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RE: Gold Prospecting in Pennsylvania - Panning for Gold.
good lesson - i am a fossecker from Australia and i focus on sapphires -- but i know we find a lot of gold in quartz and you crush the quartz to remove the gold then pan it to clean up - i am following now and upvoted too
That's exactly right, @daydreams4rock! Prospectors get excited when they see a vein of quartz. Australia is supposed to have some really good gold down there. I'm interested in gem stones myself and would like to learn more about it. I don't really know much on the subject. I do see some garnets and other little gems when panning. About 60 miles south of where I live, I know they were find some really good sapphire. Maybe I'll head down there and try to find some myself!
you use sieves to fosseck for sapphires 1/4 and 1/8 inch and i reckon you will love it -- check some youtube videos first to get the technique -- i have some sapphires posted that i found and had cut -very satisfying
Ah! Okay. I already have some of the gear then. I have both size sifters/sieves. You use them in gold prospecting too to weed out the bigger rocks and stuff. I'll look into it more!
it is very satisfying