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<blockquote data-quote="mdv" data-source="post: 13081" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the warm welcome.</p><p></p><p>Just to show that the 1860's (Chinese?) gold diggers did not get it all, the attached image shows some (very) small pickers most of which were drawn out of a single small (15cm) longitudinal crevice smack in the middle of an old dig. Largest one is a paltry 0.25g and total is 0.93g. If you are wondering how a longitudinal crevice (sometimes under flowing water) could hold gold, this one had a near-perfect little gold-trap in its floor which probably held these little pickers for thousands of years. Took a fair bit of gouging with a spoon to get to them after my sample pan threw up the first one.</p><p></p><p>Still looking for their 'brothers and sisters'.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/710/1370263156_dsc03534.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mdv, post: 13081, member: 710"] Hi All, Thanks for the warm welcome. Just to show that the 1860's (Chinese?) gold diggers did not get it all, the attached image shows some (very) small pickers most of which were drawn out of a single small (15cm) longitudinal crevice smack in the middle of an old dig. Largest one is a paltry 0.25g and total is 0.93g. If you are wondering how a longitudinal crevice (sometimes under flowing water) could hold gold, this one had a near-perfect little gold-trap in its floor which probably held these little pickers for thousands of years. Took a fair bit of gouging with a spoon to get to them after my sample pan threw up the first one. Still looking for their 'brothers and sisters'. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/710/1370263156_dsc03534.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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