So I've been working an area and found a few small fines there. Mostly I've been classifying a couple buckets from a gravel bar and taking them home to pan. Figuring there must be more and bigger pieces around I've moved my diggings around on every trip with no improved results. Keep in mind I'm new and this is the first gold I've found. Also because of time restraints I've never been able to dig down more than a foot or so in the creek. Now, here's the question, I noticed that all my gold has come from towards the bottom of the bucket, which made me think it came from the first shovel full or two I dug, and thus the top layer of gravel. So today with that in mind I scraped the top of the gravel bar and filled two buckets with the first six inches or so. Of course I found nothing. So now I'm thinking I have to carry those buckets about a tenth of a mile and then drive them home about ten miles. Is it possible that gold is coming from deeper and just settling in the bucket as I carry it? Or, is it all just chance?
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