My wife and I made our first Gold mining/Vacation in our motorhome we mainly metal detected for the first month with no results except finding a silver and turqoise ring. We found shell casings, pull tabs etc.
We finally got to stanton for our thre
Read more…We all know the most visable reward of prospecting is GOLD ! but the side benifits are every bit as rewarding.
Last weekend Dr Debra and Mitch were in town I went to school in Norman OK many years ago with Debra and as fate has it
Does anyone know how to get the gold out of the solution ? It's cianide solution with gold desolved in it for gold plateing jewelry. Thanks, Dan
Read more…I am new to all of this and everything I have learned is from watching Gold Fever...I have been trying to find gold in ogemaw county for a couple of months and have only found one peice that I am not sure is even gold...
The peice I found weighs .7
Read more…Ran across this course, should be useful. I haven't taken it yet but I will.
Whatcha think?
http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/distortion.htm
Read more…These might seem like silly questions. Watching the new Bering Sea mining program on Discovery Channel and the thought occured to me, How is the sea floor regulated? Do these guys have to have claims that are GPS positions on a grid or is it a f
Read more…anyone want to do some fine gold prospecitng, on my own property......I havent found any large nuggets, seems to be mostly fine gold,and a good bit from my panning, but I need someone with a good concentrator, like a blue bowl or a spiral pan...will
Read more…37 pages from the BLM reguarding mining operatons.
I printed this out and have it in a binder with all my claim papers.
I have hard copies of several rules and regs.
It don't hurt to read 'em over from time to time.
Remember, it's up to YOU to know t
Read more…On 2/17/12, California Department of Fish & Game issed their NEW PROPOSED Suction Dredging Regulations. While it is still ILLEGAL to Dredge in California, these new Regulations are a step toward lifting the current 5-year Moratorium imposed by SB670
Read more…would a Marko Rodin Coil special wound capture more targets???http://www.rense.com/RodinAerodynamics.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K93dL65Q724
His coils math looks very interesting and I was wondering if anybody could weigh in on discussing it
Read more…Well it came in the mail this afternoon and I had a bucket of native black sand. (not concentrates) Just about a gallon of black river beach sand. I had seen a fleck of color on top so I scooped it while down panning to take home in case I was bored
Read more…I just joined GPAA and I'm new to this site so please excuse me for any stupid questions. I have never been gold prospecting before but I have been rock hounding in NC and NY and had a great time. I'm very excited about going gold hunting. I have b
Read more…Great information here gentlemen! Can see this being a great resource and possibly keep me from learning the hard way about regulations on land. Being a GPAA / LDMA member now - it will be hard to visit all the claims available out west.
I am co
Read more…I searched the forum and saw Ken AKA had experience with a bazooka dredge, I am considering dropping some dimes on one of their sluices, anybody here use one yet and have some advice?
Read more…I saw this in another place and thought it was funny so here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw
Read more…New Commemorative Pistol
Ruger is coming out with a new pistol in honor of members of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
It will be named "THE CONGRESSMAN".
It doesn't work and you can't fire it
I'm very interested in building a hand operated "Puffer" type drywasher. I would like to make it on a smaller scale just for portability reasons. I've seen many plans available, but I would appreciate any input that any of you might have. I've loo
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