Dont pass up the pretty Rocks they may be worth more than the Gold

FINDING GOLD III (Gold & Sapphires)

 

www.treasuresites.com Location guides & tools. Do not discount the
"pretty" rocks found along with gold. The sapphires you see are worth many times
more than gold. Sapphire (& Ruby, (corundum), is like garnet, a relatively
high specific gravity that will catch in a sluice readily. These gems act as
gold, they will drop behind a boulder, in bedrock cracks, and set up in the
stratiform layers of a bar on the inside bend of a stream. In a perfect
(laboratory world) a river bar sets up from front to back: Gold, Platinum, Lead,
Iron Ore (black sand), Gems, Sand. and in a stratiform layer (top to bottom)
Sand, Gems, Iron Ore, Lead, Platinum, Gold. In the real world big gold drops out
at the head of the bar and as the bar is formed, it forms an airfoil shape which
sucks light gold flakes (and gems) to the back of the bar. What you want to look
for is concentrations of black sands at the back of the bar to know there is
gold (and gems) likely. At the front of the bar will be the heaviest gold
(nuggets) and gems, but they may be too deep or covered by massive layers of
boulders to get to. Just remember to follow the black sands and move slightly
ahead of them for the richest concentrations of fine & flake gold (and
gems). More info at my website on the Gold and Gems info page.