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New Items 75102 49
Started by perlabrill@gmail.com
Feel free to add any of your essential tool(s) list that you think we should carry in the store. We are looking to beef up our inventory and get everyone more of the tools and products they need to bring home the gold!
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by Joe Hamel  22 Apr 2022 09:58 AM |
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Arizona desert prospecting 8708 4
Started by Stancalavan1964@gmail.com
Anyone have any tips or tricks to find a little gold in the desert. I have been working the claims in the little San Diego area and haven’t found a thing. Was hoping to purchase a dry washer at some point but until I can find a little color I think I will hold off on that. Been working the smaller washes, sides of the washes, and in between the washes. I guess I don’t know we’re to look. Thanks for any tips Stan
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by Stan Calavan 19 Nov 2024 11:31 PM |
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Classifier for 2 gal buckets 2167 3
Started by srandall@hughes.net
Yes, we all have 5 gal buckets and a lot of classifiers in different mesh sizes that perfectly fit on said buckets. However, I quickly learned to stop filling the buckets with 5 gal of material if I have to lug it from the bench to the sluice in the river about 40' away, many times that day. So, we decided to only fill it 1/2 way, makes sense. Well, I already have several 2 gallon buckets that would be a lot easier to pack in to some of the claims as well as once it's full, that's enough mate...
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by Dave Barenbrugge 28 Sep 2024 11:13 AM |
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Prospecting in Maryland and Virginia 3869 17
Started by vickiecortez30@gmail.com
Hello everyone. I am new to the gold world. I got gold fever and bad, lol. I currently buy paydirt, but I want to get out in the field and get some gold myself. Im wondering if anyone knows any places in Maryland or Virginia I know the club shows 1 in MD, but does anyone know places besides that area Also, does anyone in Maryland want to go out and prospect together I would love to have a prospecting partner as I don't know anyone who does this. I would like to make new gold friends.
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by Vickie Moore 03 Sep 2024 07:57 PM |
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Bad Prospecting Ethics 7489 6
Started by thetaoscosmos@gmail.com
I was working the Placer Creek claim in New Mexico yesterday and came across this area where someone had dug along and beneath the Forest Service trail that accesses the claim from Hopewell Lake. This is along Forest Road 356A. Not only does this conflict with the standard guidelines of not digging into stream banks ~ one of the conditions the Forest Service is clear about when obtaining authorization to prospect on this claim ~ it's pretty stupid and disrespectful to cause damage to...
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by Olli Rita 16 Aug 2024 01:01 PM |
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Paydirt ? 8165 4
Started by a.minor@comcast.net
Can anyone recommend a company where you get something smaller than dust for gold Of the companies, Alaska included nothing but gold so fine, impossible to capture, just either washes out or disappears. Help.
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by Steven Victor 22 Apr 2024 06:39 PM |
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1 Replies and 5487 Views
Let other members know when and where you're going prospecting. 5487 1
Started by pyrography10178@yahoo.com
Today I went out to the Maricopa group claims detecting. I ended up having a dead battery when I was getting ready to go. I was on the AzAu2 claim and barely any cell phone reception. I was able to call Bill Southern and he made sure that the right people knew my predicament. I started getting calls from other gpaa members asking where I was. I finally was able to get out of the claims with the help of Randy Brite. He knew exactly where I was and rescued me. I'm glad my wife and I joined such an...
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by STANLEY SHIELDS 14 Apr 2024 08:04 AM |
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8 Replies and 15073 Views
CRAMPS - HOW TO ELIMINATE LEG CRAMPS 15073 8
Started by jo.don2@verizon.net
I am 53 years old and I dig harder than ever. After a day in the desert Drywashing a guy can get some really bad CRAMPS in the legs, arms, hands, back, and neck. Well I travel about 100 miles each way to my desert GPAA claims and when I drive home there is always some stop and go traffic and that can be a real pain in the butt having to be on the brake on again and off again getting through traffic. that's when the LEG CRAMPS and FOOT CRAMPS kick in BAD!!!! In many cases I have had to pull o...
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by Craig Crockett 13 Mar 2024 07:11 PM |
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8 Replies and 14472 Views
Gold cube water recirculating set up 14472 8
Started by Joshuar90@yahoo.com
Looking for some ideas/ other peoples set up for the cube just got one this summer
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by Sean Bush 24 Oct 2023 10:39 AM |
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5 Replies and 5766 Views
Gold cube 5766 5
Started by j_owen_89@yahoo.com
I have been looking around for a while and I can't find a 110v option for a submersible for the gold cube. In theory I can just go to harbor freight or something and get an 1100 gph pump right Any tips would be appreciated. Jordan
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by Kevin Singel 25 Jul 2023 12:48 AM |
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20 Replies and 35026 Views
Finding gold in a stream with balloons 35026 20
Started by goldrushguys@gmail.com
Next time you're at Wally World add these items to your list.
Children's balloons, fishing line/string or twine & split shot lead sinkers. (Less than $5.00 total, and it will probably last you all season.)
