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the gold bearing creek I go to used to be a swimming hole back in the 70's until the dam that made it got tore down in 2000. Is it best to prospect before or after the dam

Looking for some nice spots for sampling or even find some gold along or near Clear Creek near Redding. I know that there used to be a dam there that got tore down in 2000 some gps coordinate might help.

Hi name's Jesus, I currently reside in the Anderson area in Shasta County and a bit new to prospecting. For the last couple of months i have been digging some material in clear creek bout' a quarter mile before and after the gorge outlook. sadly without any luck. I plan on joining the Shasta...

does anyone know or has anyone ever panned and sluiced in the ruidoso area? so you need a permit?

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Anyone interested.. Here is an early newspaper article about Tayopa. Corp

Those pictures arrived this morning via email. One of our customers sent it to us.

Anyone near Roanoke Rapids Nc that does metal detecting? i'm new and wandering where to go? any rules etc ?

I'm looking for a magazine article from the early 70's about two prospectors that found a cavern with a river full of gold in it. It was in either CA or NV. They dynamited the entrance closed and one prospector was killed. The other filed an assay and claim in Reno. If anyone knows of this...

...on Wesabulga Creek. With the frequent rains I was tired of the constant struggle in the swift current, so I decided to move my dredge to an open pit which had been excavated three summers earlier. The gold shown here is from about 7 hours of dredging...not to bad for us boys here in Alabama.

I love spending time out on the river. Whether it be fishing, swimming or gold prospecting... a day on the water is always a good one! To make my day even better my pops, 9 year old son, 8 year old daughter, and 2cmorau went out to his claim on the Yuba. I set the Bazooka up for the kids to...

Victor Shaw’s Lost Mine Articles – Earth Science Digest I recently acquired a complete set of the nine lost mine articles written by Victor Shaw and published in Earth Science Digest in 1947 and 1948. Shaw was an experienced gold prospector. He explored the ground where these stories are set...

My best yield from Hard Rock yet!

My name is Craig and I am looking to build a team of 8 miners to mine gold in the summer of 2015. I am looking for hardworking, dedicated, strong minded individuals in search of an adventure in the gold rich mountains streams of Alaska. I have a full plan in place and once I have a team built I...

I am asking about three different types of finds: 1. Lode Gold Veins (hard rock mines), 2. Refined gold (like gold bars) caches, and 3. Jesuit caches of treasure. I am not talking about finding coins or old artifacts or anything under the water. In these three types of search areas: 1. Open...

Hey new to the desert. La Quinta. Any interesting places I can search

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Found GOLD ring w/ name, Facebook's roadblocks! I found this 10k female high school ring at the beach. After quickly locating and messaging the person on facebook, I find out that all messages that are not from friends go into a seperate inbox called "Other". I suspect that the good majority of...

Hello Everyone, I am new to this website and really excited to be a member. I have recently gotten into precious metal, meteorite, treasure, and fossil prospecting (more so on the precious metals at this point in time). I have read about 10 different books on gold recovery, I have watched 1000...

We are Hard Rock Mining a vein that has PMG's, Gold & Silver. Please: Can any help us out on how to go about making a dory bar of these metals? All into one bar? Will we be able to melt all metals into dory bars without the aid of a smelter / furnace? Will we need to use any fluxes? Will the...

Hello, I need suggests about where to dig in Europe. I am looking to find unique things that are not WWI or WWII related. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi i am a new member here and i need some opinion from pros. our group is on a project now in the philippines. In a 3meter wide river, We found a palm-sized face on a 2-meter wide round rock(we think its japanese). water level is just about 3-5ft and is full of rocks. about 5 meters away from...

I wasn't sure where to ask this question so hope that this forum is ok. I have for a long time though about getting a metal detector for beach combing but my trips to the beach are rare so have been putting it off, however I now need to get one to locate some "buried treasure" and even after...

Well I tried out gold panning for the very first time yesterday and found some decent gold and a couple small "pickers" even. As you can see, the pieces are a little under 1/16 in size in the first vial but way under 1/16 in the second one but I did find two small "pickers" between 1/16 and 1/8...

Hi Guys!!! I used to be an archaeologist, and have since become obsessed with applying that experience to treasure hunting. To that end, I developed a methodology (which has since become a book which I hope will be available later this year) which will enable anyone to find ancient treasure...

I found a really nice wedding band. I would like to know if there is a way to find out The makers of this ring. Also, what is the F4 engraving mean? Here is a link to pictures. https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=43919C935E2D9F41!10364&authkey=!AI7NBCu4QkOIwHk Also, should I get this ring...

The ring is 14 k. Nefertiti on the outside face, sun risign over 2 pyramds etched on the inside. No hallmark.

I am new to the whole Cob area of coin collecting.But I think there is a bunch of highly skilled and smart people on this site who could help me out.I recently was looking for a gold cob pendent and have come across two that are currently being offered on ebay.I have tried contacting both...

hi there, i was prospecting last week end in an amazing beach containing various caves... looking for some hidden treasure, and found a lot of quartz blocks containing gold. iam using a fisher gold bug MD and was wondering how to reveal the gold? what are the easiest method? i have read about...

I'm new to gold prospecting and just went on my first prospecting trip with my wife and kids and panned for gold at Lynx Creek for a few days. We found a little gold but I would really like to use my sluice for better results. Everywhere I looked it was either private property or there were...

When I set out researching this project I started with the premise of trying to find a place with amazing geology, minimal legal or major safety issues, and above all lots of placer gold. I continued trying to figure out the best ways to finance the first phase of my company which would be the...

Whats up guys? Just thought I would post something in here since I have not done a post in quite some time. Picking full time has been much better than expected, not to mention, I don't have to work for anyone. :hello2: These are some my silver and gold finds for the past few weeks. I...

Hi All, I am going to the Sterling Ridge Resort for a wedding this Thurs-Sunday. I will be free for most of friday and will be bringing my metal detector and pan. Im flying into Burlington and will be driving there on thursday with maybe a little time to play/explore, but friday is the day I...

I recently inherited a lot of jewelry from my grandmother. So much of it is interesting to me, including this piece. I tried googling the word 'Abex' to see if I could get any info, but found nothing! I'm hoping someone may know something about it. On the clasp, there is a little sideways...

I recently inherited a lot of jewelry from my grandmother. So much of it is interesting to me, including this piece. I tried googling the word 'Abex' to see if I could get any info, but found nothing! I'm hoping someone may know something about it. On the clasp, there is a little sideways...

Hello all, I decided to do a beach hunt this past Saturday so I headed to Stewart beach early and arrived there at about 6:am. I was using my Explorer SE and was only finding clad. At about 8:am I looked up and there was literally about 15 other people detecting, young and old. It was obvious...

so we took a hella 4x4 drive into the Cerillos outback.. where they have mines as old as 780AD for turquoise and gold! here are some fun picts! so after a "high centering" and scaring the kiddos a dead battery (Thanks kids leave your ds plugged in and the doors open!) we had a blast! and found...