antony
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Hi again from Greece! This summer was not productive, but I've learned a lot of things and tried to sample a big part of the river I'm working on. I have the Bazooka Sniper 36'', but I haven't used it a lot because I want to find the best and most productive area on the river first.
Here is the problem I'm having. I want to find the most productive area of the river, but it's really complicated and I don't know which is the best way to do that. I sampled a lot of areas already.
The river is 50miles long, so on the map I cut the area into 10 smaller pieces. Each one is 5miles long.
I sampled the first part (lower on the river) and I found gold. It's very fine gold though and it's really hard to get it because there are big rocks everywhere and you need to dig really slow. I found gold though, but it's not productive.
I sampled the next part and I found the same gold as well. Very fine, very hard to get.
Now, I sampled the next part, and actually I finished this area today, but I haven't found anything... I've spend 7hours today sampling the area but I haven't found anything. Not even black sand. So here are my questions:
1) Is it possible that this is the only area with gold on the river? I mean between this first and second section?
2) Is there a better way so I can map and "read" the river? Whats the best practise of mapping a river for gold? Some parts on the river have interested geological characteristics like bedrock crossing the river, etc. Is there a quick way of knowing if an area on the river won't be a good spot to sample?
3) Are there any books about this and also about geography? I'm asking about geography because I think it's the next thing I need to learn more about.
Thanks in advance for your replies and here are a few images from my journey today:
Here is the problem I'm having. I want to find the most productive area of the river, but it's really complicated and I don't know which is the best way to do that. I sampled a lot of areas already.
The river is 50miles long, so on the map I cut the area into 10 smaller pieces. Each one is 5miles long.
I sampled the first part (lower on the river) and I found gold. It's very fine gold though and it's really hard to get it because there are big rocks everywhere and you need to dig really slow. I found gold though, but it's not productive.
I sampled the next part and I found the same gold as well. Very fine, very hard to get.
Now, I sampled the next part, and actually I finished this area today, but I haven't found anything... I've spend 7hours today sampling the area but I haven't found anything. Not even black sand. So here are my questions:
1) Is it possible that this is the only area with gold on the river? I mean between this first and second section?
2) Is there a better way so I can map and "read" the river? Whats the best practise of mapping a river for gold? Some parts on the river have interested geological characteristics like bedrock crossing the river, etc. Is there a quick way of knowing if an area on the river won't be a good spot to sample?
3) Are there any books about this and also about geography? I'm asking about geography because I think it's the next thing I need to learn more about.
Thanks in advance for your replies and here are a few images from my journey today:
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