LowPoint Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Have you ever wished that you could just get down on your hands and knees on a stretch of exposed bedrock and actually see gold hiding in the cracks and crevices (probably somewhat like the old prospectors must have done back when) ??? Well, that's what I did, and where these small nuggets came from. I went out to one of my spots a few days after an exceptionally strong rain storm that got the wash running from bank to bank. It had actually had "re-exposed" some bedrock that I knew about that had been covered by a few prior storms. So after crawling about on my knee-padded-knees and hands for about 30-minutes I walked away with this little bunch of nuggets. It's kind of cool to be able to say that I have "trained" my eyes to not only see them from a foot or two away, but that I could actually lean back on my knees and also see them in the cracks from 3-4 foot away as well. Having good, bright sun shine helps also. Finding these little nuggets in this way really Opens-your-eyes and mind to grasp the mechanics of a wash and what affect it has on the positioning and placement of gold within it.....GO NAKED,.....ITS INTERESTING. Gary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 ugh...that's awesome!! Do you eat a bunch of carrots before you go out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Wow! Way to go on that pile of nugs!I would deffinently get back in there with a detector or a Vacc and get some more. Nice hual!!!Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Very nice eye. Where are the fines? I have spied many in that exact way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Nice pieces Gary That's one of my favorite things to do after a ripper flood. Looks like a great dry washing spot ! Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 nice lookn' lil'pickers. In 91 I found my biggest nugget of the year up the side of a hill whilst taking a dump. 2 1/2 dwt and named the Grunt nugget,looked like a panther head with mouth open and fangs. Even had a hole straight through for the eyes. Gave it to sis in law for a xmas present,they divorced,she hocked it,bummer as real neat Get ya some more-got crack vac/blower unit??John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliche Chris Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 It is awesome to be able to pick it off the ground like that! My spots covered with a foot of wet sand, but as soon as it dries up ill be back with the tweezers and knee pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Nice and I too do this in a few choice areas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedrock Bob Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 In placers where the gold is flaky you can generally eyeball it pretty good. That is how the natives did it as well as the depression miners. I think a heck of a lot of those holes were dug to bedrock, tossed on a blanket and specked by eye. They would only concentrate material if they could get enough by eye to warrant it.Sniping is no doubt the first technique ever used to recover placer. It will teach you more about how placer lays down than any other method of recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Score!Nice looking gold for the trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPoint Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Actually, I have detected this location many, many times in the past and still continue to find nuggets there,...and I have also used my gold-vac on most every square inch of bedrock to pull the fines and pickers out, but once there is a real good flooding I'm left with little surprises like these. I had taken my (early teenage) grandson down with me a week or two before and he walked away with about a dozen of-about the same size,.......I had to point them out to him, but I think he enjoyed plucking them up with tweezers anyway. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliche Chris Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The spot I was getting them had already been swept and vacd before. On that really rough bedrock you really have to get in there with tools, or break up the top inch or two and process it to get everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Found a few Crumbs here by eye after Crevicing and Dry Panning it down a bit. Never found a Picker just by hand and knee thing. This is the home Were a Falcon Pays it's way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) This is a GREAT thread for beginners in "general prospecting and detecting" to give them a forgive the pun, wide angle view on getting out and getting the gold.BEST part is ........... DAMM even if ya don't have the means at the moment to go out an get equipment, THIS aspect of prospecting ALLOWS them to just get out and EYEBALL with the knowhowoffered in the post. AND BEDROCKBOB sums it all up for the added "confidence needed" by stating"Sniping is no doubt the first technique ever used to recover placer. It will teach you more about how placer lays down than any other method of recovery."Hapy Huntn Edited August 12, 2013 by frank c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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