some samples taken from my creek

[tonyg]

 

[rockerfella]

Hi Tonyg
Have you crushed and panned them yet?? Would be interesting to see if anything in them
Cheers
Mark

 

[MJB]

crush and pan man...crush and pan

 

[AtomRat]

Yep, test em out! Nice conglomerate! Check for small gemstone grains

 

[DeckyDan]

That reminds me, I have to make a crusher.
I have some 3.5" tube from a forklift Hydraulic ram, I'll take 12" of that and weld a heavy flat plate across one end long enough to put a foot each side to hold it and il find a 40mm solid bar 2 feet long to smash and grind up all the rock.

 

[tonyg]

crushed n panned it,no colour,alot of black sand in it though,i wont give up on this area yet,havent done the quartz load sample yet

 

[Stuart Parry]

very cool , good stuff

 

[AtomRat]

I haven't had luck crushing and panning, but do get to see black sand as well at least.

There must be an acid that bubbles when it contacts gold to let you know if gold in within a rock or microscopically scattered.