Gold, Gold, Gold! Time to Showoff! (ツ)

Just SHY of THE mother lode.
This place has been worked over for 100 years.
Still averages around 0.150 / 0.200 of a gram per cubic yard of material.

 

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There are things I'd lug around for $10 per cubic yard, but at this point it's pretty much down to packing peanuts and (inflated) balloons.

But I do understand the thrill of the hunt, and I'd surely be at it myself if I had a convenient gold-bearing creek.

 

I have always wanted to do that, unfortunately the closes I have ever come is
panning for gold at Knotts berry farms but I have done that a few times...LOL

 

Just came in today so I thought I would
share the 1 OZ GOLD krugerrand
2000, with an extremely low mintage
of only 37,998 according to the rand
refinery records, very sure a very tough
get !

 

Got myself a Gold Elephant, early Xmas present, oh and it's a top pop! These South African gold coins sell for top dollar but I've been wanting one for quite awhile so I bit the bullet and blamo, here it is!

 

Well, wasn't expecting to have this song pulled back into my head, especially not from CoinTalk:

 

Beautiful coin

 

I like GOLD in any form

 

You say "hard labor", we say entertainment.

 

No, no, it's entertaining to do, not to watch. (Although if that's what someone likes to watch, I won't judge; seems more exciting than certain sports I won't name... )

 

That day about Three hours.
Then...
Half hour drive each way and about an hour panning out the concentrates.
Best calculations, we moved a half yard of dirt and rocks. (Rocks to dirt ratio? Guessing half and half) The trommel screen's the material down to 1/4" then flows smoother through the drywasher.
Down side you move the material and extra time.
If anyone is wonder I way overbuilt the trommel weighing in at 60 pounds, after a day of entertainment value it's a good thing we don't have to park too far away.

The day before had a bonus picker...for a total of 0.309 grams.

 

Heres the latest Kruger to be added to my collection, just came in today its very
special in the fact that its a privy coin, this particular one celebrates the 50th
anniversary of the krugerrand 1967 - 2017