Happy Saturday everyone! Since it's the weekend I'm going to be talking about prospecting for gold and share one the the nice little nuggets I have found over the years. What I love about prospecting for gold is that sometimes you get really lucky and walk away with a lot of gold. Then there are other days where you don't find much, but it's still great to get outdoors and enjoy the mountains or the deserts.
This nice little nugget I found while metal detecting the banks of a river in Ventura County, California. It was a really slow day at first mainly finding lots of old cans and nails. I finally got a decent hit on the detector and found this at the edge of the river. It weighs just about 2 grams and is a pretty little nugget. I also found a few other really small nuggets in the area and panned the river close by and found some fine gold dust as well. It was a pretty good day! It seem like I walked away with about 4 grams of gold in total.
California has been inundated with rain over the last week, which is great new for us prospectors. It means more gold is being washed down into the rivers for us to find come spring or summer. This year could be a lot of fun!
Now one fellow in Tuolumne County, California found this little nugget while panning for gold in 2016. Just imagine 559 grams of gold! His day was much better than mine I can tell you that for sure!
That's what makes prospecting and panning so much fun, you never know when you might hit the jackpot! Once you have gold fever it's tough to rid of it. There is literally gold, silver, and lost treasures everywhere around the world, and you have to do is to look and get really lucky!
The best way to start is to find a local prospecting group. They are always helpful in helping you to know what you need to get started and will likely let you tag a long to some promising locations. Just make sure to stay safe out there, no treasure is worth dying for. I hope I'm inspiring some of you to get out and try your luck looking for gold or lost treasures, it's a lot of fun!
If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thanks for taking the time to stop by, I really appreciate it!
And my disclaimer:
Gold prospecting is a very fun hobby, but it can be expensive. It's very possible that if you invest too much into equipment it may take a long to to get a return on your investment, and some people never do. Also please remember that not all detectors and dredges are the same, always research carefully before buying them. And please stay away from dangerous areas, no treasure is worth dying for!
All photos are mine unless otherwise noted.
References:
https://www.spreadit.org/2016/09/09/man-finds-gold-nugget-espinoza_n_25384.html
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