Dere be gold in dem hills!

I highly recommend that if you are interested in treasure hunting that you watch season 2 of Discovery's Gold Rush Alaska: 
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/gold-rush-alaska/


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The Hoffman Crew

 I also suggest you watch Discovery Channel's Bering Sea Gold which gives you a more realistic idea of what these people go through just to find a bit of gold. 


http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/bering-sea-gold/


Photo rights belong to Discovery Channel.

The Christine Rose just offshore of Nome, Alaska

After a day's haul this sediment is then filtered for the speckles of gold. You can see the gold here :)

Here is a realistic take on the flood of people who headed to Nome after watching these shows: 
http://fsplifestyle.co.za/content/only-way-buy-gold-today


This is basically all that South Africa has to offer regarding gold prospecting :-/
http://www.sagoldpanning.co.za/


Here is extra reading for those interested:
http://www.akmining.com/mine/minclass.htm


For the curious about how to go dredging in Nome and the regulations that are in place. There are also hints and reality checks that the council raise:
http://www.visitnomealaska.com/nome-gold-dredging.html


This is what the Department of Natural Resources have to say:
http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/mining/nome/