Panned first pound of dirt.

[KarenD]

Panned the first pound of paydirt, bought as a training project for the family. Haven't panned out the flour gold yet, but so far weighed out 0.058g of flake gold. Good deal!

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Glad you are having fun with it. I suggest when you are "done" with that pound of dirt, set it aside rather than tossing it in your garden. After ou are more experienced, come back to it to reprocess.

Now it's time to go find some wild gold!

 

[KarenD]

Yes, Kevin, it is saved. Watched a YouTube video today on panning fine gold and saw that it requires time and patience. I see flour gold in the dirt but don't have the experience or patience to work it right now. One thing is for certain, it won't be going anywhere.
I'd like to start looking for wild gold, but I'm learning how to read rivers, thinking that I'd be wasting my resources just going out an digging anywhere.
There is supposed to be a gully-washer of a storm moving through western Oregon this weekend, so maybe some time next week would be good, though I'm not sure of that either. What do you think?

 

[B H Prospector]

Hi Karen,
read some of the posts where greenhorns are asking where to look. there are alot of good answers and will help you shorten your learning curve.

Good Luck!

B H Prospector

 

[Gramps43]

There is supposed to be a gully-washer of a storm moving through western Oregon this weekend, so maybe some time next week would be good, though I'm not sure of that either. What do you think?

Karen with this storm coming through there's going to be lots of snow in the higher elevations as well as beau-coo rain. If there's no more rain after the weekend it would take at least a week for the streams and rivers to come down enough to expose the gravel bars on the inside bends so you can get in there and dig up all that gold. Slow water is good, fast water is not so good.

Gramps

 

[KevinInColorado]

I think whenever you are dressed properly for it, the weather is nice...get with an experienced prospector or club for best results

 

[mjarvis]

Where theres a will there's a way!! Anytime is good to go, just get ready!! Good luck out there