tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63400663365839552582024-03-12T23:34:59.209-04:00PaystreakTV gold blogHello everyone. I am prospector Chris. Welcome to my PaystreakTV blog. I intend to post my PaystreakTV videos and blog about my experiences as I prospect for gold in Ohio. Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-55469240036626111292013-05-20T19:20:00.000-04:002016-05-09T20:06:28.920-04:00Pictures of Ohio gold Jobe 1.5 dredge videos<a href="http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref24014513">
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Here are some pictures of the gold I prospected the last few times out with the dredge. I have to say that the Jobe 1.5 I bought is definitely getting me more gold. On the flip side of that. Mining is still a lot of work. Even with a suction nozzle. I am keeping the sand to gravel consistency a little better. As the result I have less hose clogs. I also fashioned a pebble extractor out of some clothes hanger for when the pebbles get stuck in my orifice. I used it quite a bit when we were out on the river and it works well. All I need now is the energy and the gumption to start getting out there early on the weekends and dredging the heck out of my spots. Ok so I am done rambling for now. Enjoy these two latest episodes of PaystreakTV and understand that you can not hold me responsible for the mediocre content within them.Thanks for looking, reading and watching.<br />
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Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-69935716182038846562013-05-09T11:13:00.002-04:002016-03-17T12:19:15.843-04:00Prospecting for gold in Ohio with MrTimSunday morning I got a Youtube message from a prospector friend of mine wondering if I was going to hit the river. It was a nice day so I answered back that I was indeed going to hit it. Tim made the short drive north and we panned and dredged the shady bridge spot for a bit. We both managed to coax a few small flakes out of the unforgiving Ohio pay dirt and that's not an easy task so we will call it a success. Here is the video from that day. Hope you enjoy!
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Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-65615269230096192312013-05-07T21:12:00.000-04:002016-03-17T16:30:20.705-04:00Learning to use Jobe 1.5 inch gold dredgeAs you can see from my previous video blogging I broke down and bought a dredge kit. It is the Jobe 1.5 inch dredge with a 2.5 hp pump. I had to get the pump and dredge separate because the pumps were back ordered. Thank goodness for Ebay and thank goodness there were a few pumps floating around out there. The dredge came with all the hoses and fittings and even the suction nozzle.The whole outfit ran about 675 dollars shipping included on the pump but not the sluice. In the videos I am going to post today you get to see me trying to figure out how to run the dredge correctly.<br />
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I am pretty comfortable with getting the sluice part of it set right. I just watch to see what my material is doing and adjust the angle or pump flow accordingly. The tricky part is maintaining the right proportions of gravel sand and water when using the suction nozzle. If the slurry you are pumping up your hose gets to thick the rocks will clog you up. If it is to thin your not efficiently moving material so its kind of a double whammy. I decided to just deal with the clogs head on. I found that a short 1/2 inch piece of pvc pipe works well for nozzle clogs. Rocks work well for hose clogs. The hose is clear so you are actually able to see where the show stopper is. Take a rock and beat the clog to death. Header box clogs are dealt with by using the same pvc pipe and ramming it through the factory installed plug hole in the front. Unfortunately clogs are the problems you acquire when you give up digging and classifying so you just have to deal with it and try to watch the material you are running.<br />
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So what do you do when you loose suction and can't find a clog? When it happened to me I looked down inside my suction nozzle with the pump off and saw that a nickle sized rock was lodged in the vent hole where the high pressure water shoots out. I have been meaning to bring a coat hanger with me to get those but for now I have been using a stick with a hook end. That nickle sized rock issue also caused me problems one day when I was trying to prime the pump. In other words the pump wont prime with a pebble in the suction nozzles orifice<br />
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In a nutshell. If you can deal with the clogs dredging for gold is great fun. Here in Ohio it will take me about 200 years to pay for the dredge with gold so I admit that it may be a bit of overkill but around here it's more about the hunt than the haul and I like shiny toys. Enjoy the videos!<br />
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<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-67007714609863452082013-04-29T11:00:00.002-04:002016-03-17T12:59:26.974-04:00PaystreakTV gold mining! Start of season 3I am embarrassed to say that my blogging abilities mirror my mining abilities. I dropped the ball on my gold show reviews. Basically I fell behind and never caught back up again. In other words I bit off more than I could chew. It happens. Blogging is sometimes as hard as prospecting and I apologize for not keeping up. I am however going to turn things around this season .I bought a new toy for my mining escapades this year. I purchased a Jobe 1.5 inch suction dredge and sluice. I made a video about it so here it is. Thanks for watching and putting up with my tardiness. It's going to be a great season!<br />
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Here is the assembly of my new dredge.
