Anyone have an idea on what this pan dust is?

[Dirty WhiteBoy]

Maybe that is CRACK in the pan washing down from L.A.

 

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[Jack Hamilton]

I've seen alot and gopher snakes and caught alot of them. Corn snakes are similar with lighter colors. Ive seen many many rattlesnakes, even 1 big fat albino rattler that was light light tan and peachy pink. This has got to be a king snake. I held the camera low when I took the pic, but the stripes are a solid band across his back. You see some of his belly. Wish I would have taken a couple more shots. I was on my way home down the trail and didn't think to take more. Here are a couple zoom and crop shots. One of his head and another of his color in his mid section.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

non-poisonous small head. All I can tell you is its not a Florida snake. Cool markings.

 

[stefen]

That’s a gopher snake. And for the other snake, we don’t have corals snakes in California. The saying is, " Red touches yellow, kill a fellow", you have a king snake.


If gold, silver, platinum and or other precious metals were that easy to find we would all be rich. The silver looking stuff is most likely lead. And as for feldspar, that was washed out in the begging of the panning process. When you get down to fines like that the only things left are heavy sands and other heavy minerals. You should clearly be able to see flower gold, it can float on top of the water and spin its way out of the pan. That’s because it’s doesn’t have enough weight to break the waters surface tension.

No. Pine snakes are from the southeasterly Gulf states...

 

[Goodyguy]

I've seen alot and gopher snakes and caught alot of them. Corn snakes are similar with lighter colors. Ive seen many many rattlesnakes, even 1 big fat albino rattler that was light light tan and peachy pink. This has got to be a king snake. I held the camera low when I took the pic, but the stripes are a solid band across his back. You see some of his belly. Wish I would have taken a couple more shots. I was on my way home down the trail and didn't think to take more. Here are a couple zoom and crop shots. One of his head and another of his color in his mid section.

I think you are right about it being a king snake.


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[DR.BLITZ]

I went to the San Jacinto river yesterday. It comes out of Idylwild in southern california. I took
my sluice a shovel and a pan. I dont have a metal detector. I worked a section of caliche and
ran about 4-5 buckets through my sluice. I brought home the sluice trappings and spent a good
hour or so panning out the light material. After my bulk and even black sand were washed out I
was left with this very sparkly silver powder. What appear to be larger grains in this pic are actually
sparkles. This powder seems to be really uniform, but not yellow like gold. Any ideas?

I went panning in a small creek here by san jose and found the exact same stuff, been trying to figure out what it is but cant find anything on the internet