Every Once In Awhile You Find A Lump

[IMAUDIGGER]

Can’t take credit for this pan.
But I know there have been a few disappointing pans prior to this.
Persistence pays in the end.

 

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[Capt Nemo]

WOW! He hit the gravel pit!

The rest looks like the gold from the stream I'm headed to in AK. If it's putting out 5 oz per hour panning, that's what a single pan should look like! Ought to be a fever near death when I use a sluice there!

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

WOW! He hit the gravel pit!

The rest looks like the gold from the stream I'm headed to in AK. If it's putting out 5 oz per hour panning, that's what a single pan should look like! Ought to be a fever near death when I use a sluice there!

Larger nuggets like that get carved up as they travel with softer subangular rocks that break easily.
Everytime the rocks break, there is a new sharp edge to gouge the bigger pieces of gold. That’s why those smaller pieces look like carved slivers and not the smooth watermelon seeds you find in the rivers.

 

[Bejay]

Many a story I could tell of a lot of hooping and hollering when we get such nuggets dredging. Yep...makes for some good days!

Bejay

 

[Hoser John]

Mighty pretty pan full for sure-John