Posted on 02/02/2023 8:15:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv
wow- very cool find! looks to be studded with a bunch or rubies? (hard to see from the photo)
look for what might be old tailing piles- the old timers got a lot of gold- but their methods were really not very good, and they lost a lot of gold out of their cruder sluices- Inside bends in rivers are good places too- as are tree roots near a river=- large boulders are good hiding spots for gold too- usually on the downstream side-
You can join GPAA and get a book of all their gold claims too, and can stay for free once you are a member-
https://www.goldprospectors.org/
They have a ton of proven places to sluice or pan- I believe they have claims on the Yuba too-
Actually, they are required to buy at market prices, as determined by a committee composed of surprisingly representative people.
The purpose is to make it so that people WANT to report finds, not just forced to.
Thanks... good information.
[[Anyone else out there that gets their exercise by hiking and digging in dirt?]]
I used to- but the North East is a hard place for finding gold (I’ve only found about $2 maybe of flour gold- one small nugget)- but pretty good for artifacts, though some of the states won’t allow prospecting because of the historical aspect of the sites-
Got a friend down in Texas who finds a lot of war memorabilia- (buttons, coins, belt buckles, lapels, sword pieces, lots and lots of ammo, some still intact, etc-)
wasnt that spot a place that had tides or something and they got caught in a high tide? I think i saw it on Josh Gates show if so-
[[I should have specified.. this is an old channel where the river ran over 200 years ago but is now dry..]]
Check downside of large boulders with the detector- if you keep gettign hits, and finding smaller gold, fill a five gallon bucket or two with the black sand material where the heavier gold settles-
Also- look for any tree roots that are near the banks- they trap gold pretty good- check all the inside bends with the detector- dig down a ways when you scan for better results- If you find a good spot, keep quiet about it and keep going back and gettign 5 gallon pails of dirt to sluice or pan at home-
another thing you can do (If you have a gardenway cart or can use a ATV or have some type of pull along wagon) is bring a large bucket of water and pan the dirt from spots you think are likely to contain gold- Takes a little effort- but it makes for a fun day just being out panning for gold-
There are dry sluices you can use too- they have small backpack units, but they are kinda expensive-
Metal detectorist...
yup=- that was the show Josh did- He didn’t find anything significant,. but the history was interesting
She wasn't the real queen of England, because Henry VIII was scion of an ineligible bastard line and son of a usurper. OTOH, luckily for me it worked out for his dad, because otherwise I'd never have been born. :^)
Could be, but the meltdown value would be considerable on those times when the family fortune dwindled.
That sounds familiar. If I weren’t so preoccupied, I’d bounce out and track it down, there *may* have been a topic about it.
All humans are mortal, forever is a vanity.
Selections from the keyword:
Ecclesiastes 1
King James Version
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.!..........
Back in 2017, Josh Gates also did an episode on King John's lost treasure.
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