Flashback Series: Tales From The Flat, Part 3
Confronting the terror.
During this paralytic horror, my only comfort was the assailants were on the same side of the tent as my dozing partner. However, my shameless security in using my partner as a
Read more…What if i told you about a new drywasher..It takes no motor no mixed gas and no hoses. Lightweight and very portable from 10 years of age to the most experienced prospector. And is totally self classifying...did i peake your interest..Good..like to h
Read more…Bugs, Blood and Gold: Tales from the North.
(This is prospecting humour, with mild fiction, but sadly, based in reality.)
I have to talk about a perplexing, maddening phenomenon that occurs ever year in the summertime: hundreds of prospectors line up
Please be advised we are aware of the Fake Dirthogpaydirt seller.Please be sure that when ordering to check your spelling DIRTHOGG PAYDIRT not the fake scam Dirthog
I am very sorry for all who have fallen victim to this scammer .As soon as he is r
Read more…let me break the ice by saying, lm retired now. want to go west in my motorhome, find a lode claim with good gold to mine. i have an income for life, and 8years prospecting experiance. and a nice motorhome. any one like to steer me in the right direc
Read more…Anyone here friends with Darcy Cooper on FB and such? I miss his videos and could use a dose of Miner or Bust :) Hope all is well with him and his pans are full of yellow metal :)
Read more…Hey all I am new to gold prospecting in all ways. I am only working with a pan and plan on getting more gear soon just don't know where to start considering I live on a giant basalt bedrock on southeastern washington. Any tips on what o should invest
Read more…I had a trip scheduled to visit siblings in Portland, Oregon last summer. During this drive I decided to take a small one day side trip to the confluence of Graves Creek as it drains into the Rouge River, just west of Grants Pass. Being a favor
Read more…Just got back from my second trip to the gpaa camp outside Nome. went up with a friend of mine from cincinnati area chapter (our vice president) Len, and I met up with Marty, who I met last year up there. We had a blast this year. The beach gold was
Read more…Hello friends,
I will share with you some pictures of my 2 hour sessions on Herault the beginning of 2014, I have a small foot down in the country ofCevennes and suddenly, I use to explore some areas that I 'had spotted.
It changes me my plains of riv
I shot this on a day trip to a 1890's gold mine deep in the Bradshaw mountains near the Ghost Town of Humbug, Arizona, with Dave Burns. The first two-minutes is condensed from almost an hour of rough dirt roads - Then we switch to Jim G's purpose-bui
Read more…Anyone have any funny stories, or jokes?
This is a personal story:
One time, on one of the Rochford SD GPAA Claims, I decided to camp out overnight. Now, there were 2 other campers on the claim that night, and I had heard tell of Mountain Lions in the
Saw this on a friends Blog earlier, and thought it would be a good topic here.
Here's how I got my start;
My nephews Got me interested right after I moved to Deadwood, back in 91. I started out using a Tin tourists pan, (Yup, it's how I got the
Read more…Thought you might enjoy this story. For a number of years my son and I would elk hunt the hi-back country of northern Idaho. We would get into country that was extremely steep, and often decline into a steep drainage that was very remote. Often I
Read more…Curious how many people are members I joined within the year.
Read more…Thinking about where to find a good map online that has townships and ranges. Nothing seems to have the complete TRS. Can anyone help?
Read more…Like new - only used twice. 10" Magnum Equipment Sluice box and an adjustable 4 leg stand. The Hopper spray bar unit is attached to the GOLD BUDDY Hibanker sluice using the Header Adapter making the entire sluice about 4 feet long. Hibanker is Powe
Read more…looking for one gold cube tray with the matting that usually comes with it.
I have a fellow prospector giving me a great deal on a gold cube but would like to add one more tray to it.
I know eBay amazon etc has em, but I’d like to see if I find even
Read more…Posted originally by Gary Bast...
Hi Folks, Just got some bad news but good news. Our great friend and brother John Shaw was in an accident and totaled his truck. John Says "I am ok not a scratch. Truck totaled and dredge came through the back windo
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