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A bear does what in the woods???
A few years ago my teenaged friend Zach and I took a week-long prospecting trip to another friend, Martin's placer claim near Lincoln, Montana. I had shipped my sluice and other gear ahead and was really looking forward to getting some sweet grave
Read more…Gold Tale Humor: How to almost die dredging
Dredging River Dance; or, how to almost die dredging.
(This rather lengthy tale is about one of my dredging misadventures experienced while I was investigating what I thought was promising bedrock.)
Well, here's tale of summer's fun, more or le
Share what you carry... What do you bring with you when you prospect? Backpacking or short trips?
Hello GPS family,
I was sitting at the river over Memorial weekend, thinking about what all that I carry to the river while I am exploring a new area or even just back packing to find remote areas. Some stuff may not be necessary but could come in h
Read more…Suffering From Winter Gold Fever
I wrote this poem as I'm currently suffering from winter gold fever blues:
Gold fever in winter gets bad
'Cause minin’ just ain’t to be had.
No pannin’ to do
Gets me feelin’ blue.
This fever’s sure drivin’ me mad!
So how does a miner stay sane
When f
Thanks for the warm welcome !!
Hey guys and gals. Thank you for the warm welcome. I am just getting going here as a friend from work gave me the bug. I'm looking forward to finding gold on my own but welcome the company of others as well. Gary
Read more…Gold Story Humor: Gettin' High on Placer Diggin's
Gettin’ High On Placer Diggin’s
(I have taken some liberties in enhancing some details of this adventure, but I have not exaggerated any of the facts about the gold.)
Sorry in advance to those of you into illegal substances, or those of you har
How I got bit by the Gold Bug!
(Alder Gulch, Virginia City Montana is where I first got bit! I wrote these lines in memory of that fateful day.)
The Alder Gulch Virus, or, Why I Chase The Gold
In days gone by, when just a lad
My sister’s spouse did somethin’ bad
A ghostly town we
Read more…The Oregon standoff is not as it appears
The media would have us believe that a bunch of armed militia are simply shielding two people from going (back) to prison but the story is much deeper than that.
It is beyond comprehension how the BLM and our legal system has been used to persecute t
Read more…Gold hog Cons
Well I saw how much fun Ray was having with his gold hog pay dirt so I had to get me some. I was very surprised at the out come. But I have a lot of green horn questions about all the leftovers. What's what and what's leverright. I posted a video las
Read more…My Trip to Lu's Camp
Had a real good time at Lu's yesterday. Met her and her husband Robert. Very nice people. We went out prospecting a few of the creeks around the area. Sorry to report np gold found in our expedition but hey that's prospecting. Prospecting is finding
Read more…Pickle Jar
A couple years ago I helped my brother move his stuff from northern Idaho to Anchorage AK. He had a new job in Katzebue and could get the stuff moved from Anchorage to Kotz fairly easy. So after hauling the stuff up there in my trailer and throwing
Read more…Haunted Claim
Back in June this year I was out testing a stream on my claim using a sluice. I had run some dirt from a lower area on the claim and it was time to do a clean out. I cleaned the sluice out into my big pan and before that had gotten a sample bag and p
Read more…Best Gold Detector
So I got the fever and got some gold mining equipment which quickly lead to getting a metal detector. I spent a long time before settling on the Fisher F5 which comes with a 10" elliptical coil and even purchased an after market CORS 15 x 17" co
Read more…It's much more than militia making a stand
So the media would have us believe that the standoff in Oregon is just a bunch of militia members protecting 2 Bundy family members from going back to prison tomorrow. The back story is enough to sicken anyone and especially people like us who have f
Read more…Hog Mats in a 2" floating dredge
Has anyone tried hog mats in a small (2”) dredge? If so, what mat combination did you use and how did it perform?
I’m considering mats for my dredge but I’m a little uncertain if I can get enough angle to increase the velocity sufficiently for good
How I find cellar holes and old home sites
Just wanted to share a helpful website I use to find cellar holes. Historicaerials.com . I used it this fall and found some cool sites and some great things. It's free and easy to use. There is annoying copyright mark but for free I can deal with it.
Read more…Photo posting procedure
Someone please post the procedure for posting pictures into an album for a newbie. Thanks.
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