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I hope everyone had a good holiday. Mine was just swell except for the blizzard. This is kind of an odd week for the PaystreakTV blog. Jungle gold is over and this weeks episode of Gold rush Alaska looks to be one of those behind the scenes special shows. I guess it's cool if you like to see that kind of stuff. I am just being honest when I tell you I am not one of those people. I don't really care how they record the show I am just happy they do. Hopefully they get back to business next week so I will have something to review. On a brighter note the winter solstice (aka doomsday) was December 21 and the earth did not blow up or get hit or get galacticly aligned with a black hole. The jury is still out on the polar shift but if it does happen I am kind of hoping Ohio will get a little closer to the equator. At least now we can start to see the sun a bit longer each day . I can't wait for spring. I don't know about you all but I am ready to prospect.<br />
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Knox and Naz are my gold guarding dogs. I can't figure out why but when they get out in the snow they never want to come back inside. I think they would be content to stay out all day and guard the yard from all the neighborhood cats and rogue ninja birds. I wish I could leave them out but the problem is when I say they guard the yard what I really mean is they can bark for hours. I try to be considerate of the neighbors.<br />
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<br />Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-13096116872595642222012-12-18T22:14:00.001-05:002012-12-18T22:26:35.895-05:00Gold rush Alaska 12/14/2012 review and thoughts. Updated gold tally<br />
I am sorry for not posting my review this last weekend. With the tragedy in Connecticut still stinging in my brain I didn't feel much like writing. I focused on my family instead. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost their loved ones. I have nothing else to say about this except, if you haven't already, hug your kids.<br />
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I am going to start this weeks review at the Big nugget mine. Parker Schnabel finished his new access road to Smith creek. After running a bit of material he came up empty. Parker got some advice from Tony Beets. Tony is a well known and knowledgeable miner and a big supporter of the drill first mine later method. He told Parker to drill and that's what he did. Now I was under the impression that Parker worked all winter getting Smith creek cut down to gravel. My impression was incorrect much to my dismay and much to Parker's dismay his first test hole went to like eighty feet before he hit bedrock. Not sure what he is going to do now. I would like to see a few more holes drilled before throwing the towel in on Smith creek. I guess we will wait and see but this is some rotten luck.<br />
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Across the river at Porcupine creek the Dakota boys are in the glory hole again and it's still producing gold. They should really send Jack Hoffman a fruit basket or something as a thank you for digging it so deep for them in season 1. Fred found a hole within the glory hole. He tested the gravel and found a lot of color in it. With the test dirt looking good the Hurt's went to town. They ended up pulling out 18.7 ounces of gold when they cleaned up. That's around thirty grand if you turn the gold into green so no more nickle and dime stuff for them I hope.<br />
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Last but not least the Hoffman crews. Todd's turbo trommel is turning out to be just a regular old trommel and it doesn't run very well. I don't know why they even call it a turbo. I can run dirt faster with my mini sluice. He tried half speed but the motor is still undersized so it still overheats. Todd had to shut it down by the end of the show and have team Turrin wipe his butt for him again. After two big weeks Indian river was in tweak mode. Adjusting, modifying, and doing maintenance so needless to say they were not running at the time. With Todd failing to produce any gold Indian river had to buck up, get their wash plant back online and get the last seven ounces. They pulled it off and then some with clean up weighing in at 21 ounces. All I have to say is it's a good thing Dave Turrin didn't fall for that turbo trommel trick in the beginning of the season. What do you think about the show or gold prospecting in general? Comments are always welcome below. If you like reading my blog pass it on and don't forget to subscribe or follow. Thanks for the visit.<br />
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Gold rush Alaska gold tally<br />
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Hoffman Indian river<br />
115 oz= $185,000<br />
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The Big Nugget<br />
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Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-31869643243517157082012-12-11T16:27:00.000-05:002016-03-17T16:32:17.169-04:00PaystreakTV season 2 gold prospecting finaleI am sad to say that PaystreakTV season 2 is over. The cold wet Ohio winter has begun. I put together a montage of some of my favorite times over the last two seasons. I wish to thank all the viewers for viewing and all the subscribers for subscribing. You all have been great and I had a lot of fun doing the show. Watch for season 3 this spring on Youtube. We are in desperate need of some equipment repair and some rest. After that I think I want to figure out and build some kind of a dredge. Maybe I will do that in my shop and record some videos to get us all through the next 4 months. Anyways here is my PaystreakTV season 2 finale. Enjoy! Special thanks to www.soundjay.com for the royalty free music!
