Goldseeker4000 : beautiful gold ! Thanks for your tips about the GM1000.
"Gallia aurifera" is ancient Latin language :
- Gallia is the antic name of France, before the roman invasions ("la Gaule" in french)
- aurifera : because of the country's reputation, a country "full of gold"... There are several ancient texts (Greek and Roman authors) which describe France as the country of Europe richest in gold, the Celtic tribes were covered with gold jewels. Gold picked up in the country's rivers. The gold richness of the country was one of the main reasons for the Roman invasions.
This is unfortunately why we find less gold today, and almost no nuggets> 5 gr : the Celts and Romans, then the French of the Middle Ages, have collected "all the big gold", the country is small and every stream has been prospected for more than 2000 years.
Idahogold : for sure, this bedrock is a good spot. I've found a 0.2 gr nugget recently here (gold panning, i don't have a detector yet )