Digger Bob
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Again, it pays to keep your eyes open and try just about anything and anywhere. Those pesky little nuggets can be hiding where you would least expect them.
Last weekend I went up to an area I had hunted many times before but had only found a few. I mainly went to get out in the mountains and fresh air. Looking for gold was really an afterthought.
While riding my quad up the road between two of the main diggings, I noticed that the winter runoff had badly rutted the road, in places digging it down to bedrock. Hmmm, I thought... I wonder...
So, I get out all my gear just to see how much trash has accumulated in the roadbed over the last 100 years washing down this hillside. And of course, I was not disapointed. The roadbed itself was filled with nails, wire, nuts and bolts. However, the ruts were not that bad. About the third target that I actually dug from the bottom of the rut was imbedded into that nice light brown clay. And as soon as I felt it hit the palm of my hand, I had a good feeling about it. Sure enough, it was a nice 1.7 dwter.
I hunted those ruts all the way up and down the road for the next 2 days and didn't find another, just more trash. But, I had to dig them all because you never know how much runoff will disturb things and move them where they shouldn't be.
Digger Bob
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Last weekend I went up to an area I had hunted many times before but had only found a few. I mainly went to get out in the mountains and fresh air. Looking for gold was really an afterthought.
While riding my quad up the road between two of the main diggings, I noticed that the winter runoff had badly rutted the road, in places digging it down to bedrock. Hmmm, I thought... I wonder...
So, I get out all my gear just to see how much trash has accumulated in the roadbed over the last 100 years washing down this hillside. And of course, I was not disapointed. The roadbed itself was filled with nails, wire, nuts and bolts. However, the ruts were not that bad. About the third target that I actually dug from the bottom of the rut was imbedded into that nice light brown clay. And as soon as I felt it hit the palm of my hand, I had a good feeling about it. Sure enough, it was a nice 1.7 dwter.
I hunted those ruts all the way up and down the road for the next 2 days and didn't find another, just more trash. But, I had to dig them all because you never know how much runoff will disturb things and move them where they shouldn't be.
Digger Bob
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