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Across the river at the Porcupine creek claim the Dakota boys have finally decided to drain the glory hole. The material they had been running was producing small amounts of gold but Dustin convinced his dad that they were running out of time. They had just got their pump running when disaster nearly struck. MSHA decided to do a supprise visit. I understand that regulators like MSHA do an important job keeping people safe in a potentially dangerous work places. They also have the stroke to shut you down if they want. I figured after last seasons experience with MSHA Fred most likely had all of his paperwork in order this time. They made out good with only one citation for a broken window in the excavator. They should be running glory hole gravel soon so I am excited to finally see that.</div>
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We end this weeks review with the Hoffman's. Todd has managed to get his turbo trommel installed. The initial run didn't go so well though. The crew at Quartz creek soon found the trommel to be a bit slow. Their material was building up in the drum and they started to smoke a motor. The turbo trommel creator Ray Brosseuk said he didn't like the horse power of the motor. Am I wrong in thinking that as the machine builder YOU are responsible for for sizing your motors correctly. All I have to say is Quartz creek is a disaster so it it's a good thing Indian river is saving their butts. Indian river is the only claim to show some gold this time. Dave Turrin and co pulled out a whopping 63.4 ounces of gold out of the ground. Add that to the 30 they got last week and they are only 7 ounces away from the investor requirement. That's a bit over $100,000 in their last clean out. Nice job Indian river. Well that's all I got. Comments are welcome below. Don't forget to follow or subscribe and thanks for reading my blog.</div>
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Gold rush Alaska gold tally<br />
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Hoffman Indian river<br />
94.27 oz= $151,500<br />
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The Big Nugget<br />
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Up north in the Klondike Todd has finally taken possession of his turbo trommel. It is not installed and running yet but it is there and that's a big deal. I am curious as all heck to see that thing run. It's time to make fun of Dave Turrin now. Last week was pretty much a bust for Indian river. We all can agree that he was not deep enough yet. This week he gave it another shot digging another 2 or so feet. They ran all that material but at cleanout time their mining expert was away on business. Here comes some drama. Watching these guys stand there scratching their heads and try to figure out how to finish cleaning out their sluice box dumbfounded me. This is season 3 right? How many years does it take to learn this? They must have figured it out because at the end they had 30 ounces of gold. So finally some significant gold from Indian river. Nice to see that.<br />
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Back down south at Porcupine creek Parker is finishing up the Emerson trench paystreak he leased from Earl Foster. His plan is to get 50 ounces in a week and take that money to build a new access road to Smith creek. He ran his wash plant harder than it has ever been run before. He did manage to blow out a bearing but I can say from experience those are easy to fix. At the end of the week Parker Schnabel is the man- kid with a cool 55 ounce clean up. Nice job Parker and crew. Hurry up and get back to Smith creek now. Thanks for reading and don't forget to follow or subscribe if you enjoy my blog.<br />
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Gold rush Alaska gold tally<br />
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The Big Nugget<br />
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The picture to the right is all of my operation. I try to travel as light as possible. Fewer trips to the truck.<br />
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<br />Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-8693523983591098112012-12-02T12:24:00.002-05:002012-12-07T21:56:33.293-05:00Jungle gold 11/23/2012 review and thoughts I am in the same predicament a lot of you are in right now. Jungle gold makes me want to scream at the tv like I do for a bad football game. But it is a show about gold and if you are a prospector you are almost compelled to watch. This week I am not going to blog a lot about the show drama because I hate it. They lost their main investor but managed a cash influx from another one who was willing to risk a bit more. The ramosa claim still is not producing and its day to day operations been taken over by Singh and Chandler inc. I hope I spelled his name right. Scott and George cashed out the minimal amount of gold they had paid some bills and started sneaking around looking for yet another claim to