Why gold?

The original gold rush took place around 1850. It's hard to believe there was actual large gold nuggets just lying around in remote places. Most of the obvious nuggets and veins were mined out years ago.

Back then gold was $18 an ounce so they weren't to interested in the small stuff. Today it is over $2000 an ounce so the small overlooked gold becomes worth while. What's nice is the goldbelt out West stretches the entire coast so when it's 110 in Arizona and only 80 near Oregon so I can pursue my new hobby year round following the perfect weather.

Most of the mining hard work has been done 100 years ago so an old crippled like me can check the thousands of waste piles with a metal detector. Will I get rich, probably not but you only need to get lucky one time. Hopefully this decision will allow me to follow the the weather helping with my daily aches and pains while meeting interesting people souround in beautiful landscapes.