MANY THANKS TO CASPER WYOMING CHAPTER RICK MESSINA FOR TAKING

Last Post 10 Jul 2015 05:50 PM by Benjamin Crain

MANY THANKS TO CASPER WYOMING CHAPTER RICK MESSINA FOR TAKING THIS OHIO GREENHORN GOLD PROSPECTING

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Mike Fulper

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10 Jul 2015 03:07 PM
As a new GPPA member from ohio.. Mike Fulper I called out to Casper Wyoming chapter... Rick Messina and asked him if I came from Ohio to Wyoming could he take me out to the Big Horn Mts and pan for gold.... He said no problem..... I got out there. called him and he and his buddy George took me 80 miles back into the Mts. to a SECRET site and said ANYWHERE I DIG I WILL GET GOLD.....!! He was right.. this is the TRUTH.. !! I spent about 30 minutes picking and shoveling around at spots I thought might be good... 30 minutes..... and I got about ONE FULL 5 gallon bucket of dirt and stones.. We classified it down and used a High Banker sluice thing...? Im new you see... and FINALLY... im ready to PAN some of this mud..... and in my first SWISHING AROUND... a piece of gold jumped out !! What Rick says would be a PICKER.... meaning we could actually PICK IT OUT. HA. I got 2 PICKERS and lots of SMALL pcs of GOLD....!!!!!!!!!! Now this was 30 minutes.... .one bucket of dirt...... and FIRST EVER PANNING Even RICK AND GEORGE were impressed.. with what was found.... Rick panned out some smaller pcs also... I felt bad as my pile of dirt and panning got more gold then him.... Great guys and they KNOW .. where the GOLD IS .. in Wyoming.... Hats off to Casper Wyoming Chapter.. Rick Messina.... I will be going back NEXT SUMMER ALSO..... Really made our trip out west very exciting....... Now to pan in OHIO...... Thanks, Mike Fulper --

ARTHUR WAUGH

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10 Jul 2015 03:32 PM
Congrats on finding the good stuff. You will find the members are that way more times than not everywhere. Some of the best friends you will ever make or run across. BTW, might edit your original post and delete your member number, just for security's sake.

Benjamin Crain

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10 Jul 2015 05:50 PM
Yes congrats, it's what we all look for. I have found a area that is full of gold, but getting it out is another problem. I found two areas in gold rich streams that have formed land where the river used to run. The trees have to be close to 100 years old so that tells me they were there prior to the last time the area was mined. These two areas are incredible placer deposits so I am asking myself what will it take to dig these to bedrock? These two sites are not for small scale mining, they are for large scale. I have found that gold is a funny thing making it the most valuable metal on earth, sometime it's where you think it is and sometimes it is not, gold is where you find it. Congrats on your find, we all need good days in the field.

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