run this time with out Singh and Chandler inc. At the end of the show this week with Scott in the states trying to find money George was prospecting a new spot. They dug the deepest test hole I have ever seen and still did not reach gravel. Over on the open side of the pit some villagers had set up camp and were mining. George did not go incredible hulk this time. Instead he went down and watched them. With their wooden sluice boards and a half a dozen people they pulled more gold out in six hours than George and Scott could get all day running a trommel. I think after seeing that I would have hired me a bunch of the villagers to mine for me. The Jungle gold guys are so far in the red I see no point in doing a gold tally for them. So we will end the post here. Thanks for reading. I know it is painful. Don't forget to subscribe and or follow my blog. As always comments are encouraged and welcome.Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-23867943630168008552012-12-02T11:43:00.001-05:002012-12-02T16:41:49.778-05:00Gold rush Alaska 11/23/2012 review and thoughts Real quick I have some PaystreakTV news I need to get out of the way. I am sad to say that my season 2 of PaystreakTV has pretty much ended. I am in the process of editing a special moment montage video for a finale. That will be uploaded this week so watch for it on my Bliptv and Youtube channels. I will probably post it here as well. Season 3 of PaystreakTV will start when spring returns to Ohio. Thanks for all the support every one and for watching my show. I had almost 17000 views in five months so I couldn't be happier.<br />
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Now for the review and thoughts for Gold rush Alaska episode 11/23/2012. I know I am a week behind but to be honest I record the gold shows on my DRV and it takes me a week to watch and re-watch them and then decide what I want to say about them. The reason I take my time is simple. I don't want to post a bunch of garbage. I want to post entertaining original gold content. That being said we will start with The Big Nugget this week. Parker is building bridges so no gold for him this week. He did manage to get it finished even with the squabbles within his crew. I am so tired of the drama and I hope Parker gets back to business next week.<br />
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Todd Hoffman had just returned from Canada. He was getting his turbo trommel back on schedule. It looks like it is finally going to get on the truck. Okay here we go again with more drama. The investors rep showed up with an ultimatum. The mines need to produce 100 ounces in the next month or they pull the plug. To add to the drama Indian river with the only running wash plant had its first clean out and it was less than an ounce. I am not sure if Dave Turrin's wash plant isn't tuned right or if the top layers of pay gravel are just lighter colored and the bigger stuff is deeper. I guess we hope to find out in this next episode.<br />
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The Dakota boys had a mechanical problem with their excavator. A tensioner bracket for the track busted all to heck. I was pretty impressed with Fred Hurts metal fabrication skills. To build from scratch a part you need out in the middle of nowhere is something else so nice job Fred. I think your son was suprised too.<br />
The dirt they have been moving is top layer stuff from the other side of the Porcupine creek claim. Dustin was crying a bit because he thought it was crap dirt and they were wasting time. He ate humble pie later when the cleanup was 1.5 ounces. Yes Dustin you are the construction worker your dad is the miner.<br />
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I need to take some Tylenol and get ready to do the Jungle gold review so in the meantime don't forget to follow or subscribe to my blog. I love reading your comments so feel free to tell us what you think. Just keep things on topic and PG-13.<br />
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Gold rush Alaska gold tally<br />
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The Big Nugget<br />
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.89 oz= about $1500Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-24608773594450103012012-11-26T21:05:00.001-05:002012-11-26T21:05:05.806-05:00Jungle gold 11/16/2012 review and thoughts Well you've got to hand it to Scott and George. They are consistent. They move a whole lot of dirt for an embarrassingly small amount of gold. Things are not going well for these guys just as we predicted early on in these posts. Their claim is not producing anything worth digging and their equipment is failing. Their mechanic got sent home to save some money. He was the wrong kind of mechanic anyhow. They need to find a good bush mechanic to even have a chance out there in the jungle. Gear heads from the United states like the one George and Scott brought in are used to finding the stuff they need on Ebay and what not. I know this because I am one of those gear heads. The culture shock is to great. Speaking of culture shock. If you watched this episode you got to see the village witch doctor sacrifice a goat or something to help George and Scott with their bad ju ju. I hate to say it but they should have probably used something bigger because their luck isn't changing. This is going to be a short post as I have found that watching Jungle gold and then blogging about it makes my head hurt.<div>
