El Dorado 965 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Heading to Libby, Montana for some much needed nozzle time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clay 1,093 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Looks like your Foretravel is about ready to launch. I see you have the 40 foot model with the JATO. How does your jeep tow behind the Grand Villa when it's airborne? Enjoy your journey El D the weather is beautiful there right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeoJack 839 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Good luck Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Tom 1,123 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Have a great time Bro and drive safely. Show us some yeller when you get back. Old Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,201 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Have a great time Steve, hope you get lots of yellar, do some videos or a bunch of photos, since most of us forgot what it looks like to dredge for gold, we would like to see it again!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,244 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Lucky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
matt 188 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hope you have a grand time Steve. Hope you will post about your adventure if possible while you are there. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Have a great trip & good hunting, El D..! Swamp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Was a fantastic trip. Montana is flat out Amazing. Came back with a bit of gold and a nice pile of Montana Sapphires. The place we dredged was not that far from the water source, a glacier and the water was 38 degrees. After three days, the old 70 year old body just could not deal with that temp anymore. If we go again, a wet suit heater should fix that. Glacier National Park is friggin beyond description. Montana people are friendly beyond description and they made the trip even better. Our favorite town was Philipsburg where we screened for sapphires. Wallet got a bit lighter but we found more than 300 carats, some in the 2 1/2 to 3 carat range I did leave some to be heat treated and cut. I hope to end up with 6-8 carats of near perfect blue stones. I still have not uploaded the pics to the computer. We saw many animals, both in and out of the parks. I did not get to see a Moose, but Dee did on a run to town for supplies. Even got to see a small herd of Mountain Goats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,244 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Sounds like a excellent trip, glad you could get some dredging in to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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