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Metal Detecting for Gold
Crevicing tools and the sdc
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<blockquote data-quote="user 1769" data-source="post: 164615" data-attributes="member: 1769"><p>It all depends on what your particular rock or creek is like, I suppose. I use the Ebay picks to get reachable stuff out of cracks, and there are some sections of creek that I detect which have loose, cracked, vertically-oriented slate, which has been busted apart by every prospector since the 1870s. I have rarely gone for a day without needing to pry slabs apart. Every flood that comes through erodes the bedrock a bit more, and produces a whole new set of crevices. There is clay, gold and shot at the bottom of hundreds of small cracks maybe 2-3 mm across. They are rarely detectable, as the pieces are often buried a foot down in the tiny cracks.</p><p>By the sound of what you're describing ("holding onto the good stuff year after year") your situation is very different to mine. I can never find the same cracks year after year, often not even trip to trip, if there's been a flood. </p><p>I don't see also how busting a reef would be a final option. I'd detect all the reachable gold and then start to try and recover any targets in the reef by any means I'm allowed.</p><p>Did you take a look at the Ebay picks? They're cheap and very handy, at least I've found them so.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 1769, post: 164615, member: 1769"] It all depends on what your particular rock or creek is like, I suppose. I use the Ebay picks to get reachable stuff out of cracks, and there are some sections of creek that I detect which have loose, cracked, vertically-oriented slate, which has been busted apart by every prospector since the 1870s. I have rarely gone for a day without needing to pry slabs apart. Every flood that comes through erodes the bedrock a bit more, and produces a whole new set of crevices. There is clay, gold and shot at the bottom of hundreds of small cracks maybe 2-3 mm across. They are rarely detectable, as the pieces are often buried a foot down in the tiny cracks. By the sound of what you're describing ("holding onto the good stuff year after year") your situation is very different to mine. I can never find the same cracks year after year, often not even trip to trip, if there's been a flood. I don't see also how busting a reef would be a final option. I'd detect all the reachable gold and then start to try and recover any targets in the reef by any means I'm allowed. Did you take a look at the Ebay picks? They're cheap and very handy, at least I've found them so. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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