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>>54519740
i dont usually seriously mine on river banks. I will snipe for fun around the edges of creeks or down in the bottoms of them with a dry suit. Its honestly pretty random, the more you look / work the more likely you are to actually get a good amount back for your labor. I ve gotten 10-11 grams on some days by hand by sniping, but some of the old timers I ve worked with have found several pounds at a time by hand working in creeks or dredging. Its also become very rare to find course gold over a few grams, the huge nuggets are usually too deep to get at by hand now.

Most of the time your not actually finding gold, but investigating spots that might have gold. 90% of my wanderings is looking for ground thats worth mechanical mining, and unfortunately thats getting very hard to locate.

>>25763088
whats your region, depending on where you live you might be not far from one.

>>19178732
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

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

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