So you want to be a gold prospector
But you have Arthritis
6/26/20251 min read


I am just coming off a two week stretch nursing my back, translation is I sat on my ass for two weeks trying not to move. On top of the back I have Arthritis in just about evey joint in my body. By the time that I got around to panning I could barely hold the pan. This is typical for me and settles down after some in home therapy.
The reason that I mention this is there are work arounds for seniors so they can still get off the couch and start an adventure. The new Clean Up Buddie is a good example. I went from painfully panning to sitting on my ass nursing my hand while sipping on a cup of coffee to accomplish the same end result.
You have to fight the depression, power through the pain and it works out for now. Think of the couch as your coffin.
I'll post a video of the clean up, the suds in the water is Dawn because I didn't have JetDry. Itis recommended to use JetDry to breakup the surface tension of the water so the fine gold doesn’t sail down past the riffles and down the drain.
I ran trash a second time just to be sure then dumped the final tailings into my cat litter box for her midnight maneuvers, if she touches my gold pan I'm cutting her off.
