SchoolOfHardRocks
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This will be my 3rd prospecting season and I believe that this winter we had the best flooding here in northern CA that I've experienced (in my brief prospecting career). I know that generally all of the tributaries/rivers in the area got some decent water flow from all of the storms, specifically in early february.
This all makes me wonder: Was this a mother nature "reset button" for gold? Meaning, might there be gold on that inside bend or behind that large boulder that had been worked a thousand times in the past by those before me? I usually prospect in "public access areas" which have been hit pretty hard. This has led me to work bedrock crevices usually because most gravel bars have been worked over again and again.
I understand that my best bet is to sample the areas that I'm interested in myself. But to save a little time, might it be a good idea to look for some replenished flood gold from this winter's flooding? Or is it likely that not much has changed? Anyone with the experience- please chime in.
This all makes me wonder: Was this a mother nature "reset button" for gold? Meaning, might there be gold on that inside bend or behind that large boulder that had been worked a thousand times in the past by those before me? I usually prospect in "public access areas" which have been hit pretty hard. This has led me to work bedrock crevices usually because most gravel bars have been worked over again and again.
I understand that my best bet is to sample the areas that I'm interested in myself. But to save a little time, might it be a good idea to look for some replenished flood gold from this winter's flooding? Or is it likely that not much has changed? Anyone with the experience- please chime in.
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