them. I'm breaking the rules, breaking all the rules. " -Ozzy Osbourne

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	Nice stuff man. My Sis and her Hubby are really into this. How'd you get into it? __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,865 Thanks: 5,018 Thanked 5,421 Times in 2,865 Posts	I call BS.... a stud! Let us know how much you get for it. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

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Jenna_Grows Old School Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 946 Thanks: 311 Thanked 315 Times in 191 Posts	that is NEAT! I went prospecting as a kid with my folks up in the Yukon. It was a blast but never saw that much gold. Guess we missed the rush by a hundred years or so

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turmaline hotdog! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CANADA Posts: 1,674 Thanks: 513 Thanked 927 Times in 536 Posts	How long did it take to get all of that? Pretty cool.

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	I can't be sure the gold knows about political boundaries.... I bet there is a little gold creeping in along the edges !!! __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sick of the hatred and the lies Posts: 7,807 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 3,750 Times in 2,554 Posts	My advice is start your mines round the edges MN . Budsniffer- that's a nice couple of nuggets at the bottom of the pic! __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys* Every Kind of Vice

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turmaline hotdog! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CANADA Posts: 1,674 Thanks: 513 Thanked 927 Times in 536 Posts	he should make some teeth. __________________ "I'd rather a frontallabotomy...th an a bottleinfrontofme".

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Mikey Seasoned YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: gulf islands bc Posts: 7,443 Thanks: 1,144 Thanked 2,246 Times in 1,475 Posts	man it's gonna go way up before it goes down id sit on it how deep was most of that? __________________ RIP Gov

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,865 Thanks: 5,018 Thanked 5,421 Times in 2,865 Posts	You should trade that in for some Acapulco Gold. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

03-08-2011, 06:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
BudSniffer Just bein' me Join Date: May 2002 Location: waayyyy over yonder Posts: 822 Thanks: 413 Thanked 306 Times in 186 Posts	Sage Tree - Nice stuff man. My Sis and her Hubby are really into this. How'd you get into it? I went to one of those pay to pan for gemstones places, and when I got home I did a search on some of the ones I had, and saw some links to gold prospecting clubs. Mr. T - How long did it take to get all of that? Pretty cool. Actually a few years, but I don't get to go too often, as it's a long drive. The Rev - Let us know how much you get for it. Will do...but not too many places to sell it, called a guy yesterday, gonna go see what he will pay, but I got a little bit more of some really fine stuff to pan out first. Hopefully this weekend. farmergiles - that's a nice couple of nuggets at the bottom of the pic! Well, I ain't a liar, I will say, I got those 2 nice pieces from some ore I bought from someone else, I didn't find them. Mikey - how deep was most of that? I got some from pockets of sand in the rock, that wasn't even in the water, and the deepest was standin' in a creek with water up to my neck, holdin' my dredge nozzle down as far as I could reach, about 4 feet. __________________ "Nobody thinks the way that I do, I guess nobody dares. My head's so full of things, I set my mind free of them. I'm breaking the rules, breaking all the rules. " -Ozzy Osbourne

03-09-2011, 10:12 AM	#17 (permalink)
José YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,372 Thanks: 62 Thanked 149 Times in 74 Posts	gold mining has always interested me. I guess they used to burn the whole side of a mountain just so they could find the bed rock where to mine. I guess what interests me more is the history of it and how hard it used to be. These days it's not even interesting. I've gone panning a couple times but I was just sifting away and some black sand we found under very superficial rocks. So is that round one an actual nugget you found or just flakes smashed together? I do think it would be amazing to find a nugget of any size, the most I've found are silly little flakes.

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