Hello From Midwest

[Red_desert]

I've been interested in gold prospecting since the early 1990s (especially in the southwestern states). Retired now just turned 68, but my goal is to eventually get back to active prospecting.

[Lost Scout]

Welcome aboard and go for it.

[Red_desert]

Thanks! 🤚 

[JCR]

Welcome from East Texas.

[s.young]

Greetings from Missouri, there's a great crowd here.

[glacialgold]

Welcome from Indiana!

[Red_desert]

12 hours ago, glacialgold said:

Welcome from Indiana!

Nice, ever find any pickers down there? I live on a glacial hill. I find a few large chunks of quartz vein, that's about it except for abundant blueish green glaucophane. I once had a sample assayed by a professional from Ridgecrest CA. Supposed to be quite common in Japan.

[glacialgold]

2 minutes ago, Red_desert said:

Nice, ever find any pickers down there?

A few, yes.

I'm just south of the line where the Wisconsinian and Illinoian glaciers halted, and some of the creeks draining that area can yield chunkier gold. I've found three chunky flakes (<0.02g) that ring up on the 800 and Legend in their respective gold modes. 

[Red_desert]

Here is dry glaucophane, it looks more greenish. When wet you get more bluish of a color. Appears to have a spindel concave perfectly rounded.

[Red_desert]

22 minutes ago, glacialgold said:

A few, yes.

I'm just south of the line where the Wisconsinian and Illinoian glaciers halted, and some of the creeks draining that area can yield chunkier gold. I've found three chunky flakes (<0.02g) that ring up on the 800 and Legend in their respective gold modes. 

Somewhere is a stream a guy found nugget using a 2 1/2-inch homemade backpack dredge.