idowa
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- Jan 21, 2012
- 165
- 74
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Lobo SuperTraq
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
I've been looking for a hobby and always enjoyed hiking and riding ATVs. I particularly enjoyed going to old mine sites and poking around. My dad told me that I should start gold prospecting and combine my favorite hobby with the chance of actually getting some gold to pay for gas...
Well, I'm in a great area for finding gold; Prescott, AZ. There are literally hundreds of mines within 20 miles of my house, and the hills are filled with gold.
I'm planning on getting a Tesoro Lobo next month to look for nuggets in dry washes down stream from old mines, since I know there was a good producing vein in the area.
However, today I went to one of those washes and filled a 5 gal bucket with material from some good spots and brought it home. I used my pan and sat on the back patio and ran about half the bucket through my pan and found a few flakes and lots of flour gold.
I'm wondering what the pros and cons are of buying a recirculating sluice type set up versus just going for nuggets with a detector.
Walking the washes with a detector vs shoveling material into a sluice seems like it would more fun...
Well, I'm in a great area for finding gold; Prescott, AZ. There are literally hundreds of mines within 20 miles of my house, and the hills are filled with gold.
I'm planning on getting a Tesoro Lobo next month to look for nuggets in dry washes down stream from old mines, since I know there was a good producing vein in the area.
However, today I went to one of those washes and filled a 5 gal bucket with material from some good spots and brought it home. I used my pan and sat on the back patio and ran about half the bucket through my pan and found a few flakes and lots of flour gold.
I'm wondering what the pros and cons are of buying a recirculating sluice type set up versus just going for nuggets with a detector.
Walking the washes with a detector vs shoveling material into a sluice seems like it would more fun...
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