With failed plans of a drywashing session due to a deluge of rain in the Golden Triangle this week we decided to hit one of MJB's Secret locations with the highbanker.
Well when i got there of course there was no water in the creek... getting a little worried i drove up a bit further to find a small pool of water just enough maybe to recirculate for a while.
After pulling all my gear out of the truck MJB rocked up and told me there was water further up stream so we moved up a bit to a ripper spot which had enough water for a settling pond and clean pickup on recirc.
Teemore rocked up just after wed turned the pump on for the first time, I'd never seen Teemore swing a shovel so I was a little impressed when he jumped straight in and both him and MJB where at it non stop. I spent most of my time moving rocks and bucketing water back into the pickup pond so i cant say I dug as hard as the boys did but the rewards were there, its nice gold real fine stuff very much like Eldorado.
I reckon we may have moved the pump 6 times before we worked out a way to push the water up creek.... yep we were all pretty impressed that wed defied gravity and used the pressure of the pump to push water upwards which kept the water at the highbanker pretty clean.
All in all it was a great spot and a great day out with some great blokes i know well be back at this spot rain hail or shine...
Well when i got there of course there was no water in the creek... getting a little worried i drove up a bit further to find a small pool of water just enough maybe to recirculate for a while.
After pulling all my gear out of the truck MJB rocked up and told me there was water further up stream so we moved up a bit to a ripper spot which had enough water for a settling pond and clean pickup on recirc.
Teemore rocked up just after wed turned the pump on for the first time, I'd never seen Teemore swing a shovel so I was a little impressed when he jumped straight in and both him and MJB where at it non stop. I spent most of my time moving rocks and bucketing water back into the pickup pond so i cant say I dug as hard as the boys did but the rewards were there, its nice gold real fine stuff very much like Eldorado.
I reckon we may have moved the pump 6 times before we worked out a way to push the water up creek.... yep we were all pretty impressed that wed defied gravity and used the pressure of the pump to push water upwards which kept the water at the highbanker pretty clean.
All in all it was a great spot and a great day out with some great blokes i know well be back at this spot rain hail or shine...
