NUGGET GRUBBER Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Has anyone ever panned the Virgin River and had any luck. It looks good , but have not had the chance to stop and try it out. Nuggget Grubber :confused0013: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawmill Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Nugget Grubber That is a heck of a good question. I have heard lots of stories about gold around St George and the Virgin River. Most of the gold I have heard about around there is real fine. I have never prospected any in that area,but I am curious too. Maybe when it cools down I may have to check it out. :laught16: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Nugget Grubber, Down the road in Mesquite NV, you'll find gold. If I remember right isn't that the Virgin River? LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawmill Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 LuckyLundy Down the road in Mesquite is where you lose your gold. :laught16: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUGGET GRUBBER Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Yea, down the river in Mesquite is where you loose what you found. I also will wait until it cools off and go give it a try. Thanks; Nugget Grubber :coffeetime: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I'm not taking any gold with me when I head off to the big gold patch in the sky...all my gold is for sale and a few baseball cards to boot!!! Gotta play to win, no matter what it is! LuckyLundy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I spent a little time panning down there and got a little color from one of the places I tried. I'd look at the head of inside bends, and just the top couple of inches. In those kinds of spots, thats where the gold concentrates. There are a number of spots in Utah that are similar. This same fine grained placer gold was also mined in a number of places along the Colorado, Green and San Juan rivers. There is kind of an art to mining these deposits which were known by the old timers as "skim bars" Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawmill Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks Chris,that is some good information to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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