You could research the maps of the area to see if there is mostly hard rock history there? Could be that there is not much in the way of gold in the streams? Just a thought much of the gold may have not been cut out of the ground by nature yet?This gold does strange things to the mind, I was pretty sure I would find a few small flakes and each pan came up zero, it made me more hungry to find that color. What goldenmojo said is accurate, so much sand every where. The gold will be mine oh yes it will be mine lol.
hit it hard right by some poison oak plants.
Goldguy Nice Color. If you are in the area I think you are you can probably find a suspension within five hundred feet of where you start. If your suspension is sitting on bedrock scrape everything out with a stick or a piece of shard and then wash the crannies and cracks with water and use the largest snuffer bottle you can find to snuff up the gold in the bottom of the wash. There are also sections of red hardpack sitting on top of the black/ orange bedrock.higher up. Look for pockets below the mass and you can get your panshot in one pan load.
Gldguy. Im always looking for someone who is willing to hike into the the better locations. Hard to come by reliable partners with coordinating schedules these days. Message me anytime if your interested.
The Poison oak roots can really mess you up if not careful. You didn't catch any?
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