"If Nepal sambat has some contributions to the myths of making gold out of sand by a mystic and if YOU still keep believing in such myths, shove it into your head. Don't corrupt others head. Myths of that time has been full of lies and were unbelievably inflated. Advocates of Nepal sambat have mostly been those who speak Newari dialect and think Newari dialect should " IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND GOLD PARTICLES IN ASSOCIATION WITH SAND. SOMETIMES QUITE HUGE AMOUNTS. This type of deposit is called placer deposit. Generally it is with sand bars (point bar deposit) IN meandering stream system.