My thoughts on Precious Metals

[Baglady]

Done a bit of panning from time to time but mostly found lots of Iron Pyrite in the pan. Unlike gold the little"fools gold" flakes tend to float in the pan so easy to tell the difference. A friend goes to a honey hole on the Chattahoochee River 4-5 times a year with a small suction dredge and manages about 1/2 to 1 oz for the afternoon. He has to wait for several good rain storms to refill the hole to make it worth the effort. He uses mercury to separate the gold before putting it in a potato and baking the mercury out leaving him with a little ball of gold.

I need to meet some people in the Delonaga area so I can pan the streams.

At least you have gold in your state. Check out Coker Creek GPAA in Tn. Talk to Big Al. He goes to Georgia a lot, and has sites listed on their website of where to go.
If your buddy is finding 1/2 - 1 oz...that's amazing!! $600-$1300 in a day? Yep, I'd be all over it too.