BornOnFire
Jr. Member
- Jun 11, 2011
- 77
- 16
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher Gold Bug II DP; Bounty Hunter TK4-PL Tracker IV
- Primary Interest:
- Other
I wanted to share my first time with all of you out there who have the same passions as I and are always willing to help out a new guy who is still just getting his ears wet. Though I am still considered a newbie to the forum and to the hobby itself, I am getting some success so that is promising.
Just yesterday, I took my 7 year old daughter out with me to teach her how to pan for gold. In the past, I have usually brought home dirt and panned it out in the back yard for fun but never at a stream with running water. We don't have a lot of running water here in AZ but in the winter months, the snow on the high peaks melts just enough to give us some flow down in the valley. Also, during the summer, we get torrential rains in the form of Monsoons that are brought up from the gulf of Mexico. These rains are fast and heavy and cause severe flash floods-especially in the mountains where it's funneled own into the creeks and transformed into raging torrents. This being said, every year, more and more gold is washed down and can be found high up the banks and in crevices bordering the trickling winter streams. It's in one of these crevices that I panned my first pay dirt of the day.
Unfortunately, a seven year old seldom stays focused on one task for too long so I had time to pan two scoops of dirt before being pulled away to explore.
I have never found gold and have been trying for a while now with my detector. I never really focused on the panning due to our dry desert climate. So, lo and behold, the second pan of the day turned up some color. I was a bit skeptical due to the fact that there is lots of pyrite and mica flakes in the pay dirt. So, I sucked it up into the snifter and took it home. Once I got it under the lights I saw something that put a big ol smile on my face. Is it what I think it is?
Just yesterday, I took my 7 year old daughter out with me to teach her how to pan for gold. In the past, I have usually brought home dirt and panned it out in the back yard for fun but never at a stream with running water. We don't have a lot of running water here in AZ but in the winter months, the snow on the high peaks melts just enough to give us some flow down in the valley. Also, during the summer, we get torrential rains in the form of Monsoons that are brought up from the gulf of Mexico. These rains are fast and heavy and cause severe flash floods-especially in the mountains where it's funneled own into the creeks and transformed into raging torrents. This being said, every year, more and more gold is washed down and can be found high up the banks and in crevices bordering the trickling winter streams. It's in one of these crevices that I panned my first pay dirt of the day.
Unfortunately, a seven year old seldom stays focused on one task for too long so I had time to pan two scoops of dirt before being pulled away to explore.
I have never found gold and have been trying for a while now with my detector. I never really focused on the panning due to our dry desert climate. So, lo and behold, the second pan of the day turned up some color. I was a bit skeptical due to the fact that there is lots of pyrite and mica flakes in the pay dirt. So, I sucked it up into the snifter and took it home. Once I got it under the lights I saw something that put a big ol smile on my face. Is it what I think it is?
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I have a few gold claims in Northern Cali.... and i bought them just because they DO produce BIGGER Gold! Wish i could be there working them right now.... lol.
