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Well you should definitely get a pan if you can and get out if you can! If you do get a pan, don’t forget you need to “season” otherwise the water will bead off the surface of the pan and take all your fine gold. Rub it with sand or fine steel wool to rough up the surface. I haven’t been out recently due to not only the weather but also a busy work schedule, but I’ll hopefully get some time soon. Good luck!

@@NorthwestGoldProspectorI do have a pan and it is seasoned. I used light sandpaper as I had some in the house. I've had a few years of almost non-stop medical issues, last year being cancer. But my wife and I went out last weekend. We did some classification of some dirt, ran it through a mini sluice we had in the river. My body was screaming at me, I fell a couple of times as my balance was way off. I also rushed it. Where I pulled the dirt from there was quite a bit of black sand. I need to run it through the sluice I have here at the house where I am not worried about falling over and hitting my head on a granite rock. I was so tired even the next day my eyes said, nope not even going to try looking for small shit in that. Even if we didn't get anything, it was so peaceful out there. I just need to get 3 legged stools to sit on and some hiking sticks to help get up and down to the river level so I don't slip and tumble the 10-15 feet. I may be older, but I can still learn.

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Thank you sir!

Thanks! Sounds like you don’t have to go far to get good TRUE southwest Washington gold, I’ve gotten a couple of buckets from cape disappointment a few years ago but that’s on my list of places to check out again. It’s the East fork of the Lewis river

Thank you very much my man!

Thanks! It is a pretty good spot

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks you too

Thanks!

I thought it could be, i just don’t know enough about fossils to know what it could even be though. Thanks

Probably not, just the best spot in SW WA i could easily get to without bushwhacking too much. I plan on doing more exploration soon though

Thank you for the sub! I also have some ideas that could improve the overall efficiency of processing in the field as well as con processing, however the rules set for recreational prospecting in WA are pretty limiting to what I can actually do out in the field for real testing. Eventually, I’ll get to the point where I can do my own experiments, at which point I’d love to test your ideas as well, but right now I’m focused on finding the gold first. Thank you so much for your feedback

Thanks for the tip, I’ll get on it

Thank you. Just keep at it you’ll get some eventually.

Thank you! Will do!

I sure will take you up on that. Water is a little high and job schedule is pretty full for a while, but I’ll be heading out as much as i can

I was surprised too. On this river I usually only find flood gold in the test pans in prime spots and sometimes it’s with all the organics and lighter stuff. Flood gold is my indicator that there’s something bigger even deeper in the hole. You never know if there’s gold there unless you test it.

@NorthwestGoldProspector oh yeah agreed. We work the same areas and I never see pans like that without serious digging, winching boulders or sniping. Seems like there is a source still depositing upstream from you which is cool.

BTW I'm always looking for someone to go prospecting with ( none of my friends will go ) and I have some very promising leads that are not blown out.

I’m always tying to get my buddies to go too but it doesn’t pique their interest enough. I’d be glad to meet up and poke around

@NorthwestGoldProspector nice. I'm heading out today to do some panning / recon maybe even explore a few mines if time permits. Btartsa at gee male dott commercial

It’s a tributary of the Lewis river known for gold. Look it up, I’m sure you’ll find it

@NorthwestGoldProspector ya theres a texas gulch at the top. Green mile. Sunset falls

You don’t need to go that far up, there’s plenty of gold in the lower sections

Haha exactly

Check out my other gold video 😉

And they taste good too

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I believe it 👍

Yes sir, working on it

I have a spot on a tributary that has a large fault that intercects a contact. I'm willing to team up with quiet hard workers ( no internet breadcrumbs).

@StevenHanover washington.

Thanks, you too!

Thank you!

Sure did, thank you sir

Haha yep thanks!

Just west of longview

@@NorthwestGoldProspector is that where you live? Im up in winlock. Ever dig up in Randal? Iv got good spots up there

Never really looked for agates or rocks much in that area, mostly looking for those golden rivers. It’s an area i know has had good agates before from previous finds with family friends

Any good spots in randle? That's where I'm at

I haven’t been in that area much but I’m sure there’s good spots with Randle being sandwiched between Mt St Helens and Mt Rainier. Let me know if you ever find anything good 😊

Sure is, thanks!

Yes it was, thank you!

Thank you very much!

Thanks!

Thank you!

I did think about it being a gold-mercury amalgam, but all the platinum colored pieces are not very malleable, however I’ll look into it more, thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you very much!