Thinking outside the box

I've had this Keene RC1 rock crusher for ten years or so but did'ent get to use it

as much as I would have liked due to it's weight ( 80 # ) and it's bulk.

In June of this year I bought a nice 95 Jeep Wrangler and after a lot of thinking

and close looking I figured out a way to mount it with the RC1 so I could get more

use out of it.

I like to prospect with a Geochemical Meter and it requires that rock samples be

ground to _80 mesh. With the RC1 that is no problem, two passes and the job is done.

Now I can stop anywhere I want to check and in minutes I can have a sample ready

to test. So no more lost information of where and when the sample came from and

if I want to check more I can. And no more piles of rocks at home I don't remember

where or why I picked up.

I'am going to have the springs beefed up to be on the safe side. The RC1 is restrained

from any movement and when not in use it can be lifted off and the mount base unbolted

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By slacking off the eye bolts first then taking up most of the slack and then tightning

the eye bolts back up it tightens the lockdown cable just as snug as I want.

On the road I plan on useing a safety chain ( not shown ) to a eye bolt between it and the grill

that will be secured to the front crossmember . This chain will be more for securty at motels

that anything else, also have to make a rain/road dirt cover for it. May be able to use a cover

for a Webber Bar-B-Que or smoker. Still have to check on this.

Having this mounted on the front will ( I hope ) help with traction when the Jeep is loaded

for a trip because it's ass end heavy ( kind of like some of my old girl frends ) and of more

use I may say!

Hi Ted

If testing a sample on the meter was all there was to it I'd be more than glad

to do it how ever it's just not that simple. There is several steps involved before then

that must be done in order for the test to be of any value. First let me say that a test

ran on this meter is more for reconnaissance than anything else.

Not knowing what you want sampled leaves a large blank into how this test would

be of any help to you, but lets assume it's a rock you and you want to know whats in it.

Any and all minerals over time shed IONS into the areas that suround them. These IONS

are then scatered by erosion over an ever increasing size area. The Geochemical meter reads

the IONS in the samples so you can compare the samples and these are ploted on a map.

It will not tell you what mineral those IONS came from but can tell you from where they

came from if you keep track of where you collected your samples. This is a very small quick

and dirty explanation of how it works but hope it will be of help. After you have zero'ed in on

where these IONS came from you can then send them to a lab that can do an analysis of the

minerals in it. This can get very expensive as you may well guess.

An other option is to buy the needed chemicals and test them your self, but that is also very

costly now days and is getting VERY hard to find any company that is willing to sell you the one's

needed, thanks to the homemade drug and bomb makers we are plagued with now day's.

By now you must be wondering why I do any of this with so much involved? Simple, I look and

test only for Gold or Silver and forget all the rest. This is done for several reasons, first is the fact

that the only way anything else I might find would have to be in a large enough deposit that a large

mining company would be interested in it ( not likely !!!! ) second is the time and money involved

to track down any of the minerals of high value other than Gold or Silver due to the area's they

are found in.

I hope your still awake at this point and can more understand that it's not a do all to end all tool

but just one more tool you can use when prospecting. If I can be of anymore help (?) on this subject

please let me hear from you.

I see from your advar that your a dredger. A Geochemical meter can help locate placer deposits also,

both above and below the water.

Replies

Ted Tupitza November 21, 2011 at 10:38pm

Can we send you samples for you to test on the Geochemical Meter????
- XT18000 > Ted Tupitza November 22, 2011 at 8:58am
  
  Hi Ted
  
               If testing a sample on the meter was all there was to it I'd be more than glad
  
  to do it how ever it's just not that simple. There is several steps involved before then
  
  that must be done in order for the test to be of any value. First let me say that a test
  
  ran on this meter is more for reconnaissance than anything else.
  
             Not knowing what you want sampled leaves a large blank into how this test would
  
     be of any help to you, but lets assume it's a rock you and you want to know whats in it.
  
            Any and all minerals over time shed IONS into the areas that suround them. These IONS
  
     are then scatered by erosion over an ever increasing size area. The Geochemical meter reads
  
     the IONS in the samples so you can compare the samples and these are ploted on a map.
  
            It will not tell you what mineral those IONS came from but can tell you from where they
  
     came from if you keep track of where you collected your samples. This is a very small quick
  
     and dirty explanation of how it works but hope it will be of help. After you have zero'ed in on
  
     where these IONS came from you can then send them to a lab that can do an analysis of the
  
     minerals in it. This can get very expensive as you may well guess.
  
            An other option is to buy the needed chemicals and test them your self, but that is also very
  
     costly now days and is getting VERY hard to find any company that is willing to sell you the one's
  
     needed, thanks to the homemade drug and bomb makers we are plagued with now day's.
  
            By now you must be wondering why I do any of this with so much involved? Simple, I look and
  
       test only for Gold or Silver and forget all the rest. This is done for several reasons, first is the fact
  
       that the only way anything else I might find would have to be in a large enough deposit that a large
  
       mining company would be interested in it ( not likely !!!! ) second is the time and money involved
  
       to track down any of the minerals of high value other than Gold or Silver due to the area's they
  
       are found in.
  
      I hope your still awake at this point and can more understand that it's not a do all to end all tool
  
      but just one more tool you can use when prospecting. If I can be of anymore help (?) on this subject
  
      please let me hear from you.
  
      I see from your advar that your a dredger.  A Geochemical meter can help locate placer deposits also,
  
       both above and below the water.
  
                                                                                         XT
Moshe Levine October 18, 2011 at 1:48pm

Nice set up..
Howard Hadsall October 17, 2011 at 4:25pm

Sweet Job mounting it but thats thinking in front of the box unless your backing up !!

NICE JOB !!
- XT18000 > Howard Hadsall October 17, 2011 at 5:06pm
  
  YEP! Thats me always ASS BACKWERDS

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