HI all

The East Coast states have a lot of opportunity for good gold finds. There are gold belts that go from north to south that are very fordable and in some area very lucrative for the weekender or vacationer. We are looking for more areas throughout the east coast to lease but need members to find the owners and convince them that we do not tear up the place. That being said most of the states out there have a lot of respect for the land owners and what they are allowed to do on their land. This comes down to easy motorized sluice and dredge use in many of the states even easier than most of the western states in many cases. So I guess what I am saying is that east coast could be a great small mining area. I know many years ago GPAA use to have access to some of the paper mill areas by the corporations that owned or leased the land. This would be great, many of them have thousands of acres and we would only have to move from one area to another to stay out of where they are harvesting. Just a thought, if you find anything give us a call.

You can get a good idea of the Gold Belt by looking at this 1897 Gold Map of the Southeastern US. Also there is valuable information in this pdf: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1179/pdf/ofr2012-1179.pdf

I do have the warm and fuzzies that we are thought of but if the GPAA is only expecting the East Coast members to add to the claims on the east coast it is no wonder there has been nothing in a few years.  

I'm all for the One for all and all for one bit but what tools do we have to do it on our own?  Does the GPAA have youtube vids showing members HOW to target and locate possible locations?  How to Research owners?  The proper way to approach these people without sounding like AMWAY Salesmen? Does the GPAA have Official Public Relation Vids that (we as non legal representatives of the group) can suggest these Nameless Land owners watch to see what benefits THEY may be missing out on.   I am not one to promise things I have no control over.  I, as a simple member, have no authority to. 

I joined the group to have fun in what little spare time I have working a day job and keeping a side business going.  I'm kind of hoping there is a little more to gaining claims than giving the members Watchtower booklets and scooching them out the door.  I know I have no clue on even how to start.  That was one of the reasons I kind of joined.  Networking.  

Roy,

Thank you so much for the suggestions. Beginning February we are planning on hitting the road in an effort to create some videos in line with what you have suggested, and we'll definitely look to cover your topics. Thank you again for the feedback. It helps us to know what is needed. Our goal is to offer valuable benefits to ALL members across the country. 

We had good discussions at the Charlotte Gold & Treasure Show which turned into valuable leads on land for GPAA Members back east where we're actively working to improve our offerings. We understand your frustration and your want to move on, but we do hope you reconsider membership. It is because of your membership that we're able to announce the launch of our Online Mining Guide early next month. And your membership that will allow us to create some of the educational videos I mentioned which could in turn open up more property on the east coast. We definitely value you and your continued support and we hope to have you back when you're ready.

Thanks again for the suggestions. We'll be sure to post links to the future videos in this forum for all members to use.

Greg 

Thanks Greg!

That all sounds great.  There are a scant few vids on Youtube already that try to show how to work with Google Earth and BLM resources to find probable claims but I never could personally get it to work right.  Maybe with a few step-by-step vids we all could learn, and grow.  

Ironically enough Zillow sent me an alert to a Cabin for sale in the Dahlonega area right off a stream today.   Got me thinking again.

I'll have to sleep on it but I might be able to give it another year...just to see how things pan out.   (see what I did there?)  

Um...Mr Crain?  Not that I'm not thrilled about your digging- but what does that have to do with the point of my post?  The dilemma of the lack of east Coast Claims offered in the GPAA.  It's a Given that there IS gold here (except in Florida).  We know that.  It's the lack of GPAA claims.  

ANYHOO...Greg, you silver tongued Devil, ya got another year out of me.  Hope to dirt in the pan sometime this year. 

Greg....I was just wondering. You are part of the staff at GPAA? Do they have specific responsibilities assigned that you guys take over or? I am totally unfamiliar with the structure and its good to know who to contact for various areas of expertise. I dont believe I seen a specific formal organizational chart of the GPAA.

Hi Leo

I am Walter Eason and am the Claims Administrator, Greg is the creative director, Brad Jones is the managing editor of publications. This is just a few and if you look into the pick and shovel as well as the magazine you will see some of the other departments. You can also look and some articles are written by department members which are described at beginning or end of article. Hope this helps. I am not sure if there is a complete list online anywhere. There is a good rundown of the customer service persons in the December - January 2017 Pick and Shovel page two.

I will look into an article about that type of thing and how to approach it. It can be so different in different areas. I will try to cover some of that if I can, let me talk to Brad about it.  

Emailed Brad about the idea 

Having it printed in a mag or newsletter that will be read and stacked away seems counter productive and easily misplaced.  Sure...have it in there AS WELL for US to read and review but having a DIGITAL version where we can pull it up and print copies or even a phone app where we can show them would be better.  Even business card type things with bullet points of the benefits would be helpful.  I figure if we need to pimp out go all the way right?

Walter- Thanks, hope it comes to fruition, as well as Roy's follow-up ideas.

Roy- Good additional thoughts.    As for a print edition, I would carry it in the rig, then you have it at hand, along with other info from GPAA.  Could copy the pertient part to leave with the landowner.

Thanks for the info Walter.