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Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-50060721866166210512012-11-26T20:13:00.001-05:002012-11-27T20:44:26.108-05:00Gold rush Alaska 11/16/2012 review and thoughts They called this episode of Gold rush Alaska the battle of the bridge. It is my opinion that in order to keep things interesting they introduce drama into the show weekly. Now I understand what Discovery channel is trying to do but to be honest I don't want to see made up reality television. The drama I am interested in is created when these guys try to dodge the many pit falls of mining and then getting to see the gold at the end.Moving on then. I don't have a whole lot to say about the Parker Schnabel Dakota Fred bridge fight. Parker needs money for payroll. He had a contract to replace the bridge to Porcupine creek for X amount of dollars. Fred is lucky Parkers dad made his son give them access. All I know is neither of them were running paydirt so I am not interested in Dustin and Parkers spat or Fred playing with his knife. Give me a break.<br />
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The Hoffman drama continues as well. Dave Turrin and crew are muscling through their first cut but one of the bulldozers went down so they had to put on the night shift to finish it. Not much more to say about Indian river. looks like they will be mining next week. Todd on the other hand is still dead in the water. He went east into Canada to where his turbo trommel is being built to try to hurry things along. Todd should have made this trip weeks ago but I don't think it would have made a difference. He did bring one of his mechanics to help so that was a little smart I guess. I know from personal experience as a maintenance man at my own shop that when you have a machine built from scratch it ALWAYS takes longer than projected. An eight week lead time on a machine that size is ridiculously short. I'm not sure it can even be done. So that's it. No gold. A lot of useless drama. Hope the next episode is better than this one.<br />
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What do you think? Comments are welcome below. Please subscribe/follow and feel free to pass along my PaystreakTV gold blog link <a href="http://paystreaktv.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://paystreaktv.blogspot.com/</a> to any one who enjoys this kind of stuff. Thanks for reading. Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-43271621604721809882012-11-16T20:24:00.000-05:002012-12-02T10:22:54.824-05:00Gold rush Alaska 11/9/2012 review and thoughts I am finding that keeping up with the blog is a lot harder than I anticipated. Hats off to bloggers who do this for a living. I am a bit behind on my "Gold rush Alaska" reviews. With winter looming here in Ohio my PaystreakTV youtube channel will be tapering off giving me the extra time I need to do things here. I am going to prospect this weekend. It's supposed to be nice but that can change pretty quick here. This very well could be the last time I get out for the season. I am kind of bummed about that. Hurry up spring!<br />
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Enough of that. I had plenty of time to think about my review for the last Gold rush Alaska which aired 11/9/2012 so here's my take. The Hoffmans have solved all of their land issues with the help of Greg Mcneil, the land owner at quartz creek. Dave Turrin got his was plant up and running on Indian river. They had to weld a few spots up to fix some vibration problems but other than that it looks like a real honey. The quartz creek claim is having some problems now. Todd is still waiting for his "turbo trommel" which is still weeks out. Then they found a bit of gold in the tailings. Todd shut the operation down and proceeded to rip out old blue. I have two issues with this. First. An inefficient wash plant still finds more gold than NO wash plant. Second. Don't these guys have the mining expert of their payroll? I would think you would have him at least look at the plant before throwing in the towel and dragging it out of there. Todd Hoffman you amaze me every week.<br />
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Over at Porcupine creek the Dakota boys are getting started. Fred bought another loader and brought in some help. Well sort of. He hired a woman and a guy. The guy as it turned out had a back injury that he was taking pain killers for. He was fired soon after that came to light. We will talk about the woman operator later on as we get to know her better. Not much dirt moving going on but the Hurts did get their de-rocker working. We will see what happens to them next week.<br />
