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stressless		Posted : Friday, 25 March 2011 11:12:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 28/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: Waihi Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Hi, I done some crevising last weekend and cleaned out crevise with a scraper and crevise pump when i noticed what i initially thought was a gold vein but was a pyrite vein ( dam it all )i followed one a little way to a junction and was hoping to find a bit of gold there but found only a empty cavity with a very thin layer of maybe quartz around it(bugger again!!) Is this a good indicator to dig round a bit more next time out ? Cheers

lrodgers		Posted : Monday, 18 April 2011 3:58:19 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 3		Veins of pyrite are a common occurrence in quartz. It's a 50/50 chance to get gold with quartz around.

ronincolin		Posted : Thursday, 21 April 2011 6:25:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 21/04/2011(UTC) Posts: 2 Location: Northern California Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		- Edited by user Thursday, 21 April 2011 6:34:49 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

ronincolin		Posted : Thursday, 21 April 2011 6:27:28 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 21/04/2011(UTC) Posts: 2 Location: Northern California Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Hardrock gold veins are very hard to come by. Make sure there is evidence of gold bearing gravels in the area by panning out some of the flood areas. If the area is known for gold keep up the hard work of crevicing. If you can, find a crevice that runs parallel to the runoff. Hopefully it's packed with gravel and you can use a screwdriver and hammer to break it up. Scrape it out and process. Move around as much as possible. Here's a picture of placer gold I found last week in a crevice that dropped down parallel in the South Fork of the American River. ronincolin attached the following image(s):

mem		Posted : Thursday, 21 April 2011 3:01:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/10/2010(UTC) Posts: 115 Location: UK/south coast Thanks: 25 times Was thanked: 14 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Welcome to the forum Ronincolin,and thanks for the info. Mem. Nice bucket load of gold there.

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stressless		Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 6:47:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 28/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 11 Location: Waihi Thanks: 3 times Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Thanks Irodgers, ronincolin sorry about late reply have not been online for a while, good info. Had a crevice nearby and found a few colours, have not had time to get out again for a few months though. Ronincolin was all that gold in just one crevice, cheers for picture.