How did it get where it's at...

When I go to my drywashing spot, indicated in the photo, I have found several pickers(ones you're able to pick up with your fingers), But last trip I moved on up the wash farther to see what else I could find. I had assumed that IF the gold moved from the top of the wash(downhill) to where I found the pickers, I would, most likely, find something bigger farther up. Guess again! For some strange reason there seem to be even less farther up the wash??? Huh?? How in the world did it get where it is, IF it came down that hill? Makes me wonder if maybe it didn't come in from a different direction? Since this all happened, probably, a million years ago, I guess we never know for sure. One thing that is for sure is that Gold is WHERE you find it, NOT where it SHOULD be...

Accidently found...then LOST!

A couple of winters ago, I was wandering around down somewhere near Quartzite, Arizona. Tried metal detecting, but some many people have left their trash behind, which makes detecting difficult, if not impossible.
I don't remember exactly where, but I went for an early morning walk, picking up and inspecting rocks along the way. Suddenly, I came across some strange looking pieces of volcanic rock, smooth, black and BUBBLED...Humm? Never seen anything like this before. Sort of like Obsidian, only flat, with bubbles.
Strange, but I didn't think much of it at the time, since strange things are common out here in the desert. It wasn't until some months later I was reading one of my old Gold Prospector magazines and opened up to an article about PSILOMELANE...
There it was! The very same type rocks I saw that day in an UN-REMEMBERED place. It turns out that Psilomelane is used to make some very nice jewelry, but also becoming very hard to find. Probably worth a good bit of change...IF I could ever find the place, again?