SchoolOfHardRocks
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I finally had the chance on Sunday to get out and quench my thirst for some gold after weeks of chaos with work, school, and the kiddos. Rain was in the forecast for sunday but i didnt care, i need some color! Heres a photo of the drive through sacramento
Once i hit the road to the river things cleared up for the most part, i only got drizzled on for an hour
The river was raging from recent rains and snow melt which forced me to look in higher places for some gold. I sampled and eventually found large amounts of black sand but not much gold. I thought that maybe the gold deposited a little further upstream and sampled some more. Eventually i found a spot where i was finding 20 plus fines per pan with the occasional flake- maybe ive found something here...
It was a great day, most of the gold was found 10' above the water line and about 10' out of the river..pretty high. All with just a pan, garden shovel, crow bar and a spoon. Only souls i saw all day were a few kayakers cruising down the river and a huge banana slug. These are the days i dream about.
Once i hit the road to the river things cleared up for the most part, i only got drizzled on for an hour
The river was raging from recent rains and snow melt which forced me to look in higher places for some gold. I sampled and eventually found large amounts of black sand but not much gold. I thought that maybe the gold deposited a little further upstream and sampled some more. Eventually i found a spot where i was finding 20 plus fines per pan with the occasional flake- maybe ive found something here...
It was a great day, most of the gold was found 10' above the water line and about 10' out of the river..pretty high. All with just a pan, garden shovel, crow bar and a spoon. Only souls i saw all day were a few kayakers cruising down the river and a huge banana slug. These are the days i dream about.
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