Gold Prospecting in Colombia

Hello Fellow Gold Prospectors,

Have you ever wondered what life is like in Colombia, South America?        I did before coming here almost 4 years ago.  I live in a small city called Popayan.  It is known as the "City of White" because just about every building is painted white.  Outside of Popayan there are several rivers and they all flow out of the mountains so the water temperature is a bit nippy but with a wetsuit, you can spend all day looking for gold.  When I first started prospecting, I found a lot of pyrite and quartz in one river.  I even bought some hard rubberized hose and tried gravity dredging.  The gravity dredge worked when I finally got all the air out and had the one end dangling off an 8 foot waterfall.  But no gold.  So I went to another river and started sampling and found gold.  Like most prospectors my equipment has grown from a plastic pan and a garden trowel to a home made hand dredge to a couple of sluice boxes to a highbanker.

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  • Thanks Sonny,   I think so too.  Colombia, at least in this area, is very peaceful and the people live less hectic lives. 

  • Cool, there is a ton of gold in South America, was there in Bogota in 2011 visiting my wife's family. Its a wonderful culture and a beautiful country. Totally different way of life

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