Gilaoro 319 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 15 hours ago, TomH said: It was June 17th 2011....I have pictures to prove it! Tom H. TOM H. Thank you very much for including the picture ! It's my wife Polly and I believe it's in Monarch Wash.As I have posted I lost all my pictures and everything else in a house fire in 2013. Since I have got back on the forum (thanks to Skip) I have found a way to recover some of my pic"s from my posts. If you are anyone reading this has pictures of me please send them in a post or by email. Thanks, Max 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,880 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 One more for you! Tom H. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 319 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Thanks for the additional Pic, in the first one I thought it was my wife, I had her hat on that day apparently. I have lost some weight though! Now if I could just remember if we found any gold ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 866 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Max--Here's a pic you sent me years ago. I'm sure you recognize it. Edited April 8, 2020 by chrisski 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 319 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 34 minutes ago, chrisski said: Max--Here's a pic you sent me years ago. I'm sure you recognize it. Chrisski, Thanks so much for that one , I have a poor printer copy of it so I am very grateful to get a good copy. That was our find in the summer of 2010 at Charlotte Creek at Grimes Pass Idaho. 28 + OZ I believe , Did I ever tell you the story behind it? 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,880 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Gilaoro said: Thanks for the additional Pic, in the first one I thought it was my wife, I had her hat on that day apparently. I have lost some weight though! Now if I could just remember if we found any gold ! I didnt. I was VERY new to detecting. Tom H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,760 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Gilaoro said: Chrisski, Thanks so much for that one , I have a poor printer copy of it so I am very grateful to get a good copy. That was our find in the summer of 2010 at Charlotte Creek at Grimes Pass Idaho. 28 + OZ I believe , Did I ever tell you the story behind it? What's the name of those claims around Idaho City that you had permission to use until they were sold? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 866 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Gilaoro said: Chrisski, Thanks so much for that one , I have a poor printer copy of it so I am very grateful to get a good copy. That was our find in the summer of 2010 at Charlotte Creek at Grimes Pass Idaho. 28 + OZ I believe , Did I ever tell you the story behind it? Only a little about it being found on some hard pack with a lot of work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 319 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I guess I will have to write the story and email it to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 866 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I would appreciate hearing the story. I’ve only made it out prospecting once this year. I do miss it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 319 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Morlock said: What's the name of those claims around Idaho City that you had permission to use until they were sold? MorLock, They were not claims they were patented property and had been in the owners family for 120+ years . I met the owner on a forum and he mentioned that he was not a miner and just used the nice log cabin for a weekend retreat from his full time business. We talked about how he could get some income from them without some big company involved. I told him he should set up a pay to dig operation. So he told me to set it up. So I got a gold mining pardner and we waited for the snow to melt and the roads to dry. Actually I don't remember the exact acreage but it consisted of a mill site and a large portion of the creek and at the very top of a Mt the original mine , most of the mill the original house was still standing , other houses where in ruins , ore bins were still filled. It was not the easiest place to get to but the mill site was on a main road was on a mail route and passed through many old time town and patented gold mines. a very historic area. But you had to wait until June to get there. I will write the whole two years story one of these days and send you an email , I will tell you this the second year we were better set up an I begged someone to come to be assistant caretakers and help , finally at the last minute a couple who had a Motor home and a back hoe said they would come . After I got there they did not show up so I sent them a email and they replied that they were taking a position at a LDMA camp for the summer. When I got back to Morristown I was in Wickenburg at the prospecting shop showing my gold when they came in. When his wife saw the gold and I told him we would have gotten 3 or 4 times that amount 28+OZ and that the 4 other people in on that dig got as much or more and we didn't have to share it either. The place had been sold and we had 5 days to get what we could and that was in the middle of a raging forest fire with slurry bombers flying over our heads and we were under evacuation orders but the roads out were blocked even the main highway was being escort only for 40 miles! Well she about broke down and I could see a divorce in their future. It was a glory hole while it lasted with even dozer operators and water truck drivers were stopping and borrowing pans and shovels until they started getting fired! The dozers opening a road to the top of the mountain uncovered it but if I had of had a backhoe I would have found it much earlier. BTW The owner got 5 Million in cash for the property the company that bought it had found a huge High grade Molly deposit on top of the Mt. and wanted to open pit it. If they do 5 mil won't won't even be a drop in the bucket. Hundreds of prospectors had mined in that creek and parts of it had huge boulder piles that Big dredges had left. This deposit was in a bench 20 or so feet above the creek and was confined to an area of approx 50'x30 'and just under the grass roots. It was an exciting adventure , among the top 3 in my life. 2 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Furness 1,522 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 23 hours ago, Gilaoro said: I guess I will have to write the story and email it to you. Max for our entertainment I am sure I am not the only one who would like to read a good tale! Post it in the prospector's lounge if you feel it is appropriate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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