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

My largest nugget from this area is almost one-half ounce. I’ve found several smaller chunks and many pickers in addition to the fines and flakes that I put in my poke.

There were nice sections of vein material at the end of several drifts, like they just stopped work one day and walked away.

I got a signal but knew it was small. Still, I was very happy to find something. I continued and got another signal. Yes! A bigger nugget! Then I got another signal.

…since many miners have wandered these hills over the years, you have to sometimes be a little more creative and unconventional in your methods to hopefully find new deposits.