Back yard Prospecting

[Southfork]

Not saying I wouldn't tuck it away in the bottom of my pack for sure! Nice find, the kind of story that makes people go out and buy metal detectors.

I have a picture of my son when he walked into the kitchen with that in his hand. It was winter and he had on rain gear, and we had a fire going in the cook stove great memories.

 

[Shark]

Not saying I wouldn't tuck it away in the bottom of my pack for sure! Nice find, the kind of story that makes people go out and buy metal detectors.

Or just stock up a fresh supply of batteries.

 

[Southfork]

A piece of quartz float I picked up near the barn that looked interesting. I busted it up with a single jack and ran though the jaw crusher and washed the crush. The fines off the crush contain some gold dust I still have the crushed material to run through the chain mill. The chain mill had problems hole in the screen and bolts coming loose sounded like end of days for the mill. Repaired with parts on hand and ordered new parts to hold the screen down. Not all lost look what was hiding under the damaged parts it will pay for the new parts. Happy Mining

 

[goldshark]

A piece of quartz float I picked up near the barn that looked interesting. I busted it up with a single jack and ran though the jaw crusher and washed the crush. The fines off the crush contain some gold dust I still have the crushed material to run through the chain mill. The chain mill had problems hole in the screen and bolts coming loose sounded like end of days for the mill. Repaired with parts on hand and ordered new parts to hold the screen down. Not all lost look what was hiding under the damaged parts it will pay for the new parts. Happy Mining

A piece of quartz float I picked up near the barn that looked interesting. I busted it up with a single jack and ran though the jaw crusher and washed the crush. The fines off the crush contain some gold dust I still have the crushed material to run through the chain mill. The chain mill had problems hole in the screen and bolts coming loose sounded like end of days for the mill. Repaired with parts on hand and ordered new parts to hold the screen down. Not all lost look what was hiding under the damaged parts it will pay for the new parts. Happy Mining

Just hoping you get so much Au, that you are brushing your teeth with the stuff.

 

[Southfork]

Just hoping you get so much Au, that you are brushing your teeth with the stuff.

I just keep prospecting taking small samples a high percentage contain small amounts of free gold. I have piles of quartz ore, and my son makes piles for me to test. Takes me all day to process a five-gallon pail my crushing machines are electric so are most of my recovery equipment We have solar so a cheap way to prosses and little propane to finish the job.

 

[Southfork]

This rock specimen weighed 1 - 1/2 pounds total from our property. All went through the jaw crusher and chain mill then panned with a little jet dry. The Gold from specks to dust with white sands and a little black sand. The sun was out, and I just had to know just a small bit of color all the way from the edge of the pan to the white sands, this part of the hill wasn't mined. I picked this piece of quartz up while burning brush and tossed into the fire to see what changes would occur. Might have released a little gold from the oxidized areas and arsenical pyrites there was visible pyrites on the edge of specimen. That's my prospecting for the day the heat of the fire made the sample easier to powder up.

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