I think maybe that I struck gold!!! Most of that shiny pil…
I think maybe that I struck gold!!! Most of that shiny pile is Pyrite I think but there were also some flecks of GOLD!!! Now I want to go back with a pan!! It was a pretty easily accessible spot that’s just up river from our usual river play spot.
I just hope that the old timers who were working it just a little down stream don’t have an active claim.
In a day where the price of gold is only going up, it’s important to remember that gold isn’t all that rare. Sure most of the easy stuff has been scooped up but there is still LOTS of it settled in the sand of our streams.
Yesterday, I wasn’t even planning on trying to assess the stream. I was looking for a seam of quartz I could chip away at…. Looking for nuggets and not flecks.
But really, if there’s enough flecks in there to make panning worth my time then I can’t think of a much better way to spend my time this spring and summer!!
Any one else on here into prospecting for gold?
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What state is that? I'm in the southern Va mtns and plan to go panning for placer gold(etc.) this year. I blame "intro to minerology" in part for this, but my wife and I have been into rocks for decades(more her really. I'm
the tech - what do you call hackers when they're older than Moses?). We've got spent iron mines and deposits, and old quartz all over the place. I've been told there's no gold around here but I've found other minerals so I say there's hope. The big floods(Helene etc.) we've had in recent years really stirred the pot at the river and creeks up the gorge.