adam Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) The scene was set amidst the grassy rolling hills, and mesquite lined gullies of the remote southland near Arivaca, Arizona. This particular ravine was chosen by the committee based on the average width of the gully being 3 feet, and the abundance of mid sized foliated stones for the contestants to work with. There was also an element of danger knowing the contest was in a smuggling area. The sponsors were very generous this year providing 9 volt batteries for the Gold Bug II`s, performance shovels, and enough Keystone to keep hydrated in the evenings. First two shots are a before and after of a short 40 foot stretch worked to bedrock and vacuumed.BeforeAfterAdam took 1st in the freelance division with his fine handstackings, and boulder dash snagged 1st pace in the traditionional division with his extra fine dedication to running linear walls to the judges amazement.Adams crescent style wall seen below Edited November 27, 2014 by adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) Here`s another fine wall by boulder dash running about 30 feet in lengthAdams freestyle technique qualified him with this wishing well design. Another 35 feet of vacuumed bedrock shown.Boulder dash makes good use of another ten foot long traditional wall he built, by using it to hold overburden. This dude eats buckets of gravel for breakfast folks Lots of penalties were handed out during this tough competition. Adam was docked 10 points for a wall collapse, and cursing. Boulder dash had two penalties, one for "hour glassing" ( when sand purges through the wall onto bedrock ) , and another for " encroachment " ( removal of rocks from another competitors designated work space ) Overall, there was about 70 to 80 feet of bedrock worked with an average depth of a foot or better.It was great to see everyone that showed up from last year, and nice to meet the new contestants as well.Gold was finicky, but some was found during the competition which was divided up evenly. A combined total of about 15 grams 12 of which is shown below. Edited November 27, 2014 by adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Congratulations on both you taking first place in your respective divisions of this competition!!Was there any gold involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahorton10 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Man you guys get around! Do you live in southern az Adam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Looks like I'm gonna have to post my machete contest pics to one-up you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lve2fsh Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I sure would like to hang out and try that someday but my job as a government employee has left me soft. I know I wouldn't be able to move the next 3 or 4 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 You all should leave a Monument behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) CrimmY!!!! I think both of you guys took first place in working your butts off and getting gold ! That's got to be the best hand stacking seen this side of the 21st century.Plus, you left a legacy for the guys that will come along 20 yrs from now with the "only find gold beepers"Awsome pics and what a great story WTG you two...Tom H. Edited November 27, 2014 by TomH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 If i didn't find at least 2 oz i'd be pizzed...lol Wish i had a truck load of that rock to play around with..haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 The Traprock Twins have done it again. Pure amazement and wonderful color shown in a dazzling display. These 2 will be hard to compete with when the Nationals come around. Hapy Huntn an thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Ya'all left no stone unturned and stacked. Such dedication to the proposition that all the gold will be recovered is indeed admirable. But still makes this ol'farts back hurt just to see how hard ya'all worked-kudos-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 You guys are animals! I am wondering if you bust open the cracks and crevices too, or just vacuum the newly exposed bedrock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azblackbird Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 You guys are animals! I am wondering if you bust open the cracks and crevices too, or just vacuum the newly exposed bedrock?I don't know about Adam or BD, but if I'm going to take the time to stack rocks, dig to bedrock and exert the energy to shovel many buckets of dirt through a dry washer, plus taking the time to haul in a generator, vacs, and various other tools, you can darn well bet I'd be hauling in an electric jackhammer to bust up all that bedrock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 You guys are animals! I am wondering if you bust open the cracks and crevices too, or just vacuum the newly exposed bedrock?The fractures are very near the surface here as it is mostly schist so during the vacuum process, much of the bedrock is broken up at that time. I would imagine that we may have missed 2 tenths of a gram in deeply wedged ultra fines....We are cleaning it up very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 The Traprock Twins have done it again.Pure amazement and wonderful color shown in a dazzling display.These 2 will be hard to compete with when the Nationals come around.Hapy Huntn an thanks for the update.Thanks Frank Cant wait to hunt with you again ! Yea there will be some tough competitors at the Nationals but we arent worried a bit. We will handstack circles around the other guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Yup handstacked beer cans around the competitors!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 That looks like a lot of work!!!!!! Do we have any pictures after reclamation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliche Chris Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Awesome guys! Looks like fun. I am pretty confident I could place third in this competition......assuming there's only three people competing. Reclamation!? Isn't that what monsoons are for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Reclamation not needed when only use of hand tools and under 10 hp motors. Court has already ruled on this. Monsoons will soon reclamate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 That's awesome guys. Looks like fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I thought I saw this "contest" posted a year or two ago with reclamation pictures? I do believe that it was "natural" reclamation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 With all this rain coming down it's about time for some northern cali reclaimation, round rock style and no stacking either. WOW 4+" and a comn' down like crazy YAHOO 40" more is needed and I'm ready-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Nuggets Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 winter is just getting started up this way, so wouldn't be surprised if wedon't get a lot more wet stuff before Mother Nature is done with us. A little more overburden to remove this coming spring and summer, but alot more gold to be found........great job with the rock walls guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 I thought I saw this "contest" posted a year or two ago with reclamation pictures?I do believe that it was "natural" reclamation.Correct. Those " after" pictures were taken after a winter of minor flooding. We will have to wait a season to get new pictures. The Arivaca area gets some wicked monsoons so it will definitely reclaim itself during that time, or perhaps this winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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