Blurry Forest by Anna Brunk

From Gold To Bigfoot - Don and Peggy Avery

In 1989 Don and Peggy Avery moved to eastern Washington to pursue their deep interest in the history of the Gold Rush and to mine for gold themselves.

Deciding to use the dousing method, Don bought a Metsker's map of the region and used a quartz crystal he had owned for a number of years. He used this "map dousing" to try to locate gold deposits and triangulated on a sand bar some 55 miles to the northeast in the Snake River below the Lower Granite Dam.