Dose anyone know if this is platinum?? It reacts well to peroxide test but I know that's not 100% iv never seen it in natural form before so had anyone else seen platinum that looks like this ??
Read more…Hi everyone! I just recently got into gold prospecting and have been having a lot of fun just going out and playing with my pan. I recently built a bowl kind of like the blue bowl gold recovery but I was disappointed in the way it worked.
So my ne
Read more…Hello,
I wonder if some of you are already going for gold in Ireland?
Local resort these do I'd also like to have told me that there was indeed gold to find?
thank you in advance to you for the info.
FX
Read more…Well I'd like to thank Tim - Jim - Rich and of corse Ron for having me on GPS Radio
I'm feeling better now....LOL....man I felt a little beat up after that but it was great fun
and I enjoyed talking with them and other's on the show.....even though I
Read more…This topic is something that I am still doing some research about. Depending on the size and length of your suction hose, what size motor for your pump is best and how much pressure should it have? For example a 5 inch suction hose should work best
Read more…Credit to Tinman2
Extracted from, Prospectors Field Book And Guide, In the search for and the easy determination of ores and other useful minerals. published 1910
Indicative Plants
From early times it has been noted that the soil overlaying mineral vei
Got permission to detect 4 houses in Dwight's Mill Village in Gadsden, AL. Old Cotton Mill Village. Spent 5 hours and only made it through one backyard. Gonna post my finds! Found tons of old rusted metal, one spoon, a drawer pull, clad (for some
Read more…Ok so here are some photos of a 81 gram nugget iv recently aquired but iv no clue what it is first I thought is was a copper nugget but it's unlike any iv ever seen and there is no oxidation so I don't think it's copper it has a very specific odor to
Read more…Ok so I bought a crystal silver nugget from one of the guys I get big gold nuggets from and iv never had any issues but this is a silver crystal nugget with gold attached in two spots one a nice size pice looks to be about 1/2 gram but looking at it
Read more…Found this piece of Quartz while dredging and it has some spots on it that are a dull silver color and of course there is Micah on it to I just am not sure what the dull silver is. Is there a chance that it may be gold covered with Mercury or maybe p
Read more…"Hey Earl....whats in that long box"
Well.....I'll show ya!
All opened up....
I been wanting this machine for a while now and super excited to now have it. The package was a deal I couldnt refuse! Big thanks goes out to John Cline at http://www.usade
Hi All,
Thank you for the warm welcome! Question for you...
I'm trying to put a recirc system together with a drop riffle sluice. I ordered a 2200 gph pump and am wondering how long I'd be able to run it with a motorcycle battery. Should I use a car
Read more…This nugget, found in northern Calif. a few months back (75+oz) by an amateur detectorist. It was going to go up for auction with an estimate of $400,000.00 Does anyone know how much it actually when for? I never heard anymore about it.
So me and a couple buddies decided to start doing a mini youtube series of videos about gold in Utah.
We chose the name due to the fact that everyone says "There is no Gold in Utah!"
Anyways Here are the videos! I will update as we make more!
Read more…Thanks to all of you who sent Welcome emails to me when I joined today. What a friendly group!
Read more…2014 was my first year detecting. I spent countless hours and dug 1000's of plugs in parks and ball fields learning my Ace350 through the summer. As fall came around I got into researching old home sites and detecting cellar holes. While I didn't mak
Read more…On January 24, 1848, an event occurred that would alter the course of our nation. James W. Marshall was building a sawmill for Captain John Sutter, using water ...from the South Fork of the American River when he noticed several flakes of metal in th
Read more…Thank you all for the opportunity to come on the show and talk with fellow miners.I really did have a blast!While I wish I would have gone into a bit more detail about some of the more important stuff,I figure as long as someone learned something or
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