Yesterday I was asked how much weight would a 5 gallon bucket be if filled with Gold.
Anwser: A lot.
Here are some facts I gathered to help.
Density of gold
Gold is extremely dense and is tasteless and odorless. It is resistant to corrosion. A cubic me
Read more…Only had a few hours to get out today and the tide was high so I didn't get to dig. So I drove out to a small town ball field for a little detecting. From the amount of clad coins and pull tabs I got I don't think it's been hunted. I dug this in 2½ h
Read more…I went to check out one of our coastal islands today. I know of a couple cellar holes there and figured why not. When I got there I realized I didn't think about how high the plants have grown. Detecting was almost impossible. I went into a cellar an
Read more…Folks -- Just wanted to say Hi. I'm Bruce from the Northern Virginia area. I have been piddling with prospecting for about 6 years here in VA. If you didn't know, the eastern gold belt runs from MD just west of DC, across northern VA and south par
Read more…Does anyone have a picture of a ChinaBanker?Sorry for slang ,only know it by this name.Thanks DirtHogg,PS,it's an oversized miller table.
Read more…Its been 3 days now and she was up most of the night hope she is better soon. the dishes are all dirty and the house needs cleaned may need to go bye some more dishes maybe. hahaha. Hope to go mining this week end.Hope all of you are doing ok, Bush
Read more…Hello folks, I'm brand new to this sight and new to prospecting as well. I'm a member of the GPAA and am looking forward to getting out on their claims if the weather ever turns nice here in Montana. I've been looking for other places to prospect o
Read more…Well here's a good story of a old timer with a great life story but his family would like to see
Part of todays adventure took me along this little cliff.
I went around the corner and found massive chunks of quartz. One chunk bigger than my truck I think. Some white, some green, some red and a lot of orange. Not sure what to make of it but was
Read more…I took my Garrett 350 detector to Alaska ,this past August, for 3 weeks and kept the setting on Gold.
I did find Gold With the help from Prospector,Gold Rush Peck,but not with the Garrett 350.
I found out when I got home,that I should have kept the
Read more…It seems to me every time I turn around that there is a new regulation on some kind of small scale mining or prospecting piece of equipment in the USA or Canada. The laws very from state to state and province to province but do we have any kind of vo
Read more…Hello everyone! I am a newbie to gold prospecting and was hoping you could answer a couple of questions! I live in Statesville NC, located about 50 miles North of Charlotte. I know NC is home to the first gold rush and I have seen where gold has bee
Read more…I am the greenest horn on the mountain utube vids show people working so to nome but they don't ever discuss the rules for prospecting in those areas I have been seeing a lot of membership deals with proposed claims to work does this mean your not al
Read more…Probably has been discussed to death. But I am trying to put together a highbanker/dredge combo.
We will be working Wa. Or. Mt. Mostly smaller creeks. What size motor? I am seeing a lot of new unused Hondas on Craigs list for 400 to 650.
Also
Read more…We as prospectors put up with a lot of adversity to do what we love too do, the environmentalists, BLM, the USFS, the ACOE and some people that seems too think we're crazy or destroying the world, but after reading this story written by a prospector
Read more…So I just got my new Bazooka Gold Trap (48") in yesterday. I have used one a time or 2, which sold me on them. Anyway, was checking out a few Youtube vids and saw where a guy has placed V matting of the first 24" of his 48" Bazooka. It was showing
Read more…Hi guys, Not sure if this video which shows how easy it is to track down a location via copying a photo has been shown before but it thought it important to post. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xvZF-yP_ceU?feature=player_detailpage Make sure that GP
Read more…Well we have had a couple of warm days and today I'm going to go to the claims and see if this warm spell has exposed the rock where I got some real good assay results back. Hopefully be able to get some samples to crush down and check for colour. I'
Read more…Hi everyone, thanks for reading here and even more for replying here....I have a SYM south yuba mining sluice box that is 60 x 12 and i want to make it into a high banker. Since i am only 1 1/2 years into the prospecting world i though i shake some
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