Mrs. Golddog informed me about a week ago that she was tired of all those little specks I was bringing home and she wanted to go get her own gold. Well, that sounded fine to me since Kchacha was busy this weekend and I don't need much of an excuse to head to Ohio for a little dredging. Saturday rolled around and we got on the road at a leisurely 0945 - not quite the 0700 Kchacha and I hit it with but we're heading in the right direction. After stopping for a pecan pie to keep up relations with the property owner we're making good time up I-71 in the soon to be mine Excursion. We managed to fit the 3" Keene in the back by folding down the second seat so we didn't need the trailer this time. According to the trip computer we're averaging 18 mpg and I'm real happy about that!
Here's a shot of Mrs. Golddog waiting for me to get her dredge together.
We get everything unloaded and in the creek by 1:30 and Mrs. Golddog takes to the nozzle like shes been doing it all her life. I guess she learned something from all those Gold Fever shows I made her watch! While she's sucking up her first specks of gold I check out downstream for a better spot and discover a break in the bedrock across the creek perpendicular to the flow - textbook hot spot! I convinced Mrs. Golddog to stop and move the dredge downstream and check out this spot. Well, not before we have a front mat cleanup so she can see her first specks of gold. Low and behold she had two of those little specks like I had been bringing home! She was ready for more!
We got situated and started working the cut up next to the shore on the inside bend. It was slow going the way the material and rocks were packed in. We worked about 2.5 hours to get about a 2' deep by 2' wide hole. We knocked off about 4:30 and decided to do a front mat cleanup and woo hoo!!! look at those flakes!!! We had never had such a good cleanup. We definitely found where some of that yeller metal gold was hiding - along with metal and heavy metal.
Here's the metal!
Here's the metal!
Here's the heavy metal!
and here's the yellow metal!!!
Needless to say, we had a great time and Mrs. Golddog is already advising me of her needs for future trips. For example, no more pb&j or bologna sandwiches - she wants hot dogs and iced tea. Also, I need to have proper restroom facilities, a shower and a bed. Boy, Kchacha ain't that particular. I've seen him go three days without a shower, never complain about my sandwiches and always have a can of beans handy just in case. I don't expect he'll be losing his spot in the gold camp anytime soon - especially since it sounds like I'll be staying at the Holiday Inn if Mrs. Golddog is along!
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