And I'm not talking fiction aka Lara Croft in this time of Global Economic Recession.
But it is a phenomenon in the West..Late Dr. P.K. Dutt was one of them.
He taught me a few things...saying the principles of geology can be applied. And it's adventurous.
Like searching for nuggets in "placer deposits"...this is one of the EASIEST WAYS of finding them. The principle is very simple...
In a stream the heavier metals..and that includes gold nuggets...occur in the bends....the outer bend where the water current speed drops..and the gold nuggets or particles deposit.
But then people have to STUDY THE GEOLOGY, THE GEOGRAPHY, THE LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE APPROACH ROADS, LEARN HOW TO PAN & CONCENTRATE THE GOLD... where to camp...one has to research this stuff.
But then....
This was how a few people became rich..prospecting and finding gold even in Subarnarekha...
Of course, in our country there has not been any Gold Rush...