Okay, question...I'm working and area not very well known for producing gold and took some sand/gravel from a new part of the area. Worked 4 pans this evening and found small flake in each and every one...very excited to say the least!! All I have is
Read more…Yes, another Blue Bowl tip. Over the years I have watched every video & read every post on all the forums on Blue Bowls but I have never seen this idea or seen it used but it works great. This is for those that run their BB on top of a bucket in a tu
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Turner Falls was a bust nothing but a swiming hole. Lots of people here and I do mean lots, also the trash that is left behind is unbelievable they leave trash in the streams and woods. The gold is flower when you find it and the price to stay is
Read more…I know Andy is getting buried in orders for these things, And now that its here, I can see why. The shear volume of work to craft a single one is amazing. This is a well made device. Had a couple sharp edges that took 2 min with a file to clean up.
Read more…So I'm trying t put together a 5" booming rig for next week. It's powered by 2 8hp briggs motors with keene 280 pumps. One goes to a 5" suction nozzle, the other to a power jet hooked to a crash box.
I'm not sure if it will work, but it will be a bla
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We arrived at Turner Falls in Oklahoma today and according to the GPAA book and articles online gold has been found at this site. I will let everyone know what my findings are on Sunday night hopefully LOL as I have to chase my 5 year old throug
Read more…is there any fisher;s in Temecula,ca or near
what pole and reel for sea fishing, and bait and wharf
is it easy to get a spot on the 1/2 day boats
Are you ready or already in action?
I have everything together for this season of prospecting but the "Lady of the Snows" says to stay home,...... just a while longer.
Claim is .5 mile upstream. Hopefully will get in around the end of April.
How
Read more…We members of the LDMA started receiving letters today that the Blue Bucket, Oregon LDMA property was shut down until further notice. No explanation or anything and the contact information they left us in the letters does not work. I am starting to r
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I just had to share a story on the gold rush of today..........I was able to take part and
it sure was intresting to take part but still a little shy with the whole thing......who
would of ever thought this was at the bottom of the pa
Read more…If any of You all Prospectors remember when I won the gold specimen nugget about a Year and half ago...after I recieved it i thought it would be nice on a ring,so i threw it in my junk drawer and thats where its been sitting for a good while...so af
Read more…So, deciding on Italian Bar, CA or Vein Mountain, NC for outing in October. has anyone been to I-Bar before? Any tips if so? Lots of info on Vein in the GPAA Forums, but not much real talk on I-Bar. If you have been there, can vehicles pass on the dr
Read more…I have a location with lots of fine gold much 100 mesh.
Been taking buckets home classified to 1/4 inch and sieved down more.
Filled up a 100 gallon drum so far and can pan dozens of tiny colors per cup.
Plan to classify further and run on miller table
This morning at 1:00 am the Yreka County Court house was broken in to a 3 million dollar display of Northern California Gold was taken !!!
Read more…Went to the Reeces honor claim last week and heres what i found.
I just joined GPAA and I'm new to this site so please excuse me for any stupid questions. I have never been gold prospecting before but I have been rock hounding in NC and NY and had a great time. I'm very excited about going gold hunting. I have b
Read more…lets say you found the glory hole of all glory holes and didnt want to draw attention to it would you hide it in plain site with names like ...."the big strike" ..." lots of gold" etc etc.
or would you want to scare other prospectors away with na
Read more…Unfortunately, many people that get their first taste of gold mining, either through attendance at an organized gold/prospecting show, tourist gold mining camp or even through watching a program about such activities on news programs or video med
Read more…One of the great things about recreational gold prospecting is that you can enjoy the activity with only a very small amount of tools. For some it is called crevicing, for others it is labeled sniping. The object is to go after gold particals
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