Hey Tim. Thanks for a great site. There are no good places to prospect close to me here in SE Oklahoma. I'm just studying and learning for a trip I'm taking somewhere out west within the next year. I'm not even sure yet where I'm going to go. I think I'm suffering from from information overload due to all the web sites I've been reading and the books I've bought. Thanks again.
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Would it be permissible to post a warning to members about Social Security as some hope to retire and make prospecting a retirement adventure?
I though I was about ready at age 66 but found out that what SS tell you you will receive is not always true. If you retired from government employment, school teacher, state/county.city employee or federal employee you may be in for a real shock!
I retired at age 44 from the US Civil Service as the base I had worked at closed. I had 27 years counting my military having enlisted at age 17. I started paying SS taxes at age 14 as a bus boy, dish washer, grill cook, car hop, service station attendant before going into the USN and after retiring from Civil Service worked public sector jobs paying SS taxes for 28 years. The kick of it is although I paid SS taxes only 17 of those 28 years count! SS says you must have earned a substantial wage during those years for it to count! So in essence they took taxes from a 14 year old with no intention of the individual to see any benefit of it, some call that theft.
Every year the SS sends to a individual (near retirement) a statement as to what they will receive. In my case it stated $1061 a month, it did not say anything about penalties! As a result of having a annuity they penalize me upon my taxable gross of $1,710 a month which has $530 for health care and $216 taken out of it for life insurance leaving about $900 a month! Based upon the gross for the penalty my SS benefit is reduced to $641 a month!
Oh you might say I am complaining you bet! This past Monday 30th of July I set out on mission impossible! Vice President Pence was coming to Newark, Ohio! I said self can I hand deliver him a letter? Dang ya don't know if you don't try, result success! I have not heard from him or his office but I expect too. I was also able to personally shake his had while handing my letter to him!
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The issue is a ongoing thing in congress that goes nowhere. To clear this up Federal, State, City, school teachers pay into their retirement systems much like those that have 401s. When employed in the private sector they pay into SS just like anyone else.
I know a bit off off the topic of Gold Prospecting but dang it the problem effects those that want to go out and prospect in their so called Golden Years.
Here is the letter I handed to him in the attachment.Vice%20Presiden%20Pence.docx
Now the sweet part a old used popup camper trailer converted into a prospectors wagon. Trailer I bought for $100. I striped it bare, wire wheeled it and painted it with a Harbor freight $9 spray gun with Rustoleum. Note
in the photo the rollers to facilitate easy loading and to avoid scuffing of the floats. Not seen in the photos is the three marine grade 12volt DC cigarette lighter style outlets for running a blue bowl, spiral wheel or cell phone charger, The battery is hooked up to the vehicle through the auxiliary connection of a 7 pin trailer plug which is charged in transit by the tow vehicle or a solar panel . The storage chest are military surplus, waterproof that allows for storing of gear. All said and done, pack your cooler, hook and go Gold Prospecting!
I know everyone has their personal preference as to what works best for them, so I won't go there. However does anyone know what the sluice set up was on the old huge dredges used in Alaska in the early 1900s?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/homeowner-gets-surprise-lifetime-finds-12852618
Went on a well deserved vacation. Enjoyed myself immensely, met many friends face to face, made new friends, learned alot about prospecting , even dredged for the first time. Had to hurry and cut short vacation as my puppy I left home , under the care of my daughter, would not come out and eat. The day after I got home I found the puppy dead . She laid down on a piece of vortex matting where she could see out the window and went to sleep. She was a prospecting puppy and my friend till the end. I will miss you Little Bit. Rest in Peace.
As a recreational gold prospector, my friends, family and I spend a great deal of time in the Clear Fork river in the stretch around and below the Cutnaw road bridge between Bellville and Butler, Ohio. I stand in opposition to plans for the Village of Butler water treatment facility as it is proposed. There are plenty of examples of treatment plants built that have failed. It is noteworthy that when spills or over the limit discharges do occur the operators are required to notify the EPA but not the public. Even if a diligent person were to investigate such reports it would be long after people have been exposed to dangerous pathogens before those reports are available to review. I do not trust low bid contractors who may have greased who-knows-who's palm to be awarded a project being undertaken with limited if any public input to build the cheapest type of plant which requires the highest level of maintenance to operate properly.
On any given summer day dozens of people can be found swimming, trout fishing, or otherwise enjoying the river in this area where the owner of the surrounding land has long allowed users to enjoy. It is a scenic area with an unusual geology that attracts thousands of users each summer season, entire families with their children (including mine) frolic in these waters. The proposed plant includes a discharge point into a small stream that feeds just upstream into this section of the river. This small feeder stream is well known to often dry up in the summer which will allow discharges to build up and during the next heavy rain be deposited in a large volume. The discharge mixing zone (where pollutant concentration levels are typically allowed to be much higher than receiving water) is to be located in this popular recreational area and poses a potential health threat to people and wildlife.
The impact report from the application for this plant claims the area where it is to be built is only agriculturally used. Yes, the land they plan to build it is agricultural but the waters that will be affected are recreational. The report also holds that the existing sewage plant cannot be expanded to accommodate a necessary update but that is also not accurate. I am told there was an offer of property near the old facility that was less expensive than the property where this new sewage plant is proposed.
