Good day fellow prospectors. I am in need of some help and thought maybe you all would give me some advice. My buddies and I are wanting to plan a trip to either Arizona or Nevada prospecting/metal detecting December 26-31 2012. We are not sure what
Read more…I'm in an area not known for much gold. But quartz is more than plentiful. I've seen veins in bedrock close to 2 feet wide. Without seeing visible gold in the veins, what would be the "smoking gun" signal that justifies me bringing home a couple buck
Read more…We are looking to go May 25th when they open the highbanking and was wondering if anyone could help us or let us know of a better spot than the confluence area as it seems its really worked and would like to try a new place.. Anyone know if the miner
Read more…I am heading up to Sumpter OR later this month and was wondering if there is a place that i can do a little gold panning for free (or small charge). I will only be panning, not sluicing or anything else. Thanks!
Read more…I am getting pretty excited for this year's Las Vegas Prospecting show in less then 2 weeks. I noticed that they have changed the name to Gold and Treasure Expo this year. I had a real good time last year and hope to have even more fun this year. It
Read more…Has anyone worked the merced river? Bagby, or briceburg,? Also i was looking on the sat map and the area along incline rd. Looks promising! I wanted to take my son and my nephew for his birthday out to FIND some color!! Haven't explored that area at
Read more…I saw this set -up on another site and changed a couple things to fit my needs and here it is. I am using a 800GPH bilge right now but think I am going to step it up to a 1200GPH for a little more flow.The blue foam that is sealing the flare into the
Read more…Hey guys I'm looking for a budget detector that I can use to help me prospect gold in the streams.
Trying to keep it at or bellow $200
Where I go there is a ton of magnetite so something that will discriminate is a big plus. The coil has to be able
Read more…When I go out to the creek if I find a area with some gold I bring home a half a 5 gallon bucket to pan at night. I have a big round tub that I fill with water but after a few pans the water is all ready starting to get muddy and after 6 or 7 pans it
Read more…I spent three hours on the creek with my son last Monday and here is what my take was. He recovered about the same!
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Read more…Had a great time with this trip! I might organize another one soon for a group if I can get enough folks interested.
Read more…I was on chat one night and ask Tim what he thought of a GPS outing, and he thought it would be a lot of fun. But the thing it we dont no how would come and it would take a lot of members help to make it happen. So with this said what do you all thin
Read more…So I have been at it for a couple months now and I have a couple 5 gallon buckets of cons that have been screened down. Not real fine but soup strainer fine...LOL! Right now I have a couple Garrett panning kits and I put some window screen in the bot
Read more…Anyone ever done any good around Chapel Hill? My son is studying there and will have a house rented there this summer. I told him I would come and spend some time up there. I see where there was a few gold mines in the area in the 1800's, but not muc
Read more…Hello,
Im new to prospecting and new to the central valley of California. I was just wondering if anyone wouldn't mind giving up a few ballpark areas to try out, I've been running a 38" sluice and I am also wanting to try out my new 4' drop riffle sl
Read more…Designed for highway,culvert and drainage applications, complete with sediment variables.
Use to understand fluid and sediment dynamics.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/software.cfm
Read more…does anybody know anything about this highbanker or has one or used one want to know how well it works cause i just bought one today
Read more…I watched a show last night on the melting rate of the glaciers in Glacier National Park. They are saying at the rate of melt today, the glaciers will be melted by 2030!! I would recommend to those who have never seen the park to find time to see t
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