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Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:18 pm
by Copper Catcher

Re: Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:37 pm
by Mossy
:idea: Some maps show undersea canyons continuing out to sea from rivers on land, probably cut during the glacial maximums. I bet there's a lot of placer gold down there. :shock:


:cry: A couple of miles deep.

Re: Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:57 pm
by dannan14
Mossy wrote::idea: Some maps show undersea canyons continuing out to sea from rivers on land, probably cut during the glacial maximums. I bet there's a lot of placer gold down there. :shock:


:cry: A couple of miles deep.



Exactly what i was thinking. The raging floods from glacier melt could have moved some very big nuggets. There could be 200lb boulders of gold in some of those placer deposits.

Re: Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:04 pm
by justj2k78
dannan14 wrote:
Mossy wrote::idea: Some maps show undersea canyons continuing out to sea from rivers on land, probably cut during the glacial maximums. I bet there's a lot of placer gold down there. :shock:


:cry: A couple of miles deep.



Exactly what i was thinking. The raging floods from glacier melt could have moved some very big nuggets. There could be 200lb boulders of gold in some of those placer deposits.


I gotta get me some flippers and a REALLY long hose.

Re: Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor

PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:39 pm
by Mossy
dannan14 wrote: Exactly what i was thinking. The raging floods from glacier melt could have moved some very big nuggets. There could be 200lb boulders of gold in some of those placer deposits.


Well, I have seen some BIG boulders that must weigh several tons, glacial erratics, that had a strange surface, and later discovered they look exactly like tremolite with the rind intact (nephrite: fake jade, but still lots and lots and lots of $). Never got back to take a closer look at them.