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Western Colorado Rookie 19141 18
Started by j.shell@hotmail.com
Hi Everyone,
I have recently picked up panning and prospecting. I have been in it for a couple months now and am learning most from the web and a few shows on the outdoor channel. My biggest problem is actually pinpointing the gold. I have gone to a couple places where gold mines are in teh area. But alas, I caome up with nothing. I live in Mesa county (Grand Junction) Colorado. Any advise or even specific areas where people have had luck would be helpfull.
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by Benjamin Crain  09 Aug 2015 10:49 AM |
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2 Replies and 9471 Views
feather river (need info) 9471 2
Started by davidaleessr@hotmail.com
looking for info on the feather river..any tips tricks
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by ARTHUR WAUGH 17 Jul 2015 12:02 PM |
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9 Replies and 12110 Views
Pump power supply 12110 9
Started by ScottSn3@aol.com
I'm thinking about buying a 12 volt pump that draws 1.8 amps for use at home to do a little garage prospecting. Rather than get a battery for it I have a Radio Shack unregulated 12 volt 1.75 amp power supply. Would that work in place of a battery
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by Scott Leidenberger 30 Jun 2015 05:37 PM |
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panning 8904 3
Started by DAVE STROM
have trouble with finger and hand fatigue while panning
try this,go to hardware store and buy a smooth cupboard handle and mount it on outside of goldpan where it is comfortable to grip with your fingers. this greatly reduces finger and hand fatigue while panning.a handle comes with mounting screws at a cost of about 2 bucks,and helps tremendously try it as soon as you get used to it you'll be greatful for the idea may your pan turn yellow and enjoyment of panning increase.good luck to all
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by DON TAYON 11 Jun 2015 02:45 AM |
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44 Replies and 27976 Views
Rattlesnakes 27976 44
Started by jdslayiii@gmail.com
We encountered a Black Southern Pacific Rattlesnake on the trail at Bautista Placer, as we headed back to our vehicle yesterday 4-15, we weren't wearing snake chaps but will be wearing them next time. Walk with caution and wear your chaps!
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by Benjamin Crain 07 Jun 2015 11:01 PM |
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4 Replies and 8479 Views
Sun Shade 8479 4
Started by dmcelyea@gmail.com
The wife and I are planning an adventure in prospecting in New Mexico this month. We have been searching for a canopy of some kind to take along as we are both aged and will need some shade. I cannot understand why a canopy costs more than a good tent. It makes no sense. I had a brain fart this morning. 4 ten foot lengths of pvc pipe, a cheap tarp, cheap tent stakes and paracord.
Has anyone tried this method
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by Don McElyea 17 May 2015 08:12 AM |
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4 Replies and 13530 Views
Floating very fine gold Recovery 13530 4
Started by frankram72@yahoo.com
It's very hard to recover fine gold or flour gold maybe I can help with issue. Some times gold floats due to clays oils from vegetation. don't worry buy an inflatable kids pool and fill your bucket full of water and let the clays and dirty water wash your gold out of the bucket into the pool by swirling the matirieal around with your hand and tilt the bucket so that the gold washes out. then use my method in this link with a pump to recover it http://www.goldprospectors.org/Community/Forum...
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by Benjamin Crain 06 May 2015 06:20 AM |
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2 Replies and 10103 Views
Dry Washer Operation 10103 2
Started by gchilders3@cox.net
I have a Keene 140 (old style). I have been searching for a video showing the does and don'ts on how to operate this equipment. I would like to see what the riffle board looks like when the machine is running properly. I know all material is different and the machine should be adjusted to accommodate these differences. I would like to know the basics on what to look for when it is running correctly and some of the things that would indicate it needs adjust...
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by Frank Lilly 29 Apr 2015 06:02 PM |
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10 Replies and 8544 Views
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Started by zziipp@ptd.net
I just joined the GPAA and want some advise on the equipment I plan on bringing with me on my first outing. I have a generator, pump, garden hoses, extension cords, gold pan. That's it. Can anyone help me out and advise me on any thing else I should bring with me. I don't have a lot of money so please be gentle. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Also when would the best time be to start prospecting
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by Alex Santos 27 Apr 2015 01:46 PM |
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Reporting suspected Claim Jumpers? 7115 1
Started by crashcrain@gmail.com
I am on a GPAA claim with my wife and we are just unloading and two vehicles pull up on a run off trench and 4 men jump out of their vehicles and start digging into the hillside and clarifying dirt as fast as possible. They fill up about 8 buckets of dirt throw them into the back of their truck and vanish. They acted like poachers do, hit the site quick, load up, and hit the road.
So when you see people behaving in this manner what is the best way of handling this, call the BLM, police, etc......
