I made a good find today when I took my son for a hike through some ravines near where I pan for gold. I havent found any free form gold in this particular ravine yet but I took my stuff in a backpack in case I had a chance to do some panning. We stopped and while he was eating a snack I got out my hand shovel and pan and did some quick panning in the little stream flowing out the ravine and in the second pan I spot this chunk of dirty quartz and something told me to take a closer look. I rinsed the clay off and right away some gold flecks caught my eye. I havent yet determined 100% that its gold yet but when poking at it with a needle it donk crack and come apart like mica does , that and the ugly quartz its in makes me pretty sure its gold. There is some visible on the surface but looking at it in the bright sunlight I can see there may be gold mixed all through it. Its a lucky find since I doubted Id find anything today. Im not sure what to do with it yet but I may try to sell it as is if I found a buyer for it , if not I will probably crush it and get all the gold I can out of it. Heres a pic , though I had to reduce its size and I dont know how good it will be afterward. Its about as big around as a silver dollar.
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