/biz/ - Business & Finance

Has /biz ever thought about mining for gold, as in the actual shiny boomer rocks? I live in California near the Sierras and there's still some left here. But it's rough work, at best I can only get 1 gram of gold a day because machine use is illegal in CA

What does /biz do for a hobby? I recently got into the most /biz-related hobby I've ever had, prospecting for gold. It just absolutely drives me mad with gold fever because I only live an hour from the mountains and had no idea there was still so much gold up here. Problem is mining with mechanical equipment is illegal in California so at best so far I can only get $20 of gold a day but it's still pretty fun and also profitable for a hobby.

I'm still learning though, it takes years to really get the hang of this so hopefully I can find a better area that has more gold, because I keep dreaming about the mountains now and just how much gold is still buried underneath there just waiting for me to dig it up. I'm already a millionaire, I just gotta dig it out of the ground first!