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>>27888162
Biggest I ve dug up my self was 15 grams a few summers ago, two summers back I found a 5.5 gram piece and no nuggets last summer over a gram. I was stuck working in the wrong kind of area for them unfortunately but hopefully I ll find some chunky this year.

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>>27783219
keep at it mate, you can get out there and find something! Keep chasing that bedrock, go do some research at the local archives, get one of those old timers shit faced and get him to spill some info!

>>20939324
Lets put it this way, nuggets in general carry a 15% premium in normal times, higher if they look really interesting / have something special going on (quartz inclusions, dendrites, crystal habit etc). Right now though nuggets in some places are going for 125% the normal rates. Even little 1-2 gram picker nuggets are going for $300 a pop on ebay.
If your looking to by gold nuggets for something neat to add to a PM collection, look up my buddy https://www.nuggetsbygrant.com/ he buys from me once in a while when I have gold to sell.

>>19295946
We use PMs like a physical savings account. You don't put everything into PMs, you put a little away every so often when you can for a number of reasons.

>>19191357
here are a few, I usually post them but now there part of the /PMG/ general post.

Basic tools
> gold pan, shovel / pick, sniffer bottle, hand lens, pry bar, sledge hammer, 10 gallon buckets

How to read a river
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axOgdmI3o3g

https://thediggings.com/ will come in handy for you, it shows active claims and mineral locations.

Ask away, I am a professional prospector.

As always of you want to learn about your regions mineral wealth, how to claim it and access it? Ask here and I ll give you a quick answer with some places to investigate.

Handy Links

How to gold pan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCL6FKQZyoM [Embed] [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]

How to read a river
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axOgdmI3o3g [Embed] [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]

How to stake a claim
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/mineral-exploration-mining/documents/mineral-titles/mt-faqs/faq_mtclaims.pdf
https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/mining-and-minerals/locatable-minerals/mining-claims/staking-a-claim

Basic tools
> gold pan, shovel / pick, sniffer bottle, hand lens, pry bar, sledge hammer, 10 gallon buckets

Literature on prospecting
>The Guide to Gold Panning In British Columbia by Barlee, N. L.
>Gold Panning the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to the Area’s Best Sites for Gold

Spring is nearly over and the high country begs me, I will not be as active in these threads but I will always check this post for questions and will try to answer then when I can.

>>18938450
I have a bunch of simple gold photos but for the longest time I didnt carry a cell phone or camera. I was working, and wasnt on the internet much.

After a cleanup I usually will roast my gold to remove local mercury from the flakes, than i would put it in a plastic vial and hide it. No most companies when you go to sell ore gold want it as natural as possible. I ll sell my flakes to one guy, the nuggets to another than keep any interesting pieces for myself.

>>18311482
I am back internet went out for a while

>>16592471
any and all west coast annons get your shovels picks and gold pans its time to get back to nugget hunting! if I can do it (spoiler i am a lazy bastard) you can to!

go dig that gold! its just sitting in dozens of creeks waiting to be found!

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