Felix Paydirt

My wonderful parents got me a Felix Paydirt, 2 pound bag of dirt. They have purchased dirt from him in the past, and were pleased with the quality. Though His prices have skyrocketed my wonderful parents still bought me a bag, and I too can see why they used to buy from him. The dirt itself was easy to pan through and had lots of gold within it. I worked on the bag for about 45 minutes sifting out all the big rocks from the dirt and ran across a nice size picker.

I have not weighed the piece yet but it feels heavy. So I found a couple other pieces that aren't as big but still nice. Then I started going through the smaller material and found lots of flakes. Here is everything I found within the bag (minus the 1905 penny)

Start of 2012

Though I havent posted like I said I would, I did do some fishing in 2010 and 2011. The year 2010 was a decent year of fishing. I did quite a bit if fishing along the main river and the local community park. I noticed lots of fish were released into the park. this is the year that the two pole permits were released to the public. i has lots of fun being able to use this feature. caught lots of rainbow trout.

Now last year, in 2011, fishing wasn't the top of my list. I did get into a new hobby. GOLD PROSPECTING. Yup. I somehow got Gold Fever. Nearly killed me. until i was going through some of the dirt we had stored in our back yard from several years ago when we were all able to go south and collect dirt from a gold bearing creek. the buckets were starting to fall apart. so I decide to dig out the good ol gold pan and pan through the dirt. To my surprise there was gold hidden in the buckets.

My buddy did get me to go fishing at one of his fishing spots. I was able to get my pontoon out and float around. we caught lots of big mouth bass. but other than that I haven't done much but work. I was able to find a job closer to home, with full time hours. Here, that is a feat in itself.

So, I am turning Zonkers Fishing Blog into not just a fishing Blog, but an Outdoors Blog. So Welcome 2012, and may you be a great year!