Dakota Slim Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Was anyone up there? How many nuggets? Any big ones? Any photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bunk Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 As far as i know, no nuggets were found on the pushes yesterday. I did not attend today.Bunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted November 26, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Hello Dakota Slim, About 40 members showed up there Saturday morning, most left after a couple hours of not finding anything. Leaverite and I hit it hard for a few hours on the pushes, then checked out some other spots. When I returned, Elly stated not a single nugget was found. Leaverite and I went back up for another hour and had the pushes to ourselves. However, we still didn't score a single nugget! Friend went up today and heard no nuggets have been found. Take care,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cop614 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 RALPH CALLED ABOUT 10;30 AM SUN SAID SOMEONE HAD JUST FOUND A NUGGET ON THE PUSHES ONLY ONE I KNOW ABOUTRALPH SAID IT WAS A SMALL ONELATER AND GOOD HUNTING TO ALLJIM W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted November 26, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Hello Jim, Good to hear from you. The Desert Special pushes don't seem to be very productive. Desert Special Claim 1 is down on bedrock now. The Desert Special Claim 2 holds good potential at much deeper depths. Desert Special 2 is in the alluvial fan coming from the Turkey Foot, but the claim is a bit to the right of the fan. Good to hear someone found at least a small nugget. Thanks for the update,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cop614 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 HI ROB AND ALLRRALPH JUST CALL SAID LITTLE DAVE FOUND TWO HOLLYWOOD FOUND ONE CHUCK FOUND ONE ALL FOUND ON THE NEW 24K PUSH THAT OPENED SAT SOUNDS LIKE ITS STARTING TO PAY OFFGOOD LUCK TO ALL AND GOOD HUNTINGWISH I WAS THERE TO HUNT AND SEE YA ALLJIM WADDILL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted December 1, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Hello Jim, Well it's great some more nuggets were found. A few guys have called and were a bit discouraged about the recent pushes. Knowing Rich Hill and the Alluvial they are pushing in, you will have good and bad zones or layers. Elly mentioned they had the smaller dozer doing the pushes, so I don't think the smaller dozer was capable of getting down very deep. Hollywood recently purchased a new GPX-4000, so that must be his second nugget found with the new detector. Congrats to Hollywood! A few other new GPX-4000 owners have joined the club, so wishing them the best of luck out there also. Take care,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted December 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Jim, how are you liking the cold MO winter? Rob, I just made a post about the 24K on Bill's forum. I think you are right in that the lower Desert Special push has some great potential. Almost every push has been worthwhile. Some have obviously been better than others and I think that will continue to be the case. Very little was found on #4, for example, until all of a sudden several ounces were found. I got almost 2.5 ounces off that push this spring. The bottom line is there are very few places one can hope to find large nuggets and Rich Hill is right up there in that category. I have no doubt there are 100's if not 1,000's of ounces left on that hill but it willtake a lot of digging or a dozer to get at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted December 1, 2007 Admin Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Hello Slim, Yep, there is great potential for a big nugget find, so I believe this is why most keep joining back up. Rich Hill in general was noted for very big gold nuggets ranging from smaller nuggets to many pounds in size. The Devil's Nest was one of several very rich areas on the Mountain. The famous Potato Patch drains down into the Devil Nest Claims. You make a statement about "false bedrock." Not sure what claim you are referring to, but push 5 is down on bedrock and has been for several pushes. The blue-green colored bedrock is Schist, which is Metamorphic and is decomposed bedrock. Desert Special claim 1 is also down on the same type of bedrock. This push has been unproductive, but Desert Special 2 hold good potential if you can get much deeper in the alluvial channel. There are a few spots in the other pushes that have touched a bit of bedrock, but still can be pushed down deeper for more nuggets. Last push there were more complaints about very little gold being found. It's normal to have a bad push or two, but if the pushes continue to produce very little, many will not re-join and the new memberships will start to drastically drop off. Personally, I would like to see a few of the pushes closed and one or two new ones opened up in different spots. Talk with you later,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cop614 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 HI DAKOTA SLIMMY 2100 WILL NOT GO VERY DEEP THUR ALL THIS ICE AND SNOWMISSOURI WINTER WEATHER SUCK BIG TIMEGOOD LUCK ON YOUR GOLD HUNTINGLATERJIM WADDILL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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