…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.

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

George was considering filling his dredge floats with closed-cell foam, ensuring that there would be no area available within each float for flooding.

I didn’t know what to expect because the area we were working was not close to the water, but we were pleasantly surprised when we began to pan out some nice flakes and a few pickers.