Find a spot in the creek where you want setup equipment then go up stream a bit. (Anywhere from 50' to a 50 yards depending on the stream.) Take about 3ft. of twine string fishing line. Stay away fro ribbon, it floats. (Actually you want about 1 1/2' longer than the stream is dee...
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by Scott Randall 13 Jul 2023 09:16 PM |
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HUSKER 1 Prospecting in SD 2657 0
Started by livingthedream.js@gmail.com
I've had some success in Gold prospecting in the Eastern States but very new to the West. I'm getting a chance to prospect Husker 1 property in SD. and would like some guidance if possible on finding good Gold. Thank you Jeff
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15 Jun 2023 09:37 PM |
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6 Replies and 10566 Views
Fine stream gold extraction 10566 6
Started by sandman.mjm@gmail.com
I found a decent amount of fine gold caught up in sand in a stream. I just got a blue bowl but cannot get the gold to settle properly. It keeps going over the edge of the center hole. My partner made a jig out of pvc but still needs work on getting it to work good. What is the best way to refine the fine gold out of the river sand Help is appreciated....thank you much. Michael
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by Mark Blinder 09 Jun 2023 09:30 AM |
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20 Replies and 12896 Views
GMT 12896 20
Started by pyrography10178@yahoo.com
I recently purchased a Whites GMT. It came with the 6'x9' Double D coil and a 8'x14' Sierra Gold Max coil. I took it out to the gpaa claims in the Morristown area. Towards the end of my testing and it was getting hot. I put the big coil on. I got up on this hill overlooking a wash and started detecting. I got this positive zip zip sound. I scraped the loose gravel with my boot and still got a good signal. I scraped down another 2-2 1/2' and found a .04 gram flake of lead. I wish now I had starte...
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by ROBERT MARTINEZ 21 Dec 2022 06:41 PM |
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Today in GOLD History 12/5/2022 - GOLD IN CA!!! 3512 0
Started by jo.don2@verizon.net
President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State of the Union address on this day in history, Dec. 5, 1848. 'The accounts of abundance of gold are of such an extraordinary character as would scarcely command belief were they not corroborated by the authentic reports of officers in the public service,' Polk told both houses of Congress. 'The explorations already made warrant the beli...
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05 Dec 2022 06:50 PM |
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1 Replies and 8033 Views
Holcomb Gold Coordinates Off in Mining Guide 8033 1
Started by jerry.perez1969@gmail.com
Hello all, Can anyone tell me all the coordinates for big bear Holcomb Gold We would need Ingress,Center ,S,E,W,N coordinates for boundaries as well. Apparently, the coordinates in the mining guide are incorrect and don't know if the website has updated them. Charles jojola added some in there awhile back but it would be nice to have admins confirm the coordinates as revised. Thanks guys, Jerry the mining Monkey
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by Susan Birrell 10 Jun 2022 02:56 AM |
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34 Replies and 55401 Views
Crushing Quartz 55401 34
Started by ompomelet@gmail.com
Saw an interesting Youtube video a bit ago.
Guy took a lemon sized smooth quartz stone from a gold bearing river and crushed It using a steel mallet and t-shirt. As he broke it up, he checked for gold veins and found none, but panned out the crushed rock and found what appeared to be nearly 0.5 grams of nice gold flakes.
Anyone else ever tried that with good results
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by Douglas Mewis 04 Jan 2022 04:52 PM |
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108 Replies and 121601 Views
CRAPY CLAMES NO GOLD BUT ALLWAS GET THE BILL 121601 108
Started by freedoggood@yahoo.com
BIN TO OVER 40 GPAA CLAMS IN THE CLAMS BOOK AND 8 LDMA OVER WORKED AND CRAPPY GOLD OK FOR CAMPING BUT AS FAR AS FOR GOLD YA RIGHT AND AS FOR THE MINING GUILD NEVER GOT A NEW ONE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS NOW BUT ALL-WAY GET THE BILL
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by Lincoln Ritterhouse 04 Jan 2022 02:26 AM |
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10 Replies and 54732 Views
Prospecting Places in Georgia 54732 10
Started by RANDALL BONDS
I am looking for places in North Georgia where you can find more than just a few flakes or flour gold. Does anyone know any places where I can find good gold and is free to prospectors like me Thank you so much! - Randall
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by Mark Woods 28 Dec 2021 06:38 AM |
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4 Replies and 7841 Views
Need a Hand 7841 4
Started by rewipe@yahoo.com
Someone stole my cargo trailer full of my mining and camping equipment out of my back yard. 2- 2' Harbor freight water pumps, 1- 1' Honda water pump, 4 stack Gold Cube, 1- Gold Buddy Highbanker Dredge combo, 1- Gold Magic Spiral wheel, Hoses and tons of other stuff. A home built trommel that's one of a kind. If you see some of this stuff come up on line in Oregon or Washington area please let me know. I got some holes that need back filled and I'd like to find person that stole my stuff.
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by Susan Birrell 27 Oct 2021 11:52 PM |