I suppose this has been asked before. I have a Bounty Hunter Prospector that I would like to upgrade. We have used this detector for meteorite hunting in the past so we are very familiar with it's operation. The area in which we metal detect is highly
Thank you all for the warm welcome you make a person feel very welcome. I have a question I live in the Adirondacks of New York . We are allowed to pan for gold the state says that there is no real gold depost but I heard from a few ppl here and ther
I've asked a bunch of people why there are no claims up here. The most common answer is "you just cant" or "it's against the law". And never get a definitive answer. I've tried googling "Can I file for a gold claim in Vermont, NH,ME" and seem to get
I live in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada and as a licenced prospector up here we can prospect with the idea of selling our prospects to a major or minor mining company. Now these guys are looking for huge deposits of the commodity to mine, but
Best places for treasure hunting with metal detectors !
Fields
Fields - old farmfields, tobacco fields, cotton fields or any farmfield. The main entrance to the farm, around the barn , if you hit on a coin thoroughly search that specific area. What yo
Hello folks, I'm brand new to this sight and new to prospecting as well. I'm a member of the GPAA and am looking forward to getting out on their claims if the weather ever turns nice here in Montana. I've been looking for other places to prospect o
I purchased a bazooka sluice about two years ago and have been running it a lot since! I'm not sure why more people are not using this sluice. There is absolutley no classifiying what so ever, so all you do is shovel directly onto the sluice, the mat
Hi everyone... Figured I would say hi and introduce myself.. I live in Placer County, Ca. I have been prospecting for about 8 years the last 3 I have been fulltime.. I am small scale. I consider myself a pocket hunter.. I use mostly hand tools. My ma
So I just got my new Bazooka Gold Trap (48") in yesterday. I have used one a time or 2, which sold me on them. Anyway, was checking out a few Youtube vids and saw where a guy has placed V matting of the first 24" of his 48" Bazooka. It was showing
So me and some friends were kicking around some ideas (More so for sport while we cleaned cons.) and the discussion came up about using a flat bottom skiff as a river dredging platform. It was a fun mental exercise and I was wonder has anyone done an
I'm new here so bare with me please. - The problem I am currently working on is the best Plastic sluice to use, if possible, with a 3" dredge. I have reconfigured the pulley sizes on the T-80 so I can slow the water pump down an
This is a sad indication of the kind of folks who vote on our environmental and fish and game laws! A friend was talking about hunting shed horns with a guy who works for the transportation Dept. He told him a story about this lady who called them ve
G'day Everyone, I am new to your forum, I live in Oz (down under ) and have been detecting for 20 years, now living in Western Australia and run detecting tours, teaching newbies and seasoned operators alike.