Finally found gold!

[Antoox]

Today I found a nice creek and found some flakes :-) I also found some purple pink stones, any idea what it might be?

Andreas

 

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[ratled]

W/o a better picture I would say Garnets
Nice gold !!

ratled

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Garnet.JPG

 

[Antoox]

Thanks, is garners worth something? Was alot of them

 

[Asmbandits]

Nice shine, did you pan it out or sluice or?

 

[Aufisher]

Way to go! I see garnets. First gold is the best!

 

[Antoox]

Thanks! Yeah :-) was a amazing feeling to see the shine under the black sand! Is the garnets worth to take care of or just crap?

 

[Duckwalk]

i hang on to them but the small ones are not really worth anything. Get a rare facet sized one and it might be worth a little.

 

[Aufisher]

The large Garnets are valuable. The small ones are just plain cool to see under the loupe!

 

[Antoox]

How large is considered large?

 

[Duckwalk]

How large is considered large?

Anything big enough to be cut for jewelry. The small ones are not big enough to get a good cut on them and show the beauty of the stone.

 

[NeoTokyo]

Nice work, congrats.

Were you sluicing or panning?

 

[Antoox]

Nice work, congrats.

Were you sluicing or panning?

I used a small plastic sluice and my pan

 

[Hoser John]

Garnets come in many colors and look great inside the glass pendants in mixed colors or even with small gold mixed in. Use anything and everything to your advantage. Keep your eyes open for mineral specimens, fossils and relics as they all to the pile in the end and sell easily. John

 

[mcordell]

Nice! I feel your excitement! Now go back out there and get more.

 

[goldenmojo]

Sweet Gold and Garnets. Definitely get some more and then celebrate that find with a cold Anchor Steam.....

 

[Antoox]

Thanks guys! I will continue my prospecting after the weekend and ill post if I find something more :-)

 

[CApicker]

Nice work I would say that creek may continue to pay out for you... I love garnets; I know of one river in Nor Cal that always kicks garnets in my pan just about the same color and size as those.