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Crevicing tools and the sdc
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<blockquote data-quote="SCROUNGER" data-source="post: 164504" data-attributes="member: 4820"><p>Thanks mfdes. The problem isn't so much breaking up the reef itself, i can do that with my pick, mostly by breaking it away with leverage. Its that the reef is vertically jagged and the gold keeps dropping further down into crevices if i break it away. If i break the reef (which is shale like) up and i clear the gold away from the reef area itself then i can detect it in the soil with the sdc as i normally would which is fine.</p><p>The real problem area is hard, smoothish bedrock near the reef proper, which doesn't break away unless given a real bashing, this area has numerous smooth, small ledges and narrow depressions that the gold and dirt just sit in, and it's these that are the biggest problem because if i hit them with the pick everything goes flying everywhere, it's like concrete.</p><p>I might do what Wal suggested and buy one or two of those brick joint rakes and file one end to a point so i can place it into the narrow depressions and sweep the soil/gold out with some sort of brush or other tool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SCROUNGER, post: 164504, member: 4820"] Thanks mfdes. The problem isn't so much breaking up the reef itself, i can do that with my pick, mostly by breaking it away with leverage. Its that the reef is vertically jagged and the gold keeps dropping further down into crevices if i break it away. If i break the reef (which is shale like) up and i clear the gold away from the reef area itself then i can detect it in the soil with the sdc as i normally would which is fine. The real problem area is hard, smoothish bedrock near the reef proper, which doesn't break away unless given a real bashing, this area has numerous smooth, small ledges and narrow depressions that the gold and dirt just sit in, and it's these that are the biggest problem because if i hit them with the pick everything goes flying everywhere, it's like concrete. I might do what Wal suggested and buy one or two of those brick joint rakes and file one end to a point so i can place it into the narrow depressions and sweep the soil/gold out with some sort of brush or other tool. [/QUOTE]
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