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Post by riverrat on Jul 24, 2017 14:22:48 GMT -5
Hello all.
rowan Co. guy here.
Ran into savage yesterday while prospecting in uwharrie yesterday.
Got the bug back in the 90s built a high banker but soon sold it.
and became busy at other things.
This year met a partner in prospecting at Mountain creek and
constructed a rocker box and my second high banker. So far collected
Little over a gram form creeks and a couple from pay dirt and picker bags.
Biggest take from creeks this year. A flake big enough if you worked at it and
was careful. You could pick it up.
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Post by Savage on Jul 25, 2017 5:41:07 GMT -5
It was nice meeting you. I am ready to get out and do some panning. Get in touch with me this weekend.
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Post by chris67 on Jul 28, 2017 15:00:43 GMT -5
howdy all, I'm chris and live in Fayetteville. love to spend time outdoors and the uwharres are truly a beautiful place. I am like 2 hours door to door to troy. I have been out twice so far, first time very hot and humid and did some looking around. stopped at the bridge on 109 and walked down to boat launch, well canoe launch. then went over where OPHIR rd (spell) is closed and dug a little around the bridge. found it to be dug for bridge and never found any black sand much less color(s), just backfill. last time I was on moccasin creek just before it flows into the uwharre. I found a campsite with a blue tarp hanging and didn't want to intrude on another's space so I followed the current a few hundred feet to where there was almost no flow and a ton of slate stacked up. dig around in it and classified down do about 1/4 inch. took home a full 12" pan and spaghetti strained to tiny rocks and dirt. I have been panning it out slowly and see plenty of fragmented white rock (quartz??) but have yet to see anything golden. I am open to meeting up and learning from someone who'd like company. I would be willing to do lots of digging and work with someone who has experience to pay for my education. I am gainfully employed but have dreams of buying a claim out west and taking off a month next summer to try and work it
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Post by riverrat on Jul 29, 2017 7:58:24 GMT -5
Hi chris
We will have to get together.
Usually make a visit to the forest once a week.
Haven't hit a real honey hole.
Flake here and there. Small stuff in another place that's been heavily worked.
At current have been prospecting Mc clains creek. Haven't found a place heavily worked as of yet. Flower fly spects so far.
I got good information on where not to go. I've been there.
I shouldn't say that. I went on a new new creek once. Got some nice flakes. Went back to where I thought was same spot. Nothing. Got lucky first time. The next time nothing. Kind of new at it myself also. Nothing like panning up a good size flake after lookilooking at fly specs last fifteen pans.
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Post by uregold on Jul 31, 2017 11:51:00 GMT -5
welcome to the group. yeah uwharrie has been hit super hard but theres still decent gold in there. mcleans and moccasin are good creeks. they get hit hard but if you find the right spot you can do well. at the moment im looking for arrowheads until winter gets here then ill get back in the creeks. not much water during the summer unless youre in a bigger creek like moccasin or mcleans. good luck and find the big stuff.
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