How very gracious of you, kittymoonbeam! Thank you. However, it seems that Kippy-the-Hippy has already explained that there is no such hope.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gold in California's parks - millions of dollars worth

Too bad....can you imagine how the first miners felt pulling gold out of the river? There's a huge gold nugget in the LA museum. A man found it driving across the desert with a metal detector tied to his car. I hope he shouted Eureka!