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At last, was able to get out to the placer deposits to find a few pieces.

All the best,

Lanny

P.S. Thanks for the help in posting Jim.

Jim, to post a picture, do I have to have it hosted somewhere?

All the best,

Lanny

Jim, I really enjoyed your story of getting some gold from the hydraulic pit, nicely done, and thanks for sharing a post with a lot of good information on retrieving hard to get gold. I have a story somewhere about pinnacles of hard rock in an abandoned placer cut, so I'll see if I can locate it. Al...

Nice eye-candy Jim, and thanks for posting the pics.

Good to see someone else that harvested some bedrock gold, and from an old hydraulic working as well.

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny

Bedrock Tips, Part 3 To add some last comments, if the bedrock is dry, get a good sledge hammer and hit the bedrock to see if any puffs of dust rise up in little fountains of fine particles. This signals a hidden crack or crevice somewhere in the bedrock. One of the wonders of bedrock is that a cra...

Bedrock Tips, Part 2 If you’re lucky enough to detect truly virgin bedrock, you'll need to carefully analyze the suggested answers to your questions (Part 1), plus you'll need to pay close attention to what the detector is telling you about the temperature of the rock you're hunting as well as that...

All good information Lanny, thanks for posting it. I have never had the opportunity to work virgin bedrock, but would like to. Unfortunately I am afraid my physical condition won't allow it any more. I guess I'll have to leave it up to you to provide me with all the glorious details. Jim, I wish we...

Bedrock Tips, Part 1 How many of you have had the chance to work virgin bedrock? By virgin, I mean bedrock exposed by modern mining, bedrock not seen since the dinosaurs ruled the earth or perhaps even earlier. Furthermore, a chance to detect bedrock like this is a rare one as it needs previous, sp...

Sniping Black Bedrock (Taken from my notes, summer of 1997) Prospecting has been a hobby of mine for many years. My son and I spent the past two summers working with some large-scale placer miners (we help them, they help us) on their claims in the far Boreal forests. Two summers ago, I located an ...

As always, many thanks for your kind words Jim. Wish I could have had a chance to chase the gold with you, but I'm glad I got to meet you online, and you sure do a great job with your forum as well.

All the best,

Lanny