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I decided to pay my mortgage for a year and come to Colombia to try my hand at some prospecting. I am in an area in the Southern part of Colombia near Garzon, Department of Huila Colombia. Near the merging of 2 rivers the Magdalena and Suaza rivers. Huila has mining operations just north of where I am and there are plenty of mountains here, foothills leading to the Andes or away from the Andes as the case may be. I just recently joined this site, mostly as motivation to get out and get started and to share some of my findings, both good and bad as I go  along. The only things I brought with me for now were pans and a classifier and a few other odds and ends. Shovel I can buy here along with some 5 gallon buckets. If I find a spot I like I will invest in a sluice box or have one built here as bringing one into the country was not an option in my luggage. and I did not want to draw a lot of attention. I chose this part of Colombia, because I know someone who has a farm here and I can access the river through their property. I chose the smaller Suaza river as a starting point ad will be getting out my first time to begin sampling next week. I pan on starting a page and documenting as I go along, and will add the link to it after I create the page. I spent time in Colombia with the US Military training Colombian soldiers to fight the guerillas here so I speak a bit of the language and always wanted to come back and try my hand at finding some gold, after many years I had the opportunity and figured life is short, you sometimes have to knuckle up and go for it, and at 46 who knows how many more opportunities to go for it there might be. Anyway wish me luck and I will try to document the experience with my gopro and my waterproof camera.

Al