On Tuesday I went back to the Potomac to do some panning and enjoy the unbelievable weather. It's the middle of January and I was out panning for gold in a short sleeve shirt. I met up with a guy named Richard who I met down at Contrary the week before and we spent about 6 hours on the creek. Everything was going at a normal pace for a while (2 or 3 small flakes a pan). Then around noon I hear Richard getting excited, so I waked over to him and saw this picker in his pan.
You can't tell how big it is in this picture but I would say about the size of my finger nail. You can tell how big it was compared to the other flakes in the pan. It turned out to be a pretty good day for me too. Here is a picture of my take for the day.
You can tell that the gold is starting to get bigger for me. There are 55 pieces there, including a couple nice big flakes and a couple chunky pieces. I also found 7 more fine pieces in the bottom of my snuffer bottle after I took this picture.
Total Pieces: 97
Jason
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