Originally Posted by
Too Tall
At the place where we camp the most there are abundant water sources. Apparently, there was a tiny gold strike close to the turn of the century. I was able to find the gold bearing quartz vein and followed it downhill to a waterfall. Soooooooo being the goofball what I am I got a gold washing pan and did some proof of life :) After a few pans I was able to find a few micro specks of gold. It was enough to prove to the other campers I was not completely FOS. You can find minute amounts of gold in a zillion places, you just have to do the work and trust me it is alot of work.
Still, the business of amateur rock hounding is fun stuff.
Steve-O If we ever meet up I'll give you a fossilized giant snail that I dug out of a creek bed in S. Maryland. Using some old rock hunting articles I found references to the snails. It took a pause to realize exactly what I was looking at because the d@mn things are huge....but there it is a solid strata of snails!!!!
Of course here in MD we have Calvert Cliffs where with a very small amount of luck you can find pockets full of sharks teeth, mollusk shells and maybe even a bone.
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Yeah, it's fun. I'd love to do some panning some place where there is gold worth panning. It's a blast.