One gram club!

[OwenT]

My approximately .29g cleanup today pushed me over the edge to a total of about 1.17g. Here are the pics of today's gold .
Here are the +30s, I was really happy when I saw these and there are actually three more good sized ones not in the picture.

And the 50-30 mesh...

...and the 100-50s of which there was a little more of too because I pulled out a ton of magnetite but then I discovered it stole a lot of gold so no more magnet for me.

And there was also a good amount of -100s but I forgot to get a pic.

 

[KevinInColorado]

I believe both occur. Crushing the sands liberates and flattens the gold making it easier to process

Agreed. That's what the Clarkson study says and it matches my experience. It's also why you want a rod mill instead of a ball mill. Little gold pancakes are much better than powdered gold!