At least for me it was what I consider a good day. Found an area last Sunday and went back up Wednesday. First pan (actually less than half a pan) got me pretty excited:
Finished that crevice thinking if that much was in the middle, how much woul
Read more…Lost all my old stuff, and nothing matches anymore so I started new account to get in touch with you folks!
my equipment is at www.spikestrikesluices.com for those interested in looking!
hope to catch up with you all some day on the creek bank!
L
Read more…Tony here, nickname - Tsmo.
and HOW ABOUT LAST NIGHT!! Winnar even!
holy heck that was cool.. Radio show FTW.
So, about me.
TOTAL NEWB at this whole prospecting thing.. HUGE fan of the Gold Rush show and I would totally quit my job to go
Read more…Hello everyone, I live in Vincennes Indiana which has the Walbash river bordering it. This is a very old River and I'm wondering if there could be any gold on it? Or am I wasting my time I need to look elsewhere.
Thank you very much Mark
Read more…Hello Everyone, I received quite a few welcomes and was pleased to be warmly welcomed! Thank you to everyone. I will try and address all questions received as I learn the site as soon as possible. Very glad to see so much out here! Timothy Smith aka
Read more…what is the best way to seperate flour gold out from sand...panning it is taking forever and finding that flour gold is flowing with the water too...The paydirt i got from Dennis Dayton is amazing...never seen so much color...i swear a quarter of the
Read more…I just started to prospect with my dad and i want to get a dry washer for him and me to use but i have know money if anyone knows were i could get a free one it would be great thanks
Read more…Good day all,
I have a newbie question concerning claims and my research on the Google machine has not provided me with a definite answer. My question:
If some has a lode claim does that prohibit prospecting for placer gold by anyone not on the lod
Read more…First of all, thank you for the warm welcome from site admin and members!
I'm about as green at prospecting as one can be.. I have no clue on where to even begin but that's why I'm here! I have 25 years experience as a heavy equipment operator and d
Read more…Hi All. I have been researching a detector to buy in the next few months, I think I’ve narrowed it down to the MineLab Gold Monster 1000, I checked Craigslist, and found an SSP 2010 for $475, barely used. It’s old enough, I can’t find much info, what
Read more…Hello and thank you all for a warm welcome. Sorry its taken me so long to get back here, been on a fairly large project that's taken a lot of my attention this past winter.
A little about me: I'm 44, rather new to mining but am a quick study. Living
Read more…I posted this once before but cannot find it anywhere (including my own activity page! Lol) so Ill post it again:
I read in the GPAA Mining guide that one should not season their finishing pans, but simply clean the mold release. Of course I read thi
Read more…I have been prospecting an area in a national forest near my house. I have been finding a bit of fine stuff which is great. Now I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but this stuff is so small my camera won't capture it. Some of this stuff is
Read more…Thanks for the warm welcome from everyone. After many years of being out of prospecting, I am back in thanks to my fourteen year old boy who is really excited. Today I ordered a bag of cons from"Doc" the Gold Hog guy and mt son is eager to see real g
Read more…Hi Everyone, question about classifying. I am in the process of getting classifying screens. What do the numbers mean ? I am looking into classifying Small stuff. Possibly 50, 100, 150 mesh screens.? Numbers I see are marked 1/4, 1/8, even 1/50. Hav
Read more…I'm here in S.W. Ohio and been at it for about 2 months now. I've hit a couple of creeks and rivers and have a specific question that I hope I can frame properly so I don't sound too stupid. I found a creek that has no feeder creeks at all and I've
Read more…What brand and type of sluice box is recommended for finding ultra small gold along a stream. Thanks
Read more…i find if i take my fine gold and dry it out, put it on a piece of paper with a with a crease in it, pour the gold into the fold, put the end of the fold to the end of the vial, and let the gold slide down into the vial. i find this method works good
Read more…Hello everyone. I'm in a pickle and really could use some advice. I have about a 1/3 cup od classified (20 mesh) material left. Any gold left is microscopic but under a magnifyglass I can see hundreds and hundreds of specs. I don't know the sizes but
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