boulder dash Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 A few weeks back I spent a day and a half chasing pocket load gold. Working a cut the old guys dug I removed 8 foot long and down 4 foot to where they left off. It was quite the amount of sluff that had filled in the last 80 years. At the bottom of the hole I could easily see the two types of of rock where the old guys were following. I removed about 6 inches to one foot along the contact for zero gold pocket hits.. Guess that is why it's pocket gold. I did take a picture of my excavations but was having problems with the camera, it didn't save the photo. The last day I had to find gold so hit a old patch, I did extremely well in my opinion finding fines as well as many nuggets.Total was 2.6 grams for about 7 hours detecting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Well..........at least you know what's at the bottom of the hole WTG on getting some gold though. Tough business.Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Learning where the gold is not -- a hard path to follow, but nonetheless serves as a sort of reverse illumination. Learning where it is -- ahhh, now that is a sweet moment (and they begin to add up). Takes patience, fortitude, the basics of prospecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Are you going to go back to work it further, meaning do you thinkthey got all of it or just what was easy for them at the time..?Nice final day closeout too.. Swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wiseman Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Often you'll find a few colors or a tail of gold first when sampling quartz veins or stringers,while looking for pockets.A metal detector won't pick up fine gold.If there was a small pocket of gold two or three feet inside the wall rock or back would your detector pick that up?One could easily leave a pocket or small species behind if your just using your detector....and just because there was a gold mine.that does not imply that the mine made any highgrade ore..or even free gold for that matter.I've sampled hundreds of veins over a period of 35 years and even when a vein shows color,it often stays that way....on the other hand I've had veins that only showed a few colors and eventually made a small pocket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder dash Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Swampstomper Al, I eventually will go back. I'm sure there are many pounds still left in the ground. Thanks David Wiseman I was just using my beeper and samples a few of the stringers will the morter and pestal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Sweet dude! Wish I could have seen that crater you dug out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahorton10 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 2.6 grams from an old patch is pretty darn good, way to go! Good luck chasing the pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-2 Charlie Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I bet you will get extra lucky on these . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommie33 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Awesome last year I did a test hole found a good amount in the test dug up the whole area and maybe ended with 30 more colors lol win some lose some but way to pull it off in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Sweet and I have successfully tagged a few nice pockets in my day. One day maybe a big ol pocket eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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