strickman
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Re: Let Dredging Begin
Here is a good tip for you , it's no guarantee mind you but will increase your chances .Years ago I learned when fishing - WATCH THE BANKS ! Usually there are tell tale signs of structural changes ,it might be the rise and drop of the country rock . A different type of bedrock .Elevation changes ,pitch ,loose material , or esp the ancient layer. Usually there is a tell. Especially if you look to the other side and see a continuation of a certain formation . I applied that technique to prospecting and immediately saw results. If a ancient layer is encountered watch for changes as well , if all the flatter rocks are layered horizontal - and you see a section that the layering is a different angle or even vertical like another river cut through it . That could be a good spot . Another thing most things in a certain area are typical - meaning that if it is the same as everything else ,whats special about it ? probably nothing .........................think about it ,if it is unique -why ? how ? unique structure might have unique gold content .......what looks good now might have been nothing special 1,000 or more years ago ...and the opposite is true also ----what looks like nothing special could have been unique 1,000 years ago . A lot of ancient rivers and streams ran different directions than present day streams ......... WOW !!!!!! imagine that !!!!! would you work a certain area different if you thought the water ran a different way ? I WOULD ......................... just something to think about .
Here is a good tip for you , it's no guarantee mind you but will increase your chances .Years ago I learned when fishing - WATCH THE BANKS ! Usually there are tell tale signs of structural changes ,it might be the rise and drop of the country rock . A different type of bedrock .Elevation changes ,pitch ,loose material , or esp the ancient layer. Usually there is a tell. Especially if you look to the other side and see a continuation of a certain formation . I applied that technique to prospecting and immediately saw results. If a ancient layer is encountered watch for changes as well , if all the flatter rocks are layered horizontal - and you see a section that the layering is a different angle or even vertical like another river cut through it . That could be a good spot . Another thing most things in a certain area are typical - meaning that if it is the same as everything else ,whats special about it ? probably nothing .........................think about it ,if it is unique -why ? how ? unique structure might have unique gold content .......what looks good now might have been nothing special 1,000 or more years ago ...and the opposite is true also ----what looks like nothing special could have been unique 1,000 years ago . A lot of ancient rivers and streams ran different directions than present day streams ......... WOW !!!!!! imagine that !!!!! would you work a certain area different if you thought the water ran a different way ? I WOULD ......................... just something to think about .