There can be other materials mixed in with river debris, too. You know what this means? I have to build a model of debris and gold pieces in a moving river. Profit! (Or, at least enjoy some entertainment.)īut why doesn’t the gold get washed away along with the flowing water? It seems strange to me, but I suspect it has to do with the very high density of gold, around 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter- much higher than rock, which is about 2.7 grams per cubic centimeter. Use a little squeeze bottle and suck up those tiny pieces. Most of the debris will get swept away in the river current, but the gold will start to sink. Swish the water around with your hand to stir up debris, which will include a lot of small rocks and dirt, but maybe also some gold. Dig around in the rocks looking for the places most likely to harbor the flecks. Here's how it works, according to my extensive analysis of YouTube: Find a river that could have gold in it. One way to look for these flecks of gold is to use the “sniping” method.

(But be careful or YouTube will just give you more gold videos.) If you want to check them out, take a look at Tassie Boys Prospecting or Pioneer Pauly. There are a bunch of prospecting videos, but I like the ones where people wade knee-deep into rivers and search for tiny bits of gold stuck in the cracks of rocks. I'm not exactly sure how the YouTube algorithm finds videos for me to watch, but now that I've stumbled into videos about people searching for gold, I can't stop.

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