Have you ever found gold?

Question

According to the French news site france24, they're going to reopen an old gold mine not far from me at Bontddu. Welsh gold, despite being the same as any other sells at ten times the price of regular gold due to its scarcity and royal connections, plus there'sa dragon guarding it. However Trumps tariffs are being thanked for driving gold prices up too.

I've never found gold but I do know someone who spotted and pocketed a tiny nugget in one on the local rivers while borrowing one of the trout.

So have you ever found gold in it's natural state? Was it by accident or were you searching for it?

MrOracle · Accepted Answer

I have found some tiny flakes when panning, and a piece of quartz about the size of a marble that has a bit of gold in it, but it's probably less than $10 worth. There's still plenty of gold up in the Sierra Nevada mountains where the California Gold Rush happened, but the easy to get to stuff is largely gone, except for the little bit the rivers bring down.

That said, the rivers still have tiny gold flakes all over if you are up in the mountains. It's just that panning in ice cold water for 8 cents worth of gold per hour loses its appeal quickly.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Accepted Answer

I looted so much gold, over time, up to the point it means nothing to me anymore.

Gold coins, gold nuggets, gold bracelets, gold vases, gold necklaces, even gold swords and gold armored plates. I wouldn't be surprised I stumble upon a gold cheeseburger at this point. Gold's scarcity is so overrated, in truth, that thing pops up in crazy amount, in every regions. Just from slashing rabbits and rats, you can buy a cottage in the meadow.

And don't get me started on DRAGONS, they drop enough gold to buy a country.

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

No gold here, best I can do going to beach after storm at night with strongest possible 465nm UV light and look for amber. German and British dentist love amalgamates, Russian dentist love gold. Maybe I should move to Russia for gold digging. lol

Agape93 · Accepted Answer

Found a solid gold tooth once.

DJB72 · Answer

Yep. In Wales. Went to a retired mine that's a museum now where you can pay to pan for gold in the stream running through the property.

Got about four grams of what they said was basically dust, but it still counts. I was 12 and they gave me £10 for it!

ohsheeT · Answer

Yes I have. That was by accident but but soon as Spring. Is a couple of friends and I are going to? Go and look. We've done quite a bit of research and if we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky we get lucky if we don't we'll try it again

RavVid · Answer

I have. Ballarat, about two hours from me, was where the largest nugget ever was found but after the alluvial gold was all mined out reef mining was difficult because the the gold was homogeneously distributed through the quartz.

So it was pennyweights of gold per tonne. Not economic. They did use this junk gold quartz to pave roads. It isn't hard to find. But you don't see veins of gold like in the pic.

AviatorTom · Answer

There's a mine in Upstate New York where you can pan for gold. I took my kids there once. They actually found a small speck of gold, the real stuff. They also found many gold painter small stones that are planted from people to find. They actually guarantee that someone in your group will find gold (usually the painted stones) or you get your admission fee back. Good marketing.

Staximus · Answer

I've found some really small flakes. There's a shitload of gold in old abandoned gold mines in the mountains out here. I'm not trying to die for it, though. There's a reason only the craziest bastards go in there. It's not solid rock, it's old and crumbly and will cave in on your head. The timbers holding up the mountain over your head are from the late 1800's. It's a death trap if I've ever seen one.

Douglas1180 · Answer

According to President Trump, America is in another gold age. His bold actions on trade, immigration, energy and anti-woke have transformed our nation into a goldmine for prosperity. So, while the wokesters continue to dig themselves into a deep hole, I'm over here investing in America. Trust me, that's where the gold is! #TrumpGoldRush #BlessedToBeABiggerPartOfTrumpsGoldMine 🤑🏛️🇺🇸

Sunrising · Answer

If I've some gold nuggets, who's to say they're not from Wales, and can I sell them for 10 times their value?

NathanDavis · Answer

only as jewelry... and technically, the little bit in the smartphones I've found here and there

GuyAnswersGirls123 · Answer

Found my wife in my 20s. That's so cheesy! I like it.

Iron_Man · Answer

Yes in creeks but it’s mostly dust Gold I do have a fancy gold chain in the safety deposit box

jamesgoldman · Answer

Never naturally Plenty at car boot sales, charity shops and even in the gutter a few times

Wiredone · Answer

Someone lost gold earrings in a parking lot and I found them

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Yeah, a few times. Once in a chunk from a mine, a couple of times in streams in the mountains, just specs though

LEGENDARY4200 · Answer

Yes i have, gold dust and some small nuggets as well as fools gold

NicholasRedone · Answer

@purplepoppy only at sovereign hill and it was either real or fake water dust

exitseven · Answer

No, I found a 20 dollar bill near the college bus stop though

ProbablyClueless · Answer

I have no idea. I think I probably have, but I have no way to know

robocop666 · Answer

nope. There is a few psychics working in mining I know about though.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I found gold only once. That was in the bathroom sink when it broke off my tooth.

glennos89 · Answer

Yeah I found a whole mountain full off it before waking up 🤣

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. I discovered some, (and a bunch of silver) in my brother's room after he died and a bunch here in my aunt's house after she died.

kaucky1 · Answer

Along train tracks found gold but also made gold by accident with some Ether 🤭

DrPepper12 · Answer

No but gems n stuff at tourist traps for kids

CaptainSmartass · Answer

Not yet.  Simples...

V1ka5h · Answer

Nope but found gold diggers a lot

Anonymous · Answer

Not yet, but I'm looking for it :P

Professor-college · Answer

No but found money more than once on the sidewalk

Simslover92 · Answer

Only in my dreams.

DCVsMarvel2 · Answer

I have not

eagle1951 · Answer

nope

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