Magnificent brand new trommel u have there bud. Are you feeding it with a backhoe or an endloader? That operation must go through a lot of fuel!
I have always loved prospecting. It is indeed soul freeing - right up until the brown shirt with the gun comes along and informs you that you are doing something wrong.
The largest rig I ever used was a 3 inch dredge/high banker. Always paid for the trip or a little better. Always a blast and the most fun you could have for the dollar.
One day very soon when the central banks crash the economy and push the world into the largest depression mankind has ever seen, there will be tens of thousands of us out there mining for real money "gold". That paper shit in your pocket is worth nothing. It will reach it's intrinsic value of zero all too soon people!

Here is the secret to finding more gold!
Look up ;)