Gold: Panning, Prospecting, Treasure Hunting

Oblio

Oblio

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TheBeagle_sl said:
Salmon. I don't think any of the old mining towns around here were for gold but it still gets me thinking.
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There is arivercreek near Salmon named after my family. Apparently 5-6 generations back we were a rich powerful family. The generations somewhere in between my Great Great Great Great Grand Pappy and my Pops pissed it all away.




EDIT: creek not river.
 
iannis

iannis

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If you strike it rich you need to remember that one time that I let you have my spot at Frenzied.

YOU OWE ME.
 
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Picasso3

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That discovery channel show where they run half a mountain through a 9000hp separator and end up with a spoonful of flakes really puts a damper on the scene for me.
 
Adebisi

Adebisi

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Obviously they chose no-gold mountain. You're supposed to go to gold mountain.
 
Lejina

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There probably be money to be made putting sand and rocks in buckets and selling them as stuff you can pan from the comfort of your home.
 
Borzak

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There used to be a show on the outdoor channel, it still may come on. Guys would travel all the way to AK and vacation for a few weeks and rent equipment and such. Work their ass off mining on a site that the organization had rights to (gold panning whatever organization) and when they pooled it all together you could barely see it in a tiny ass container and they would shake it and you would see some "color" float around in the water.

Still remember the annoying ass song gold gold gold fever. I think one time I watched for the entire season (all summer I assume) each particpant got $40 of gold.

The real money looked like it was in selling and renting the equipment they used.
 
Adebisi

Adebisi

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Borzak_sl said:
There used to be a show on the outdoor channel, it still may come on. Guys would travel all the way to AK and vacation for a few weeks and rent equipment and such. Work their ass off mining on a site that the organization had rights to (gold panning whatever organization) and when they pooled it all together you could barely see it in a tiny ass container and they would shake it and you would see some "color" float around in the water.

Still remember the annoying ass song gold gold gold fever. I think one time I watched for the entire season (all summer I assume) each particpant got $40 of gold.

The real money looked like it was in selling and renting the equipment they used.
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This is obviously a conspiracy by Big Gold to keep me out of their gold game.
 
TheBeagle

TheBeagle

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Gonna try to go rock hounding this weekend. A couple guys I work with went poking around an old old opal mine and found a few sweet fire opals. I am in the Gem State, might as well give it a shot.

Pics of an old silver/gold/lead mine I found a few weeks ago hiking and a mining claim that was in a glass jar at the summit a thousand feet above the mine shaft.
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TheBeagle

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That's not mine dude, fuck. I was taking the picture. Also we just scrambled about 1000' feet up the north face of a 10,000' mountain. Fuck.
 
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