The Path That Gold Follows

Due to its weight, gold tends to run downstream of a bed taking routes with fewer obstacles.  In its majority these seem to be the shorter possible routes between the more pronounced curves of a creek.

While these could not be the routes that gold always takes within a streambed, it is true that when dealing with curves most of the gold that is deposited is located towards the inner side of the curves. Very few deposits are found outside of them.

The centrifugal force generates more power to the external side of the curve, and less force in the inner side of it., which allows gold to deposit there.

It is important for you as a gold seeker to understand the concept that under the majority of conditions gold tends to move along shorter distances between the curves of a river or creek. It usually follows the internal routes of the curves. The best bet when seeking for gold is going directly to the areas within the routes that are more probable gold will follow when going down a creek. This requires the understanding of the effects caused by he different changes in bedrock and the numerous obstructions that are constantly changing on the route of gold when going down along with streams of water produced during extreme high tide periods in the creeks. For example if you are doing trials on concentration of gold round the rocks will be better to review the stones that could have been on the way of gold, in theory, it should have followed. This should have en more productive than just analyzing stones at random without caring where they are located.

Where the Streambed Widens
Another situation that occurs in a river or a creek, where many times a considerable concentration of gold (pay-streak) is found, is where the creek narrows and takes a certain width for a distance and then it suddenly opens to a section wider than its bed.

In the place where the bed widens the flux of water generally will slower its speed because the bed of the creek will allow a larger volume of water flow through that section, especially for extreme periods of high tide. The place in which water slows its flux speed will be the most appropriate for gold to deposit. Stones as gold need a great strength of water to be displaced, and in which the strength diminishes, there they will be deposited , so stones generally are deposited in the same areas in which great concentrations of gold can be found. But gold is not always found in places in which the stones are deposited. This is because there are very many streams of water and the majority of them probably will not follow the same routes that gold generally follows. However, it is a good idea to take notes of the locations in which the stones lie, that could be located in the same routes that gold follows. These are places to take some sample tests.