Not a how to..........just a neat read.
I Quit My Job to Hunt for Gold. This Is What I've Learned.
On a sunny day this past January, Pauly Larouche was floating face down in a creek in a remote New Zealand forest. He was thousands of miles from home, and he and two guides had
trekked for hours to get to this particular spot. They were drawn there by the same force that had lured prospectors in centuries past: Gold waiting to be discovered. Armed with a dive mask, a wetsuit, and hand tools, Larouche poked at rocks on the creek bed, searching for a hypnotic yellow shine.
In just ten minutes, he found his first nugget. And after two hours, he had picked up over 38 grams of gold, a haul worth thousands of dollars.
“I actually thought it was a prank,” says Larouche, but his guides were just as surprised as he was. He had uncovered something truly incredible. “It felt amazing,” he says.
Larouche, a native of Vancouver, Canada, has turned gold seeking into his full-time job. He travels the globe hunting for the precious metal, and he has
over 540,000 subscribers on YouTube, where he posts videos of his exploits. Although most people think of gold hunting as a relic of the pioneer days (if they think about it at all), Larouche is proof there’s still treasure out to be found. In fact, thanks to the recent wet winter in California, amateur gold seekers across the Western U.S. are
gearing up for a banner year. Heavy rains and snowmelt have sent soil cascading down rivers and creeks, exposing new gold for those willing to search for it. There are no guarantees in this business, but you might just get lucky, too. Larouche likes your odds.
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