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An Article On Metal Detecting And Gold From Edmonton
- Thread starter John-Edmonton
- Start date
Dwayne2010
Member
Great article! $1500 seems like a lot of money for an ounce of gold, but it takes an extremely long time to collect that much. Most places have fine river gold which means, it takes a lot to equal an ounce. I wouldn't suggest to anyone to quit their day job to strike it rich. I spent all my holidays last year panning on the Fraser River and would be lucky if I got a gram.
Anyways, that was a good read!
I will add that I spent less time metal detecting and found more in monetary value then I did gold on the river.
Anyways, that was a good read!
I will add that I spent less time metal detecting and found more in monetary value then I did gold on the river.
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
I wonder where the mother lode is on the North Sask River must be in the mountains to the west.
I doubt if there is one. Normally, the closer to the mother load you get, the larger the nuggets. Not so with the North Saskatchewan River. It's flour gold or nothing. And west of Rocky Mountain House, there is no more flour gold. There are of course many theories out there. My favorite one and the one I believe, is that there is gold dissolved in the river from its long journey from the mountains. Somewhere, around Rocky Mountain House, the natural chemicals in the soil cause the gold to chemically drop out of the water, hence you get very tiny particles of gold.
Below is my flour gold from the North Saskatchewan River. It's about an ounce and a half. It took me about 2 1/2 seasons to get that much using a sluice box and rocker. Lots of healthy hard work digging. Metal detecting gets much more gold and is not as intense.
Below is my flour gold from the North Saskatchewan River. It's about an ounce and a half. It took me about 2 1/2 seasons to get that much using a sluice box and rocker. Lots of healthy hard work digging. Metal detecting gets much more gold and is not as intense.
Not that I an aware of.