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12-09-2007, 09:36 PM
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Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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Originally Posted by Xa'at
Sounds like fun... I have to admit the first time I read it I thought it said Cold detecting in Nome. I was going to say, "That shouldn't be too hard"!
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Cold detecting?
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12-10-2007, 01:24 AM
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Mbakara
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: NC, USA
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Originally Posted by RayinAK
Cold detecting?
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You're right, shouldn't be hard at all, just wait until it sneezes once or twice. |
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12-10-2007, 01:33 AM
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80 above in the land of midnight sun!
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Fairbanks Alaska
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yea, but the sniffles are pretty hard to hear burried like they are.
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12-10-2007, 01:48 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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Originally Posted by Arcticthaw
yea, but the sniffles are pretty hard to hear burried like they are.
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hmmmm... sounds like you know about detecting. |
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12-10-2007, 01:52 AM
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"Live with Intention"
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Juneau, AK
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Originally Posted by RayinAK
hmmmm... sounds like you know about detecting.
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I only know what I know... and that ain't a lot. |
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12-10-2007, 02:24 AM
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80 above in the land of midnight sun!
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Fairbanks Alaska
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Well I came across some strange things as I panned a bit when I was young. Still carry the pan in the riverboat. Works well for alternate uses like digging sand and mud, bailing water, emergency skillet... fortunaly I haven't had to use it for much these last few years! It saw some gold years ago up off the Steese hwy, but not enough to get excited about. Just a bunch of us teens out discovering the countryside.
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12-10-2007, 11:46 AM
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Hangin' With King Friday
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The Neighborhood of Make Believe
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I'm planning a pretty narley Alaskan trip next year to include the Chilkoot trail and driving the Golden Circle. I can't wait!! Oh, and a ferry ride here and there.
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12-10-2007, 08:32 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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Originally Posted by Arcticthaw
Well I came across some strange things as I panned a bit when I was young. Still carry the pan in the riverboat. Works well for alternate uses like digging sand and mud, bailing water, emergency skillet... fortunaly I haven't had to use it for much these last few years! It saw some gold years ago up off the Steese hwy, but not enough to get excited about. Just a bunch of us teens out discovering the countryside.
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There is gold up the Steese, but most of the best areas are claimed. I do know a few miners who let me dig around during the summer. I do a little panning, but enjoy detecting the best. But I will tell you something about up the Steese: when the bugs are out they can make the experience unbearable, specially the gnats. |
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12-11-2007, 01:39 PM
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"Live with Intention"
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Juneau, AK
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I went gold panning once. There was a bunch of tourists milling around panning with the dirt the cruise ship people gave them, and me panning with the dirt I found in the creek. Suffice to say they found a lot more gold than I did.  |
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01-30-2008, 11:06 PM
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I live in NC but my heart is in Alaska
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Alaska, where women win the Iditarod and men mush poodles!
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I'd love to be able to follow your route Xa'at.  |
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