Gold Prospecting Mother Lode California
gold prospecting
Gold prospecting story was send in by Rick, one of our subscribers:
A good friend of mine discovered a creek that apparently was overlooked by the 49′ers. I call it Nugget Creek. The creek is about 20 feet wide in an isolated canyon in the Mother lode. He literally goes sniping in the 1-2 foot deep water with a homemade PVC sight tube and some tweezers and finds an oz a day of 3-7dwt nuggets that are found only in the center of the creek (the paystreak is only in the center of the creek).
I went up there with him for a day and was working this awesome looking crack out of the water on the inside curve of the creek, and in 3 hours I didn’t find a speck of gold, yet he was in the water in front of me, with his sight tube and he pulled a 7 dwt nugget right out of a crack in the center of the creek. Go figure. Odd place. It is amazing.
I spend all summer (one day a week) with 4 guys, a gas powered hydraulic winch, a 5 inch dredge and lots of blood, sweat and tears on my claim and we only found an oz the whole summer (but we had a great time!). He won’t want to tell his story as he is very guarded about his creek. Amazing stuff. Great way to get out and enjoy nature. The nuggets I found that day, were one 2.7 dwt, and two 1 dwt, just about 1/4 oz.
Dear Friend,
I need a some advice and information about selling a gold nugget.
In ou family there is a nugget whis approximately 170 gms wgt in natural form as found.
what amount can i expect for this, if you know any site where collectors of gold nuggets prospect.
Your imparting of Info will be highly appreciated
Anil