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At the Big nugget mine Parker is mining! He hit a speed bump with some trust issues. He suspects some gold came up missing. It's a hard pill to swallow when you realize for the first time in your life that dishonest people are everywhere and you have to be aware of them. I bet he does not leave any more pans of gold laying around. Parker had an awesome clean out after his first week of running the upgraded wash plant. I was very happy for him. I like that kid. What do you think? Comments are welcome below. Don't forget to follow or subscribe.Thanks for reading. Only one gold tally so far so here it is..<br />
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Real quick while I'm blogging. Here is a picture of my prospectors coat rack. I would like to think the guy up on the hill is wishing he had one. In reality he is probably wondering if I lost my mind.<br />
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Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-38949036952496803332012-11-14T20:02:00.005-05:002012-11-14T20:05:32.650-05:00Jungle gold reviews and thoughts 11/2/2012, 11/9/2012I decided to smash my reviews of the last two episodes of Jungle gold into this one post. you have to believe me when I say that blogging about this show is almost as painful as watching it. That being said here we go.<br />
On the 11/2/2012 episode Scott and George go to see if they can get their trommel. Guess what. It's surrounded by water. They drop the last of their investors money on a new one. I posed the question in the last Jungle gold review. If your in a country that has a rainy season. Why are you mining during it? This episode just proved my point. Moving on now. It seems that the land owner of the claim they are on now did not let everyone in their family know about the land deal he had struck with Scott and George. A domestic dispute with the machete wielding brother in law comes soon after. Now I can understand wanting to protect your security guy but putting the skinny native dude into the death crippler flying chicken wing hold was probably not the best decision. Important safety tip coming up........DON"T MAKE ENEMIES IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. They did do one thing right though. They got a maintenance man out there. Now if they where smart they would have had one there from the get go but whatever.<br />
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Now for the 11/9/2012 episode. It's really more of the same. The investor is getting impatient,they are having logistics and mechanical problems and to top it off they have to sleep in the Jungle now to protect their equipment because off all the friends they have made in Ghana so far. They ran a bit of dirt now and got like five grams or something like that. That struck me as funny. If they wanted those kind of clean outs they could have just come here to Ohio to mine. The other thing I wanted to touch on in this episode was the logistics problems. They have to haul all of their fuel in to their claim. To do that they have to trespass on a Chinese claim a little bit. Now that's all good but you can't turn around and beat your chest like a gorilla when they wander on to yours. Those Chinese miners were sending a pretty clear message as far as I am concerned and Scott and George need to start paying attention before they get killed out there. My suggestion to them........Make friends with your Chinese neighbors and do it quick. Okay that's all I can stand. Comments are appreciated below. Don't forget to follow or subscribe. The Gold rush Alaska 11/9/2012 episode review is coming soon. Thanks for reading<br />
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Hurricane Sandy put a literal damper on my gold prospecting escapades over the last week. I do however have some pics of the gold I found right before it blew through. Sorry about the focus. Ohio gold is very small and my camera has a hard time focusing on it.<br />
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Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-27402073777687640162012-11-07T20:11:00.001-05:002012-11-07T20:25:56.890-05:00Gold rush Alaska review 11/2/2012 The wrong claim So it looks like the miners are ready. Their equipment runs and they are all good to go but it looks like the Hoffman crew at quartz creek are the only ones moving dirt. The Indian river claim is having some issues right now though. Right off the bat Dave and Todd noticed drill hole markers. I know that it is easy to pick things apart sitting in my comfy office in Ohio but I am thinking that I definitely would have gotten the claim owner Greg Mcneil on the phone to figure that out. Instead they decide to pay a lot of money to drill their test holes and figure out the other stuff later. That came back to bite them when they found out that they were drilling on the wrong claim. Dave Turrin most likely entered the gps coordinates wrong. Todd said he didn't want to look like idiots this year. Sorry Todd there is always next season though. On the bright side, at least you didn't start mining it. New test holes on the right claim yielded lack luster results so they are in a pickle now. I don't know why they didn't show what was happening at Quartz creek this episode but oh well.<br />
