When I take my little girl panning or sluicing she spends more time looking for pretty rocks and could care less about gold. When we get home she always has a pocket full of pretty rocks. A couple weeks back I was talking with MDV and mentioned to hi
Read more…Had a few minutes before dark to check out a cellar hole I've been thinking about lately. Gonna go there Sunday and put some time on it. It's only a 5 minute walk from the truck which was nice as it was only 26 degrees. I got to the cellar hole and o
Read more…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…I wasn't sure about how to get these plans here but here they are.
Scott.
Read more…It reacts well to peroxide but iv never seen natural pt before has anyone else and dose it look like this??
Read more…Greetings everyone! I would like to send out a thank you to everyone who sent the nice warm welcome messages. I have been doing a little prospecting for about 2 years now. I live in the Dayton area, but mostly prospect the Mohican river, due to havin
Read more…I dont know if any of you have watched these guys on Youtube or not, I have subbed their channel for quite some time. anyway, I saw they made a little movie and the first 250 people to get it are entered in to win a Minelab safari. They are up to les
Read more…Great vid for helping with Panning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCL6FKQZyoM
Read more…Just saying hello from Norwalk Ohio. Great site and great information. I have been detecting for 7 years but never prospected for gold. Would love to learn, and have been thinking about joining a local club. Any specific info would be great.
J
Read more…Headed back to the cellar today for some swingin. Decided to dig pretty much every signal to see what comes up. I been running the Ace350 with everything below a nickel shut off but turned it all on today and got to diggin. It's nice not diggin pull
Read more…Went back to the cellar hole that gave me the 1848 large cent 2 days ago. The ground was a bit more solid than I hoped for but managed to dig some targets. I found this lock plate that has me a little baffled. It's obvious where the key goes but what
Read more…Good evening all. I am starting the process to design my own sluice (figure I should design for a few days before I jump in and build). I am lucky enough to have access to the local schools for some of the fab parts. So today I talked to one of the m
Read more…Waiting for the temps to get up around freezing to try detecting and killing time on you tube. Came across this really cool vid and thought I'd share.
Read more…link to the questionnaire.
http://billstclair.com/blog/images/public-servant-questionnaire.pdf
Read more…Went to a little park today that I got a couple rings out of earlier this year. I kinda hate this place as it has the most buried trash than any of the other parks I visit. So I pulled up my big boy pants and headed off to "trashy park". As expected,
Read more…AMRA has produced some more cool new videos of prospecting and mining.
We hope you guys enjoy these new videos as much as we enjoyed making them for everyone.
Chasing the gold vein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi8b_uFbNgM&feature=youtu.be
Prospe
Read more…Whilst transferring our gear from our old caravan into our new one. (New to me anyway!) I came across a heap of old coins. They are mostly Australian or N.Z. though there are a few odd ones too.
Read more…