Over the years I have seen an improvement in water quality in this area judging by the steady increase in types and quantity of wildlife I have witnessed. I have regularly spotted mink, an increasing population of trout (in both quantity and individual fish size), myriad water fowl, many species of songbirds and even woke one morning to the sight of a river otter. Even in the unlikely event this particular plant operates at peak efficiency and never has an over the limit discharge during maintenance operations, it will eventually age and fail. Once that happens this stretch of river will be fouled for years after another new facility or upgrade is done.
The local chapter of the GPAA (Gold Prospectors Association of America) to which I belong has been maintaining and improving the habitat of a mile-long stretch in this portion of the river for more than twenty years by removing litter and heavy metals from the water and the surrounding banks. We hold annual events which bring thousands of people to the area each year and support the local community. Should the river become contaminated it will be impossible for us to continue as we have long-enjoyed. The local trout fishing club condones the prospecting club's use of the river and our efforts of conservation. To the majority of surrounding landowners, the families that frequent the area and 30,000 members of the GPAA, even the slight potential to dump raw or partially processed sewage into this section of the river is an unacceptable risk and the planned SBR-type sewage treatment plant in this location should be reconsidered.
The Clear Fork river in this area is subject to wide swings in water volume. The modelling results to determine the possibility of violation of water quality standards (especially during times of low river volume when the dilution factor will be at it's minimum), questions concerning the potential for PH alteration, residual chlorine levels and settling solids and their monitoring requirements (especially for peak discharge rates), spill plans and a description of what will be done in certain situations when a matrix effect is encountered need to be addressed in simple terms to the local public. If aware of the potential health hazards and possible degradation of water quality in this recreational area they would surely also raise their voices in opposition.
The current treatment plant discharges into a section of the river downstream from the proposed location where unusual discharge condition, including bypasses, upsets, and maintenance-related conditions affecting effluent quality will not impact the current use of this upstream section of the river by recreational users. Should the current plant require updating to conform to EPA standards that project should be undertaken as opposed to building this new facility as is proposed.
Let your voice be heard by the trustees who have concocted this sewage plant construction plan and request updates on public hearings and status of the project.
Village of Butler 33 W. Elm St. Butler, Ohio 44822
Jefferson Twp. Trustees P.O. Box 356 Bellville, Ohio 44813
Worthington Twp. Trustees P.O. Box 501 Butler, Ohio 44822
The Bellville Star at lswartzwalder@aimmediamidwest.com
Mansfield News Journal Attn. Gere Goble Asst. Editor 70 W. Fourth St. Mansfield, Ohio 44903
Please keep your letters and emails well thought out, We are not trying to make enemies, just letting them know we oppose having the discharge that close to the families who enjoy the waterway..
Here she is my 2.5" Dredge Highbanker combo. Walk around video https://www.youtube.com/watch? Well it also passed the float test!
So whats the verdict?
"I would like to be in."
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i had to change my channel due to technical difficulties beyond my control . the pirate dredger is now P d
i had 168 subscribers and im fed with folks asking me why my channel was taken down ??
the truth is i tried to help some one !!! , , and it all blew up in my face .by mistake this person told the authorities.in short he tried to destroy my way of life as im retired and gold prospecting has become my way of life . i had cancer and gold prospecting virtually saved my life .he gave my name and the area i deadge in .so for the last 2 months ive been walking on eggshells waiting on the man coming for me and my buddys ,
well i received some great news from the people that matter , and finally i can get back in without getting any further trouble .i've been at this for 2 months .talking to lots of folks and it seems to have worked . however i can no longer show as much of my beautiful country to you guys . we will keep on stealth dredging and my blog is tell folks why my channel has changed .please fell free to tune in to my new channel . cheers and thanks to all my friends for their advice and support on this whole crazy situation . aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I’m looking for suggestions on prospecting hot spots along the way if anyone knows of “must see” spots I would be thankful. Trying to plan a trip to see the sights and camp at neat locations with good gold! Thanks in advance.
thought i would post a couple of links http://nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/topic/25559-nozzle-or-jet/ ;
http://www.akmining.biz/forums/archive/index.php/t-10081765.html
Hi guys!
New here - From Canada.
Off season right now - everything is frozen!
Quick question - I am looking at the Grizzly fluid bed sluice - anyone have any experience with them? Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated - I am thinking of getting one to try out this spring.
Thanks in advance.
RR
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7. Gold can be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high would contain more than 200,000 separate sheets.
6. A single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60 miles long.
5. The largest gold nugget found in the U.S. weighed 195 pounds; it came from California.
4. Gold is so heavy that one cubic foot of it weighs half a ton.
3. A one-ounce gold nugget is more rare to find than a five-carat diamond.
2. All of the gold in the world could be compressed into an 18-yard cube, which is about 1/10 the mass of the Washington Monument.
1. Gold is said to be so rare that the world pours more steel in an hour than it has poured gold since time began.
I am currently the claims officer of the IaGPAA In Iowa there is only private property permissions to be had. I’m currently looking for an interior river permission or lease. I’m always looking for leads on new locations fill free to contact me here.
