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So I found myself a little creak which has a few flakes of gold in it which Im happy about and being new to prospecting I decided to dig a hole where I found the gold, the theory is that gold sinks because its heavy. What I found was this, there was nothing in the first 10cm, the next 10cm contained a few flakes and the start of a loose gritty clay layer and then the next 30cm had nothing in it. That last 30cm was also made up of gravel, rocks and the loose gritty clay that I would have thought the gold would have passed through or at least been in.
Can someone tell me why the gold is on top and not also underneath the first layer of clay? I would have thought that the gold would have been deposited in layers after floods or work its way lower but that is not what I am seeing here. BTW the clay was very decomposed and full of gravel, it was very easy to wash out in the pan and was nothing like what I would assume to be a false bedrock layer made of clay.
Can someone tell me why the gold is on top and not also underneath the first layer of clay? I would have thought that the gold would have been deposited in layers after floods or work its way lower but that is not what I am seeing here. BTW the clay was very decomposed and full of gravel, it was very easy to wash out in the pan and was nothing like what I would assume to be a false bedrock layer made of clay.