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by Jim_Alaska
Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Remote Prospecting?
Replies: 891
Views: 277405

Re: Remote Prospecting?

All great information Chuck. I constantly have people asking about going to Alaska to prospect or mine. I most always try too discourage it simply because people that do not live in Alaska, or have never been there will inevitably run into the " you can't get there from here" factor. They have no id...
by Jim_Alaska
Fri Jun 16, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Remote Prospecting?
Replies: 891
Views: 277405

Re: Remote Prospecting?

Nice story Chuck, thanks for posting it. You hadn't posted for a while and I thought you must-have gone to Alaska for the summer. Are you going this year?
by Jim_Alaska
Fri May 26, 2023 4:33 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Curious - Maybe Pickle Juice As a Variant
Replies: 4
Views: 1090

Re: Curious - Maybe Pickle Juice As a Variant

Looks like a viable option if you have hardrock.
by Jim_Alaska
Thu May 11, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Breakup at Chicken
Replies: 9
Views: 2121

Re: Breakup at Chicken

A great opportunity for pictures Dick, thanks for posting them.
by Jim_Alaska
Wed May 10, 2023 4:17 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Breakup at Chicken
Replies: 9
Views: 2121

Re: Breakup at Chicken

Yup. it looks like the breakup I remember. Thanks for posting those pics Dick. Hope you have a great summer, wish I was there to see your operation, but never made it even when I lived there, so no chance now. :mrgreen:
by Jim_Alaska
Mon May 08, 2023 6:12 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Spring 2023
Replies: 6
Views: 1662

Re: Spring 2023

I've done the same, only not for traction. I have used wood stove ashes, which also attract the sun's heat and melt through ice nicely.. They serve well as a low (no) cost ice melting agent.
by Jim_Alaska
Mon May 01, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: Metal Detecting Forum
Topic: Prospecting Middle Fork!
Replies: 1
Views: 1061

Re: Prospecting Middle Fork!

Yes, there are a few potential problems, I have encountered just about all of them. :oops: :lol:
by Jim_Alaska
Mon May 01, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Remote Prospecting?
Replies: 891
Views: 277405

Re: Remote Prospecting?

Chuck, your post on Oxbows reminded me of my time in Alaska, at a time when I didn't know much about gold or recovery. Where I was on the East Fork, there were a lot of old Oxbows, but I never even thought about dredging in them for gold. It was only after the fact, like now, that I remember back to...
by Jim_Alaska
Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:25 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Gold Spot
Replies: 26
Views: 3579

Re: Gold Spot

And then there are nuggets and specimens, which should never be sold at "spot."