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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Areas in the triangle where gold came to the surface?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chewy" data-source="post: 554546" data-attributes="member: 4646"><p>I think your asking the wrong question. Say the gold was formed/deposited 250 million to 500 million years ago, thats a hell of a long time ago by our standards. That gives it a long time for erosion and other forces to change the landscape. Where you might find gold on what is now the surface might have been 100m deep in the earth or more back then. A mountain could have eroded off of it, or it could have been uplifted over time. A lot of the gold we find at the surface has been washed there over time in ancient creeks that are now buried. Thats the game. You have to look for where it came from when you get onto a bit. When the old timers followed it to the source, if they could find it, and it was worth it and possible, they hammered it. :goldpan: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />ickshovel: :goldnugget:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chewy, post: 554546, member: 4646"] I think your asking the wrong question. Say the gold was formed/deposited 250 million to 500 million years ago, thats a hell of a long time ago by our standards. That gives it a long time for erosion and other forces to change the landscape. Where you might find gold on what is now the surface might have been 100m deep in the earth or more back then. A mountain could have eroded off of it, or it could have been uplifted over time. A lot of the gold we find at the surface has been washed there over time in ancient creeks that are now buried. Thats the game. You have to look for where it came from when you get onto a bit. When the old timers followed it to the source, if they could find it, and it was worth it and possible, they hammered it. :goldpan: :pickshovel: :goldnugget: [/QUOTE]
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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Areas in the triangle where gold came to the surface?
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