Just thought that there must be thousands of walkers that without realising it, step over many gold bearing streams. It's easy enough to carry a small pan in your back pack and sample some moss or gravel deposits. Whos knows, you could hit the big one.
Actually, there is a tale of a walker that stumbled upon a nice quartz and gold nugget while out walking near Pitlochry, Perthshire. Would you know what to look for?
There's a mix of walkers, campers and prospectors on our forum, so pop along and read a few interesting gold stories.
Just thought that there must be thousands of walkers that without realising it, step over many gold bearing streams. It's easy enough to carry a small pan in your back pack and sample some moss or gravel deposits. Whos knows, you could hit the big one.
You might, but it's unlikely. So while it's certainly something you might want to do if prospecting takes your fancy, I wouldn't make a point of stopping unless you're willing to sacrifice some of the walking.
I spent 2 weeks looking for gold in the hills around Gairloch on an undergrad field trip (Geophysics). We found some too, but not that was economically extractable according to Consolidated Goldfields :-(
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Just thought that there must be thousands of walkers that without realising it, step over many gold bearing streams. It's easy enough to carry a small pan in your back pack and sample some moss or gravel deposits. Whos knows, you could hit the big one.
Actually, there is a tale of a walker that stumbled upon a nice quartz and gold nugget while out walking near Pitlochry, Perthshire. Would you know what to look for?
There's a mix of walkers, campers and prospectors on our forum, so pop along and read a few interesting gold stories.
