gold prospecting

Before my vacation to Costa Rica 2 weeks ago, I heard that there were a few places people had found gold in a few rivers/streams. So wanting to find out for myself I packed my folding sluice box and gold pan. Well needless to say, after lots of talking to locals and scoping out a few locations...

We have decided we are going to go prospecting for gold, for the first time all by ourselves into the wilderness and the sky is the limit. Talladega National forest looks very promising, and we did hours upon hours of research. We found old mines and used Geological, Topo and Forest services...

So this is a little different, but I love this site and I love reading about peoples lives and adventures and relating to the passion you feel about prospecting! Everyone is so supportive and encouraging, I probably would have given up if hadn't been for yall's kind words! So what was it that...

Just some quick background about me, I have panned a couple of times and did really good! We are looking into buying a Highbanker so we decided to go to Alabama Gold Camp first and Rent one and see how we like it! I have gold fever big time, and I want this to be a hobby the family can do...

the state is widening the tunnel at I 70 just before idaho springs. they have built a side road to bypass the hwy and are making an access rd to the main hwy so begin blasting. So probably alot of new material will be in the river there or near by. Might talk to Cdot to ask permission to be...

what do i use to cut it???thanks so much

i want to buy a good metal detector for gold prospecting. which one of these 2 will detect smaller nuggets??which detector has higher depth for gold nuggets??? the at gold is waterproof which is a small advantage. tell me which one is better and will find me more gold. especially small nuggets...

im not sure which metal detector will find me the small(and big) gold nuggets. i checked out the garrett at pro, the fisher gold bug, and the garrett scorpion gold stinger. tell me which you think is best for less than 600. thanks.

A short and informative video on basics of finding gold on the Rogue River, Oregon.

Available from the factory and through some dealers as a print paperback for either $6.95 or free depending on the situation. (Ask your local dealer if you've got one.) Online free at Teknetics Tek Files where you'll also find some of my other metal detector essays. The book and essays are...