Golden Sands

I was in our Dolgellau office the other day and the girls were telling me that with the price of gold rising so much there are plans to re-open a local gold mine and some locals have even been panning the Mawddach Estuary hoping to make a quick fortune.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-north-wales-news/dolgellau-news/2012/02/11/gold-mining-could-restart-in-snowdonia-55578-30308552/

This morning I took a walk to see how the Rhyl Harbour works are coming along and I got to thinking;



the headwaters of the River Clwyd also rise far up in the hills, it seemed likely to me that any gold carried downstream would be deposited where the river meets the tide.



Could the construction works have disturbed long since buried deposits?

With a little beach combing I was able to improvise a "pan" and got to work.





I can't wait for Smouts to open on Tuesday!
Now I know why so many of our members are spending more time metal detecting...

i think your a day early for a gold rush lol.

eddythefly wrote:

i think your a day early for a gold rush lol.

Not a day early at all Eddy, haven't you heard that this year the clocks went forward a whole day at midnight to compensate for the slowing of the earth's rotation...

[ Aur ffyliaid yw hynny , ac mae'n gamarweiniol ei awgrymu i bobl (I don't speak much welsh - I goggled this) ]


That is quite a change at the harbour entrance. Any views on how it will effect the fishing there? Perhaps too early for anyone to say.

might not effect the fishing but will deffo affect how we operate our boats