First GOLD......I think?

[Gearnut]

New greenhorn here...just starting this hobby. I think I got my first speck. What ya'll think?

 

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[TomBeart]

Good find, congratulations. I hope I’m so lucky too).

 

[CGC Miner]

Looks like a speck o gold to me!

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

If it was the last thing in the pan after CORRECTLY PANNING, you probably have a speck of gold.
Just saying that because I've seen beginners post pictures of mica that they somehow managed to separate which kind of look yellow in a picture.

With that said..it looks like gold to me.

 

[Gearnut]

Thanks for opinions. ..I thought it was gold. It didn't "move" around the pan like the others sparklies. Kinda stuck to bottom of pan. Drops fast in a vial too. Definitely see what type of YELLOW now everyone talks about.

 

[arizau]

My go to and what I have told numerous others about a way to identify gold is to check it in full and indirect light. Gold looks like gold under both circumstances. Other elements and minerals show different colors in different lighting.

Good luck.

PS Looks like gold.

 

[OwenT]

Looks like it might be, especially if you were panning on the Columbia. I'm from Moses Lake and I know a spot you can try to practice at not very far from you. Welcome to the hunt!

 

[Koalajones]

Congrats did u remember to do the Gold-happy dance its important!

 

[Gearnut]

No dance but need a new wardrobe now

 

[mike(swWash)]

I think so too!!!!! Good going

 

[Underburden]

That's gold but don't spend it all in one place

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

That's gold but don't spend it all in one place

Not to poo poo the find..but I usually call it "fly chit" rather than a speck.

 

[et1955]

What an accomplishment, that is gold, it is not easy to pan material and get a piece like that, very easy to loose such a piece like that, great panning skill. Be proud of yourself. As Owen T. has offered to help you to mine in your area I offer to help you if you come over to the western side of the Cascades.

 

[Gearnut]

Thanks for your comments. I had to start somewhere. I was trying to learn with small smashed fishing weights. Golden slippery slope here on out.

 

[et1955]

Finding gold in Washington state is not easy, I know I have doing it for over 50 years but once you master finding it hear and when you go to a richer state you will find at least 4 times what you would find here. My average here is a gram to 1.5 grams per hour sluicing but in California I average 4 grams an hour sluicing. Good luck

 

[Goldwasher]

looks like gold to me

 

[GeoW]

Color!

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[No gold in NY]

Even from New York it looks like gold. Now you are hooked.