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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
Any thoughts on if this ore is gold bearing ?
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 660337" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Hawkear has said it well. My answer to such a question would normally be that such a rock will contain no visible gold, such as he implies. Chances are very low. I would ask questions like "why do I think this rock will contain gold rather than any other old rock"? "Why do I want to do all this hard yacka on this rock rather than on another rock that is more likely to contain gold"? "Why do I want to crush ANY rock up when it is much easier to pan or detect gold"?</p><p></p><p>If I cannot see coarse gold in a rock, or the detector is not screaming over it, it does not interest me. Hard work for negligible return as a rule.</p><p></p><p>Gold is not all that hard to find - in an hour or so at worst if panning in an old goldfield (usually no fortune but at least you get to see it and feel some sense of achievement). You might have to spend a few days on an old field to get the first bit with a detector, but when you do it is more likely to be coarser and not alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 660337, member: 4386"] Hawkear has said it well. My answer to such a question would normally be that such a rock will contain no visible gold, such as he implies. Chances are very low. I would ask questions like "why do I think this rock will contain gold rather than any other old rock"? "Why do I want to do all this hard yacka on this rock rather than on another rock that is more likely to contain gold"? "Why do I want to crush ANY rock up when it is much easier to pan or detect gold"? If I cannot see coarse gold in a rock, or the detector is not screaming over it, it does not interest me. Hard work for negligible return as a rule. Gold is not all that hard to find - in an hour or so at worst if panning in an old goldfield (usually no fortune but at least you get to see it and feel some sense of achievement). You might have to spend a few days on an old field to get the first bit with a detector, but when you do it is more likely to be coarser and not alone. [/QUOTE]
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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
Any thoughts on if this ore is gold bearing ?
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