Hi Folks.
I'm very new to prospecting and finds it very interesting.
I'm from Scandinavia and is looking for some good spots to try it out for the fun of it.
Does anyone here know any good places?
Regards - Peter.
( Tl;Dr: Spots in Scandinavia to
Read more…Okay. I'm messing with my prospecting equipment again.
This time I'm tweaking my A52 Keene sluice for fine gold and fine black sands. The Bradshaw Mountains around Prescott, AZ are loaded with this stuff.
I tried replacing the carpet with that thick
Read more…Went and did a quick river hunt this afternoon. Only there a little over an hour. Lots of junk metal and trash but these were the keepers. Nothing to write home about but figured I'd share anyways.
Bullet, buttons and balls....
I've been using an acid test kit and some ceramic scratch pads to test gold samples. On larger pieces I'm able to put on a good test "scratch" onto the ceramic then test for 10k, 14k, 18,, and 22k.
I've recently tried some testing on smaller mesh sam
Read more…I went out dredging the river with one of our newer members Dick Steele. Wow im hooked now . he showed me what to do and i took off to the big rock in the middle and sucked like crazy. got some color and had an awesome time. Hes an awesome friend to
Read more…I built my on 2 1/2 " dredge on which i use a 2" clear water pump from harbour freight and it works great. I just got a T80 compressor and i would like to run it with the engine with the pump which is a 6.5 hp. I know i`ll have to seperate the pump
Read more…Part of todays adventure took me along this little cliff.
I went around the corner and found massive chunks of quartz. One chunk bigger than my truck I think. Some white, some green, some red and a lot of orange. Not sure what to make of it but was
Read more…Only had a few hours to get out today and the tide was high so I didn't get to dig. So I drove out to a small town ball field for a little detecting. From the amount of clad coins and pull tabs I got I don't think it's been hunted. I dug this in 2½ h
Read more…I went to check out one of our coastal islands today. I know of a couple cellar holes there and figured why not. When I got there I realized I didn't think about how high the plants have grown. Detecting was almost impossible. I went into a cellar an
Read more…Hi Group:
I'm a life-time LDMA member and have been thinking about checking out their claim located in Athens,Mi.
I'm looking for info from people who have been there recently.
Thanks for your time and have a great day.
May there always be color in
Read more…I'm new to gold prospecting and I am wondering if it is legal to use a gold/sand sucker (the pvc hand operated sucker) in wisconsin?
Planning to go to nugget lake next weekend and want to know if I can bring it with me or not.
Ryan
Read more…Just got back from putting on a panning demo for small town kids. It went great for organized chaos. lol Twenty six kids ages 6-16 got to finish pan for gold after i gave a brief tail of gold and showed them me panning one pan. Each got a half ounc
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Here is a picture of my newest purchase. I am very proud to announce that I am now a dealer for Goldfoxusa.com. Kelly (owner) has put an incredible amount of research and time into building these awesome 5" Mini Trommels he appropriately calls Lil
Read more…Can anyone help me out with some information or a web site. I am looking for a bezel either heart shape or any design with a small vile to put gold inside. I see the regular bezel advertised but looking for something different. This is for my wife.
Read more…Some friends and I will be camping at the Bear River, CA. 7/7/14 until at least the 14th. If you would like to join up and hunt for that yellow stuff, Let me know and we can meet.
Read more…I am new to the site and am loving it so far. I am still familiarizing myself with the site. I am in placer county California just outside of Auburn. I'm Looking forward to swapping stories and knowledge with you all.
Read more…Update on our meeting today with Stanislaus National Forest:
The meeting lasted for over 2 hours and much was accomplished, some will be for another series of meetings which we will explain. We wanted to
Read more…Good day gold getters.
I am building a Miller table and in need of some advice. I will be using a piece of aluminum plate 1/8 thick, the piece is 24 x 30 inches and i can cut to any size. What size would you recommend? I found a craft strore that
Read more…My wife and I will be taking a vacation in the middle of June and are looking for some areas to gold panning South East or North East of Prescott Az. Can anyone help us out with idea? We may also try the Lnyx Creek area for a day or so.
Thanks
M.
Read more…Looking at finding something "simple" to clean my cons and found this and wanted your guy's opinion. It looks like with the table its too easy. It also has what is called "Gold Go Getter Juice" and if someone could help explain what it does during cl
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