Since I am from Oregon, Toledo specifically I am going to go out in my motor home this summer around the state. Are any of you aware of specific areas that are not listed in the GPAA and The Standard places open by the state of Oregon like Quartzvil
Read more…Ok, so Since I have been sitting around, I have been looking at a bunch of different types of highbankers and I drew up my own plans. I am currently working on fabricating it with the metal shop class at the local high school. Basically its going to
Read more…A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, Enters a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing. The Priest coughs a few times to get his Attention but the drunk continues to sit there. Finally, the Priest pounds three times on the
Read more…Pass on to all 50 yrs and older.Cardiovascular Exercise The older we get the more important it is to incorporate exercise into our daily routine. This is necessary to maintain cardiovascular health and maintain muscle mass.
If you're over 50, yo
Here in Washington, in the off season we have size restrictions on sluices. I really wanted the larger River sluice but I would have had to cut some wood and plug a couple riffles on the bottom end to stay even with the law. Then I would probably hav
Read more…Well when this one showed up in the mail I knew it was going to be a big change. I was impressed with the way it fit down inside the bucket and didn't sit up high like the purple and green 5 gallon classifiers. By sitting down deeper the material is
Read more…Sunday before the Superbowl I dug at the Local Creek for a couple hours I found Gold but also a small sphere of clear material very round but slightly flated on one side it can be seen in the center of this picture broken glass has never panned like
Read more…I have my highbanker ready to go and have saved up enough for the water pump but not sure which I should go with. 1 1/2" or 2" from Harbor Freight. The size of the highbanker is 12" wide by 4ft. long. Any thoughts before I go and make another mistake
Read more…It was another era when the gold rushes of the mid-eighteen hundreds took place. People world wide left their lives behind to pursue a new life. A life that held promise of wealth beyond imagination. Families were torn apart as thousands upon
Read more…It wasn't long after my return trip from a few days of camping near some old gold mines in North Carolina - sluicing and panning, meeting great friends - when I realized there would have to be a significant change in my life or career if I planned o
Read more…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
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