NuggetN8
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So yesterday I was looking around trying to find a new spot to prospect at the creek that I usually pan at when I came to a part where goes under the road and through 2 culvert pipes. Since the creek is dried up right now I decided to go through the pipe and look around. There wasn't any material at all in the pipes and on the other end where the water would normally come out theres a big concrete slab that angles down towards a dip in the creek. I slid down the concrete slab into the creek and tried to find a spot to grab a sample of dirt to take home. I dug out a crevice that I found in the bedrock where the bedrock was angling up on the downsteam side of the hole and threw the dirt in my backpack. There were plenty of other crevices there but I had to walk a few miles to get there so I decided that I'd better not pack too much dirt with me. (Yes I should have just driven there but I was just exploring.. Wasn't sure where I'd end up grabbing some dirt from...) So I headed back towards home with my dirt and stopped by the upper end of the creek where there was some puddles that I could pan the material out in. I thought that I scooped up more dirt than I really did.. I only had about 1/4 of a pan. I was pretty suprised when I saw that I actually got quite a bit of gold from that little amount of material. There was 3 pickers a nugget and a bunch of fines.
So the reason why I'm posting this is to get some feedback on if you were at this spot where would you dig? I'm not sure how the flow would affect where the gold would be deposited in this situation. I made a crappy illustration for you because I don't have a picture right now.. lol. Hope I can figure out how to post it... I marked the crevice in the illustration where I found the gold. There is also crevices around the same area where I dug that one out and I'm definitely cleaning all of those out. Think I should try in the middle of the dip in the creek? I have no idea how deep the overburden is.
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