Re: Newbie questions: ( Surveying "virgin" creeks, home panning, suburban watersheds,etc.) Long Intro !

On Jun 24, 5:44 pm, Jake <newt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:55:47 -0400, Andrew<R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >1. What is the best way to survey streams that may be "virgin", i.e.,
probably never panned,etc.?
>
> No such thing, not i ZVirginia anyway.
>
> >3. What about home-panning? (Meaning lugging a few buckets home to work
on there ).
>
> I do this a lot, it "extends" the hobby.
>
> I was just in Dale City VA, there is gold in Naebesco Creek.  I spent
> the vast majority of my time looking for access, I used to go behind
> the KMart but it's all posted there now.  Got one pinhead flake.
>
> -Jake

 Hey Jake,

 Well there are lots of FFX Co. watersheds that cross the "Belt" and
none
of them are listed anywhere. The one closest to me is full of quartz
in the
stream bed with tons of smaller quartz "boulders" eroding out in the
hills
around. So I figured to give it a shot. Since you're local you
probably know
that there's plenty of historical refs to Great Falls area but then
there's this
geographical "gap" until you hit P.W. Co. and points south. I wondered
why?

Maybe I'm just being a clueless Newbie. But it occured to me a clever
fellow could be quietly working his way down these "virgin" streams.
Onr never knows, do one?

Any feedback is welcomed. What set-up do you use for home-panning?