Hi Ian
Managed almost two hours at the river before I had to head back. I dropped my mother in law off and my youngest daughter. Missed lunch so I could make the most of my time, though I did pick up a pie from the garage on the wat through. Weather looked a bit dodgy so that was my excuse not to take Alex with me to the river.
The sieve and bowl worked a treat. I only scratch out small amounts at a time and when I worked a big crevice, I like to keep what I did out separate so I can tell how good a particular spot was. The photo I had in the last post shows where I worked. Managed to clear most of it out but generally founf that the bottom of the crevice was quite concave in section so was not a good gold catchment area. Flecks of gold only and managed to graze my knuckles as well. But, the sieve cut down how much work I had to do with the pan.
So I achieved what I wanted to achieve, I got to the river, my cheap little classifier worked, found some gold and got to talk to a kayaker as well. On the way home, stopped off for a coffee at a animal farm cafe where my daughter got to feed deer, goats, pigs etc. So she had a good time. A long day though, getting up at 5 am for the dawn service then to Murchison and back. Early to bed that night. Oh well, wait for the next chance to get to Murchison.
Dave
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