Hunt for gold

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·@brian.rrr·
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Hunt for gold
Hi friends,

The other day, I went out to a gold claim with my metal detector hoping to find that elusive giant gold nugget.  This was my first time to this claim (I am part of a club that has a number of claims that members have access to), which was a couple hour drive from my house.

A creek runs through the claim and I had no idea if there would be water or not in it, so I brought my sluicing gear and my dry material gear just in case - there was no water at this time.  The dirt road was in pretty good shape so that was helpful, but then I trekked through the underbrush to the claim, which was about a 15 minute hike. 

Once there, the area was pretty interesting and there seemed to be decent mineralization in the area.  Here are some pictures:


![IMG_8888.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYDH3s4KZURErw1Ki74tbUU2dEmM8ZJfxGDJBt7EJMwKK/IMG_8888.jpeg)

![IMG_8892.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQB4vvZM9J2ZZRQGbFJkeLc5UD1FgRsdrDg44rnJvyivF/IMG_8892.jpeg)

![IMG_8890.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmTr5RHSnAGMaSv6iepRv4EUNxLBYfzzA4Azw2RNERZxwo/IMG_8890.jpeg)

![IMG_8893.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmb7fd5bJh1VeeBvE9QanbjP6RVJiTzY5MgxjXNuRp9CC4/IMG_8893.jpeg)

![IMG_8895.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYRzjVmDFjMDoRirh98edWYA1fBAypHifNwj11DwWfQ1E/IMG_8895.jpeg)

![IMG_8896.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmeh7JsocSSiKXDdkZn5YX5dUwfggNnc5Z5Mn2EbQXBBtT/IMG_8896.jpeg)


I mostly used my metal detector looking for nuggets - spoiler alert, didn’t find any.

What I did find were lots of bullets and buckshot.  I also found a few hot rocks, but and some interesting specimens.


![IMG_9158.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVsWuKX6uTmXx9JY5RQWd5dvG6wMPhBpcpNBWR7c6GRBj/IMG_9158.jpeg)

![IMG_9159.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQme5N8K6tQnGBYK4teBRL1rNDpe8Z9uhsuBR9W6cRvE1n2/IMG_9159.jpeg)


I did find one garnet gemstone, which looks cool closeup:


![IMG_9157.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmSiokqHhEin7RhnPn35oTuU8k9zSkGrcZgABsJKxNH5Ba/IMG_9157.jpeg)


Overall, a fun day out in nature.  Better luck with the giant gold nugget next time.

Thanks for coming by,
Brian
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