TomH Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Ok, guys, gals and kids...grab a drink and enjoy the ride So, it starts out with meeting Arctic Dave and James after much google earth chat.............We are going to go into a spot I found at the outing and poke around. Dave says...Hey! there is a shorter way in there...so I trust him...shorter does NOT mean easier!!!.. We get to a spot where im watching James hang off the side of the Rhino to keep its feet on ground so they can get out of it.. Now its my turn. After sliding down into this gulch in the road 3 times we decide to build a ramp to get my YOTO out of it. Lots of rock and dirt............... After the build, im crawling up with Dave pointing me where to go......my puker facter is at about 50...I look at my tilt meter on the dash and its at 30......NICE...im at the tipping point...but the YOTO is grabbing and I shoot up and out of the mess to find a nice flat spot. James tells me afterwards Dood! your left wheels were coming off the ground....NO CHIT!!!! My balloon knot told me that! Whew... I knew if I did flip I would not go far...just into the bank..but would have to do some sheet metal repair. So,out of that and we are on are way Smooth skooting after that. Get to the area and detect a lot......got lots of old lead and trash , so its a nice area that has not been hunted. After coming down the mountain I wanted to stop at my area I found during the outing. Im not to good at hard rock/vien type stuff so I asked Dave what he thought of a vein I found and if this is what you look for? Heck Yah!!............that is what your looking for he said. So. I took a couple of pieces of it out and took it home. Crushed it up and well............................Lo and behold there was a nice flake in it. Yup....gonna go back and beep it with the monster and dig a little deeper. All in a days worth or fun Tom H. 13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpuisis Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Way to go Tom. Wouldn't it be something if this turns out to be one of those zillion dollar mines that you hear about. Did any one else find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertpilot Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Pretty sweet Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Very nice Tom !! LMAO !! ...some of the language in your description Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Great story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget108 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Great story Tom. Your "Balloon knot" haha jeez. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Cool find and so the Rhino got a workout eh? Hmmmmmmm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Holy chit is right!! You found gold in a vein!! Great story too, thanks Tom! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzNuggetBob Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Very nice story Tom. I appreciate all the details and the jokes. a lot to be learned there too. I get the feeling it wont be long and you'll be hooked on hardrocking. but you do have to dig a little deeper. AzNuggetBob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Great story Tom ... almost lost coffee at the 'balloon knot' ... hard swallow saved the day! Nice little flake ... looks like you may have found something we all dream about. Good luck with the hard rock area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Neat you found gold.... How about a definition of "massive flade " for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 All the other guys found bullets and trash.. Yah, Flade....suppose to be FLAKE..but I couldnt edit after I posted. Tom H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPoint Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Hey Tom, I was a bit confused with your Title until I read your story (experience),........ Quite the day Aaaaaaa !?? Interesting outing. Cool little flake. I have yet to find any gold in any of the rocks that I have crushed over the years.... I guess I wasn't meant to be a hard rock miner. I always carry a Come-along and chains in my pickup just for unexpected situations that may develop like that. I have been stuck (toooooo-many-times) in sand and silt in washes over the years. Gary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Bill Southern said: Cool find and so the Rhino got a workout eh? Hmmmmmmm I know nothing 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 That used to be an eezy peezy trail...till last summers monsoons. You lived to tell the tale, so it wasn't too bad. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy M Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Tom, half of the fun of prospecting is just GETTING THERE. "Gud four u, dood" HH Jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Now that's exciting. I would like to hear about further samples of the ore. I also picture that as a round nugget pounded flat. If that ground is not claimed, may be worth another trip out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NvAuMiner Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I hate those pucker factors . . . but some times that's what it takes to get where ya-wanna be.. congrats!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 How Arctic Dave looked when questioned about his endeavor ! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 That was I was thinkin Frank! Couldn't for the life of me figure out how to spell "nothing" so it sounded German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C... Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Is it possible the flake just fell into a crack of the vein ? reason I say that is because when ever Ive crushed any gold ore there was always some fines with the bigger peices Mike C... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 If there'd been a chunk of coal in the crack of my ass, it'd be a diamond by now... pucker factor for sure... be safe out there!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 46 minutes ago, jjbond said: Nuuuuuzzzeeenk That works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 hours ago, ArcticDave said: That was I was thinkin Frank! Couldn't for the life of me figure out how to spell "nothing" so it sounded German Welll, if it was coming from Schultz on "Hogan's Heros" it would be spelled: nussing, with a soft u.. But if it was coming from a "real" German it would be spelled: nussink, with a soft u.. Dialects -- who knew..? Swamp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 SWAMPSTOPPER AL MOX NIX !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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