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Hi all,
I'm relatively new to the prospecting scene. I recently purchased a sluice, and have taken it out and dug a few holes in the riverbed of a creek close to home.
Yesterday whilst digging in the creek, i was coming across a LOT of quartz. Each time i classified my dirt/sands, i was finding heaps of pieces of quartz ranging from fingernail size to tennis ball size.
After processing 5 or 6 buckets of dirt/sands down my sluice, i still found nothing.
I was reading online that if you find quartz, its a good sign that gold could be nearby. Is this true?
Should i concentrate on digging the embankment of the creek rather that the actual creek bed itself?
Its all just a bit confusing for me at the moment!
I'm relatively new to the prospecting scene. I recently purchased a sluice, and have taken it out and dug a few holes in the riverbed of a creek close to home.
Yesterday whilst digging in the creek, i was coming across a LOT of quartz. Each time i classified my dirt/sands, i was finding heaps of pieces of quartz ranging from fingernail size to tennis ball size.
After processing 5 or 6 buckets of dirt/sands down my sluice, i still found nothing.
I was reading online that if you find quartz, its a good sign that gold could be nearby. Is this true?
Should i concentrate on digging the embankment of the creek rather that the actual creek bed itself?
Its all just a bit confusing for me at the moment!