The Battle Across the Desert is an exciting competition and mining adventure experience that is unlike any other LDMA has ever organized before. Two of LDMA’s most popular and productive gold mining camps, Duisenburg and Stanton, are matching up against each other to see which one can put up the most gold found during the three-week event.

The "Big Mama" Nugget, Abandoned Gold Mines, Shipwrecks, and Gilded Coastlines - Treasures from the Delmarva Peninsula

The GPAA digs deep into what's been found, what might still be out there, and where to find it in the Beaver State.