I think your going to need your stubbornness with your luck :)

Todays going to be the day you make your fortune is the fist thing you tell yourself as you wake up. My system cannot fail. You head out for a new day of searching.

O6 - First port of call is North in the mountains but you find nothing

O7 - Sticking to the system, you head south a little way and start digging and .... yup you guessed it ... nada

O8 - Further south and again nothing discovered

O9 - Last try today at the bottom of the slope of one of the mountains and again you are emtpy handed.

Glad you are stubborn. Please try again tomorrow, really hoping you find something big.