Who has gold on their property???

[HobbyHuntress]

THIS GIRL!! That's who! You have to look really hard. I circled the gold on one picture to make it easier to spot. I know it's not much right now, but beggars can't be choosers and I am happy! I did test it, it did not break, crumble, flake, and when I pressed my fingernail into it, the gold bent. Very happy regardless of the volume.

Thank you all for the tips on my other thread! I cannot wait to find more!

 

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[Goodyguy]

Congrats

 

[smokeythecat]

You're in the right area for it. I have gold on property too. It is mainly microscopic.

 

[austin]

Gold is gold. Just enjoy having it and finding it. I have owned properties, still do, but no gold to be found. Don't worry/Be Happy...

 

[Tuberale]

Gold is found throughout the US in microscopic flecks. Anyone who has land here probably has some gold too.

 

[kcm]

Gold is found throughout the US in microscopic flecks. Anyone who has land here probably has some gold too.

You may be right, but I'm not quite ready to strip-mine all 80 acres just to find a speck or two.

 

[DizzyDigger]

The pics are so small I can't tell what you have there...

I have gold in my backyard too, as well as the front yard..

Down on the river I can find flea poop sized gold in the black beach sands,
and in the front yard...well, I got desperate one night and grabbed a couple
scoops of the gravel driveway...lo and behold it had gold ..not much, but
it was sure there.

 

[HobbyHuntress]

This entire time I hoped that I had it in my backyard - so far nothing in the back. It's in my front yard and that's just from a tiny scoop of dirt. The stream that was in my backyard was the diverted stream. The original stream ran through the front - and that's where I found it. When I say tiny scoop, it was no more than 1/4-1/2 cup of dirt.

 

[Oddjob]

This entire time I hoped that I had it in my backyard - so far nothing in the back. It's in my front yard and that's just from a tiny scoop of dirt. The stream that was in my backyard was the diverted stream. The original stream ran through the front - and that's where I found it. When I say tiny scoop, it was no more than 1/4-1/2 cup of dirt.

So did you call in sick today to start digging up the front yard?

 

[spyguy]

HobbyHuntress --- Congrats on your find!
Several years ago while on vacation in CO I was staying at a small cabin with a river behind it. While looking through the clear water at the sand I noticed a bunch of gold flecks. Excitedly I went back to the cabin and grabbed what I had at hand --- a small cup. I tried to scoop up as much of the alluvial gold as I could, but ended up with tons of mud and small amounts of gold flecks. Needless to say this was years before I became interested in treasure hunting so I was a green horn to put it mildly. Had I known then what I know now I would've looked for a gold pan and milked that riverbed for all it was worth! It was the one and only time I've found gold in my life. It prompted me to buy a book on lost treasures by Bill Yenne when I got back from vacation. It gestated in my mind for around four more years until I started getting into treasure hunting on a much more serious basis. Life is like that though, you often don't have the information you need when you need it. And some of the best "finds" are found by accident when you're not looking for them....
HH
-spyguy

 

[johnedoe]

HobbyHuntress --- Congrats on your find!
Several years ago while on vacation in CO I was staying at a small cabin with a river behind it. While looking through the clear water at the sand I noticed a bunch of gold flecks. Excitedly I went back to the cabin and grabbed what I had at hand --- a small cup. I tried to scoop up as much of the alluvial gold as I could, but ended up with tons of mud and small amounts of gold flecks. Needless to say this was years before I became interested in treasure hunting so I was a green horn to put it mildly. Had I known then what I know now I would've looked for a gold pan and milked that riverbed for all it was worth! It was the one and only time I've found gold in my life. It prompted me to buy a book on lost treasures by Bill Yenne when I got back from vacation. It gestated in my mind for around four more years until I started getting into treasure hunting on a much more serious basis. Life is like that though, you often don't have the information you need when you need it. And some of the best "finds" are found by accident when you're not looking for them....
HH
-spyguy

Are you sure it was gold and not pyrite or mica?

 

[spyguy]

Are you sure it was gold and not pyrite or mica?

POSITIVE
It wasn't until later that I found out about "alluvial gold" that washes down from some source into riverbeds & streams.
HH
-spyguy

 

[rodoconnor]

Out of boredom, I sampled some spots in my pasture, and yes I found a bit. If i spent about $10K to process it, I'd recover about 1/2 a pennyweight.

 

[HobbyHuntress]

Out of boredom, I sampled some spots in my pasture, and yes I found a bit. If i spent about $10K to process it, I'd recover about 1/2 a pennyweight.

I just find it enjoyable to find gold here. I definitely have no intentions of turning this into a profit. I've spent more on tax for my gold pan than what I've found. My neighbor has found arrowheads and Indian pottery on his property in the past, so who knows what my hobby has in store for me!

My property was inhabited by the Paleo Indians 11,000 yrs ago (Cherokee County History - Cherokee County Historical Society). I guess I could say that my yard is a "gold mine" full of artifacts! Being that I'm so close to the water (man-made lake from 2 rivers), I am bound to find more stuff. I sure wish I could find enough to make a little profit, but I'm a bit of a realist, and a little flake is better than no flake at all.

 

[HobbyHuntress]

So did you call in sick today to start digging up the front yard?

LOL - I wish I could call in sick! I'm a stay at home mom now. There are no sick days :/

 

[kcm]

Sure there are.....just not for YOU!

 

[russau]

Around here in St. Louis Misery the creeks are so contaminated with ************** stuff that they have signs up to keep you out.

 

[HobbyHuntress]

Sure there are.....just not for YOU!

No kidding! I tried to teach my son how to pan, but he already "knows everything" at 10.

 

[goldenIrishman]

Welcome to the club of gold bearing property owners Huntress! We found our gold in the trench that was dug for the propane line from the tank to the house during construction last year. I noticed a gravel layer and decided to give it a quick test and found some -20/+30 sized pieces in it. Our situation is a bit different then yours though in that our place is on an alluvial plain but still close to the mountain it washed out of. There are still working mines in those mountains to this day. There is quite a bit of gold in this valley because it's pretty much all been filled in by materials washing down from the Cherbat and Black Hills ranges. Both ranges have gold in them and this is one of the more productive areas of the state.

List of "Projects" that are in my future....
1. Swimming pool. (aka the cement pond) That should give us a LOT of material to run
2. Planting many large trees that require LARGE DEEP holes.
3. Koi pond. Sunken in design of course
4. Fountain with base pool that's about 6ft deep?

All materials removed during these projects will be run through the wash plant. Can't be putting back "Dirty dirt" after all.

Anyone with more ideas feel free to speak up!

 

[rodoconnor]

GI a huge over exed garden and maybe a subterrainean hockey rink. In Az, right.