Many suggestions had some pieces or parts that would work some of the time, but Dredger Dan’s suggestion was, in my humble opinion, the cleanest, cleverest, and most dependable.

I frequently get asked, "What should I look for when I am out prospecting that will tell me there are good amounts of gold present in the ground?"

…for a few hours, we fervently dug for gold. After we did a cleanup, I couldn’t believe the amount we got.

Part of the good thing about this spot is that it is not that far from my home in the famous Virginia City mining district. Not everyone knows this, but the first discoveries around that area were gold placers.

The nugget sat there in plain sight, though it was covered in dirt, while hundreds of people had passed that way every day.