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by ARTHUR WAUGH 27 Apr 2015 06:17 AM |
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0 Replies and 5511 Views
Dry washers 5511 0
Started by mikeault333@gmail.com
I have a Keene 151 dry washer. I've made a few modifications to make it easier to set up, and I changed out the honda, which didn't run unless the choke was half way engaged. The hopper and riffle tray work very well. I've panned the tailing and did not find any losses. Any thought from other 151 owners
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08 Apr 2015 08:15 PM |
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2 Replies and 13902 Views
The Colorado River is basically dead 13902 2
Started by crashcrain@gmail.com
All of the gold that washes out of the Colorado is trapped by a dam a few miles East of Grand Junction and unless you can dig some old clay banks from old floods you might as well as forget about prospecting there. I am sure the State makes a killing on the gold that is deposited at the base of the dam each year, but if you are an amateur prospector just forget about it. I spent the day yesterday teaching my wife the layers and how gold is deposited and the way they set up the dam not one flake ...
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by WILLIAM HALL 26 Mar 2015 03:41 PM |
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desert clasifier 11973 8
Started by cshirsch@windstream.net
Here are few photos of a classifier I made for a friend. I have another one that I made before this but the parts I used for his are readily available at Home Depot. This really increased my production the last few times I went to SW Arizona. I used a wire drawer, a plastic tub. some 1/4' good quality plywood, some light angle-aluminum, and 1/4' hardware cloth. The drawer fits perfectly into the tub but is still easy to remove so you can dump the larger material. I used mine for about 10 days of...
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by CHRIS HIRSCH 23 Mar 2015 05:58 AM |
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5 Replies and 13567 Views
Sampling Tips and Techniques to Find New Areas? 13567 5
Started by JimAu9@gmail.com
I have been using two sampling methods to find new areas to prospect.
First is either bring water or use available water to pan and finish pan samples on site. If there's the slightest bit of gold it will show up in the finish pan. I'll sample at different depths and locations at one site.
The next way is to take samples from an area in quart ziplock bags or larger buckets, label the bags for location, then either pan and finish pan them at home or run them through my gold cube t...
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by Don McElyea 17 Mar 2015 10:48 AM |
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1 Replies and 11718 Views
DIY bucket classifier 11718 1
Started by kevn4332@yahoo.com
Found a cool way to make your own bucket classifiers.
Maybe everyone already knows this but I thought I'd share since I'm geeked up on saving the money.
I googled how to do this and results came up on how to cut a bucket about 6 inches down, then cut the original bucket again about 4' down. Lay the screen of choice over the 2nd cut piece then wedge the two together. YEAH RIGHT! I spent and hr trying to do this, cutting myself on the trimmed mesh, NO WAY it was happening. At that po...
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by John Hilligoss 27 Feb 2015 02:49 PM |
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Don't overlook the quartz! Even in placer claims! 9629 2
Started by gary@crazycrusher.com
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I recently sold a crusher to a geologist out of Las Vegas. He opted to make the short drive here instead of me shipping it. Glad he did! What a great guy! He even brought me 8 dvd's jam packed with over 2,000 files. (Video, Doc, PDF, etc) with tons of stuff on gold, pr...
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by joseph Loyd 12 Feb 2015 05:32 PM |
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3 Replies and 9556 Views
Poison Oak 9556 3
Started by rockkingron@gmail.com
Just because it is winter time, one is not safe from getting poison oak. In the fall, the leaves dry up and drop off the poison oak plant and the sap / oil gos down into the root system. All one has to do is dig into the roots and presto a rash can appear. So if you are one of the unlucky ones that can catch this crud, forget the ' Calamine Lotion '. The best product that will stop this crud dead in it's tracks from spreading, that I have found, is ' Tecnu '. Tecnu can be found at most st...
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by ARTHUR WAUGH 31 Jan 2015 07:53 AM |
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Gold Screw Panner 7431 0
Started by pat2090@aol.com
I traded for a Gold Screw panning machine. The second day I went to use it the pulley came off the motor. After looking at it, it looks as though someone did some work on it that was sub standard. Basically I think I need a motor because I cannot get the pulley to re-mount. Is there anyone out there that can help I tried contacting Gold Screw direct, but they have not gotten back with me. I traded for this machine because I don't have the money to buy brand new. I live in AZ. My name is Pat 623...
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28 Jan 2015 09:23 AM |
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2 Replies and 12665 Views
Dry Washing 12665 2
Started by ptorre65@aol.com
Going to be in Wickenburg for two weeks. Would like to rent a dry washer, or buy one and bring it back to N.H. We have a 2' dredge, and have a friend with a 4' that we use in N.H. and Maine. I think we'll add a dry washer . We come out every year for two weeks and soon it will be for 5 or 6 weeks.
Thanks
Peepaw
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by Greg Miller 23 Jan 2015 10:43 AM |
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Need Keene 8 oversize power jet dimensions 5047 0
Started by bebopgeo@gmail.com
I would like the dimensions of the new keene 8' over size power jet to check it with the old one if any one has them like the OD and ID of the power jet tube and length from where the suction hose stops in the clamp to the end of the tube and the size of the orifice in the water lugs the two lug type they start at 3' and go down to 1.5' ID. I think the old ones did anyway so if they made the power jet tube bigger thin the lug orifice should be bigger too
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