Searching Alluvial Deposits

SAND AND GRAVEL DEPOSITS

SMALL STREAMS IN MANY PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE THE BEST SOURCE OF ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS AND ONE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND A LARGE VARIETY OF MINERALS IN THESE OVER LOOKED AREAS.  THE SECRET IS TO KNOW WHAT YOU PICK UP.  THIS WILL REQUIRE SOME RESEARCH ON THE PART OF THE TREASURE HUNTER AND A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GEOLOGY.  THE SMALL STREAMS OF SW MISSISSIPPI ARE ONE SUCH PLACE WHERE SUCH DEPOSITS OFFER A WIDE SELECTION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED PEDDLES OF ALL KINDS.  I HAVE EVEN FOUND SMALL RUBIES IN THESE SHALLOW WATERS, ALTHOUGH THE VALUE IS SMALL THE HOPE FOR A BIG FIND IS ALWAYS WITH ME AS I WALK ALONG THE SHALLOW CREEK BEDS.  AFTER ALL ITS OFTEN THE HUNT AS MUCH AS THE FIND.