Gold In sands and dirt

[elijahhenry10]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried to pan through bags of sand or dirt that you would buy at Home Depot/Lowe's.

Also, does anyone know if there is generally gold mixed with clay in a creek.

Thanks

 

[elijahhenry10]

Well, I have started to pan through my bag of sand. I have been finding at least 1 piece in each pan I do. One pan I did tonight had 3-5 pieces of small gold in it. I have been throwing the bag around for a little while, keeping it upright the whole time, so I am thinking I should find more gold the further down I get in the bag. Just a theory but won't know until I actually get to the bottom though.

It seems like this could be an isolated bag, but if I would end up making a profit, or I'd I even come close to it, I will definately be trying to get another bag to try.

 

[Jerry311]

Lets see some pic's of what you find

 

[elijahhenry10]

Lets see some pic's of what you find

Sorry, but for the most part I have been just putting the gold I found right in a vial with my other gold.

I did however, take one picture that you can see under the thread "Strange Rock". I found it in the bag of sand, along with a few other pices almost exactly like it.

 

[itsmoody]

I have ran some sand for California and I found fine gold but having the issue of getting it.

 

[Astrobouncer]

A couple scoops of dirt from this bag had some 100 mesh in there. Haven't tried panning any more yet.

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

I have ran some sand for California and I found fine gold but having the issue of getting it.

The gold,.. or the sand?

 

[itsmoody]

The gold,.. or the sand?

The gold it's so fine but loaded

 

[itsmoody]

The gold it's so fine but loaded with gold

 

[soupfreak]

Here's a thought; if you have one, sneak a Falcon MD20 in and scan all the bags of sand...see if you get any hits LOL!

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

The gold it's so fine but loaded with gold

You can say that again.

 

[itsmoody]

Sorry the sand bags have so much fine gold. But I'm having trouble getting it out.

 

[reptwar1]

by accident, i bought quikrete play sand, and found ALOT of black sand with more flour gold than i found in the all purpose quikrete sand. 1/8 of my play sand was black sand

 

[russau]

im going to try o buy a trailer load of freash river sand and gravel from one of these barges that keep the Missouri river at a 9 foot deep channel. i want the "right off the barge' stuff. ive got my trailer ready to get it and a place to spread the unwanted gravels. this might be cheaper/easier than getting a permit/claime/drive time to where there is gold without also buying panning bags.i probly can get a trailer load of material as cheap as 1 bag of panning materil.we will see! plus in California where theres a dredgeing ban, why not let someone else get your materil without you being at risk of a citation!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Great plan Russ. Looking forward to hearing about all the cool stuff you find in that material!