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…I heard this way back and found it again the other day. It's 15 minites but well worth it. Have a good laugh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FyD95Hv7CU&index=1&list=FLNi4-WvcMFuxmhLnSy_azGA
Read more…Got out for a couple hours this morning to a high school ball field I recently got permission for. It's a huge complex with 7 ball fields so it will take a while to do. For my first time there I just swung along the fence lines and where I believe ar
Read more…I got out for a little bit on Saturday and this was the only interesting find. When it came out of the ground I could tell it was the state of Maine. Figured it was an old dog tag or something. When I got home I cleaned it up a bit and thought I saw
Read more…There's a new site for research for us prospectors called Land Matters, it's Non-Profit Educational Organization website primarily for prospectors and other land users, this site was created by Brian Cole and Leigh Johnson, with much help from MinerD
Read more…Got out for some swinging yesterday. Started in a huge blueberry field with tons of rock walls and cellar holes. Then did a park hunt in the afternoon. Found some interesting things and scored yet another first for me. I'll start with the park hunt a
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I am overjoyed to announce that the Third Appellate Court
of California has formally published its recent Decision in
the Brandon Rinehart case. The Decision clearly confirms that
the State does not have the authority to impose restrictions
which mat
I found this post on another forum concerning prospecting in Georgia's Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest, where for the past year or so a "moratorium" on ANY prospecting was put in place, you were not allowed to even "rockhound" or pick up rocks w
Read more…The state of Oregon is in the process to pass three bills. # SB 115, #SB 370, #SB 401. If passed it will prohibit "ALL" placer mining in Oregon of any form of motorized equipment. Also to inpose permit fees of $125 per year. Fines will start at one
Read more…Backcountry Mining and Engineering makes this. The owner of the company is Billy Ray.
I've had it for a few months and haven't been able to use it successfully. At first it wasn't hardly vibrating. I found out that that had put too small a vibrator o
Read more…HELP
Hi folk. Dave and I finally started to work the cripple river cons yesterday. There is a LOT of super fine beach gold in this stuff. When I say super fine I mean 100- minus minus. I spent almost 10 hours trying to seperate the gold from the fi
Read more…Tried a couple new spots this weekend. One is a ballfield and the other is next to where I found the large cent a couple weeks ago. Didn't make any special finds this weekend but had a blast just being out there swingin. I did find something interest
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