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Down at Porcupine creek there are flooding problems for both Parker Schnable and the Dakota boys. Parker worked all winter getting Smith creek dug down and now that the years record snow is melting it is making access to Smith creek dangerous. I am glad he listened to his grandpa about this when he voiced his concern. It was a valuable life lesson. Lucky for Parker he has good neighbors. Earl Foster is one of them. He owns some claims right next to the Big Nugget and he agreed to lease one to Parker. Now at least he can run dirt until Smith creek dries out a bit.<br />
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The Dakota boys are not faring as well. Could it be karma from the electrical panel thing? Fred went on a helicopter ride with a geo survey dude. After seeing the snow pack up the valley he realized that they can't drain the glory hole with out risking the whole operation and their lives. They are going to try to get at it from the other end for now so we will see how that works out for them. I want to see what's at the bottom more than ever now. What is your take on the show? Feel free to comment below. If you enjoy my blog please subscribe,follow or back link to me. Thanks for reading.<br />
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<br />Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-54142665458036375072012-11-05T17:48:00.000-05:002012-11-05T17:48:51.366-05:00Jungle gold review 10/26/12 episode Jungle gold is about two guys from Utah. George Wright and Scott Lomu used to make a living in the housing market. When the bottom dropped out they where out of work. Now they are in Ghana Africa during a modern day gold rush and making a show about it. From what I have seen so far they are going to have a rough time. First off I have to say this. You are in a country that <b>has</b> a rainy season. Why would you mine <b>during</b> the rainy season? Duh.. I don't get it and that just seems really stupid to me. Flooding will be an ongoing problem for them. Another serious problem they had right away was with their claim. They had paid to lease a claim and arrived to find armed Chinese miners all over it. When they went to the village chief to complain they got a "there's nothing we can do". They managed to get another claim lined up and got their excavator to the only high ground on it. After all that the wives are needing money so George and Scott do a back alley gold deal. This seems really dangerous. Large amounts of money are involved. There is always a chance you will get robbed or worse. Ghana is indeed in the middle of a modern day gold rush but it's a third world country so there is a bit of lawlessness going on. Anyhow they buy low and sell high and make just under a grand. To tell you the truth I'd like to see a show about the back alley gold deals. It is to early to tell whether or not I like the show but I will say the first episode was a bit painful to watch. What's your opinion on the Jungle gold show? Comments are welcome. Thanks for reading. don't forget to follow or subscribe. Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-87250200221504358862012-11-01T18:52:00.002-04:002012-11-02T09:27:07.380-04:00Gold rush Alaska season 3. Million dollar season review 10/26/2012 We are back to blog our brains out about the gold shows. The first episode of "Gold rush Alaska" season 3 is in the books so here is my review and my thoughts on it. I guess we will start with the Hoffman operation since they are the biggest. They actually got to their claim early this year which amazed me for a second. That was a short lived amazement however due to the fact that the "Turbo trommel" Todd was having built was behind schedule and still two weeks out. They did have the back up this time. Jim Thurber breathed life into old blue. The gremlin filled wash plant from last season. Someone correct me if I am wrong but I think the rookie who took the high pressure hose ride was Logan Pierce. Being a maintenance man at a machine shop I know for a fact that flipping hoses hurt but they are funny as well. I am sorry to say that I was laughing.<br />
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The Dakota boys showed up at Porcupine creek to find themselves buried in snow. Fred asks for help from the Big nugget and young Parker Schnabel goes above and beyond plowing their drive and helping jump start their equipment. I'm curious to find out what is at the bottom of Jack's glory hole so we will have to keep watching to find out I guess.<br />
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The big nugget mine got a face lift this season or should we call it a trommel lift. Parker replaced all of his supports and re-leveled his wash plant. He also installed longer sluice boxes and upgraded the power. This should triple the amount of dirt they can process. I hope he can get it dialed in. I know from experience at my shop when you modify equipment new bugs always show up. I wish him luck with that.<br />
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There is no gold tally yet but the Hoffman crew is on the board with what I am guessing to be few grams. It is hard to tell when it's laying in the pan. Feel free to comment below and don't forget to follow or subscribe to my feed. Thanks for reading. See you next time. Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-80545430120944404872012-10-30T19:09:00.002-04:002012-11-01T15:58:34.632-04:00Gold rush Alaska do or die episode review You will have to excuse my tardiness on the reviews. I had a lot of gold shows to watch on my DVR. So I think we will start off with the "Gold rush Alaska" do or die episode. They showed some of the off season action as all of the miners get ready for season 3. Back this year are the Hoffman crew, Young Parker Schnable, Dakota Fred and his son Dustin.<br />
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The drama at the Hoffmans operation this year involves Dave Turin going to mine a second hoffman claim his way for a change. He's going with a shaker wash plant with big sluice boxes. Todd has been sold on an untested turbo trommel with a wee small 18 inch sluice. Dave was against it. I agree with Dave on that one. Kind of a no brainer. To mine the two claims this year there is some new people starting for the Hoffman crew. Some family members. Some gear heads and electrical guys. We will talk more about the new guys later on after we know more about them.<br />
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Parker worked the Big nugget mine through the winter. He has been digging the Smith creek area of his grandfathers claim to get close to pay dirt. His test pans are not looking spectacular however. I hope he gets it worked out.<br />
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Finally the Dakota boys Fred and Dustin Hurt. They all most did not do the show this year. Fred did not like being portrayed as the evil claim jumper last season. In Fred's defense I have to say he is just doing business. That's all. If the Hoffmans were doing their business correctly they would have paid their lease on time and they would not have lost Porcupine creek. Fred saw an opportunity and he jumped on it. I bet most of us would do the same if we were in his shoes.<br />
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Ok so that's the warm up. Check back, follow or subscribe because I will have my take on the first episode of "Gold rush Alaska season 3" posted soon. I will also be reviewing the new show "Jungle gold" as well. That one is crazy. Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-71026511107688272602012-10-29T12:28:00.001-04:002012-11-02T12:01:56.127-04:00Haines Alaska Tour Guide: I am following John & Parker Schnabel on Gold Rush Season 3 I found this blog when out interwebbing. It is pretty interesting.<br />
<a href="http://hainesalaskatourguide.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-am-following-john-parker-schnabel-on.html">Haines Alaska Tour Guide: I am following John & Parker Schnabel on Gold Rush Season 3 </a>Prospector Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383153469741702220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340066336583955258.post-49121239114564184972012-10-25T22:04:00.000-04:002016-03-17T16:34:29.876-04:00Testing my shop built mini sluice. Finding goldFall is starting to put a damper on my prospecting escapades. I can no longer get on the river after work as the sun is setting to early. At least I still have my weekends to prospect for gold and make videos so I am thankful for that. In my last post I showed the mini sluice being built. It was time to test it. The weekend after the build we managed to get to the river. We had to leave half way through the day to go to a peewee football game but I made it back after. The mini sluice ran surprisingly well considering it was made of a bunch of scrap junk we had laying around the shop. By the end of the day we had a bunch of small flakes and a very pleased prospector. Enjoy the video!<br />
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Special thanks to http://www.soundjay.com/ for the royalty free music!<br />
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Just a quick reminder. Gold rush Alaska and Jungle gold are starting new seasons this Friday. The jungle gold show looks interesting. They say someone hits the mother load this season in Alaska. I hope it's young Parker. Anyways I will post my reviews, commentaries and tallies shortly after I get a chance to watch. I am getting excited!
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