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  1. Marietta Ga, 5 Years in North GA Hello All, Looking for Contacts an exploration areas

    Anybody out there with some good ideas about the Marietta, Woodstock GA areas please contact me. I have been prospecting North GA Cleveland, Helen...area for the last 5 years. Looking for some people with the same prospecting fever or a group to join and whatever else the industry may have to...
  2. 2012 Gold Round up!

    Here is most of the gold I found on my weekend trips. I still have a bucket of concentrates to go through... maybe get the total up to three grams. Maybe not as much gold as I would like, but I had a great time finding it! Most trips my 7 and 9 year old went with me. One trip had the other...
  3. The Gold Cube topper Naming contest Voting

    Time to vote for the best GoldCube topper name! Help pick the BEST name and place your vote please. Only today left... Vote now! if you haven't - thanks! Almost over, any eligible voters out there still? Please your vote truly helps, you can bank on it! ;) Thanks ebuyc
  4. My first time Panning and Prospecting on S. Fork American River Feeder Creek

    I just turned 35 a few weeks ago and have always been interested in treasure hunting and prospecting for gold. Since I was born and raised in California, the 49er gold rush was taught in 4th grade history class. This opened me up the world of this fine metal "GOLD" Now I have moved away from the...
  5. Metal detecting for gold in South Carolina

    Hey fellow prospectors and treasure hunters. I started this thread to see what people had to say about gold still in South Carolina. I aq'uired a small tract of land in Smyrna, York County. Land has been untouched since the California rush (except the little old lady that lived there since...
  6. 🏆 HONORABLE MENTION Lost 20 Years Ago ~ 18k Gold Indian Chief Ring Returned To Owner!

    On May 8th, 2012, I took my week old Minelab E-TRAC to a local park to practice. I had been detecting for over a year with my Teknetics Delta 4000, but while the E-TRAC offered more horsepower, it was also going to take longer to master. After digging plenty of clad and lot's of trash for an...
  7. How much would you pay for a California legal dredge?

    Heya everyone; I wanted to ask a simple question. How much would you pay for a California legal dredge? Lets just say that you could have a 100% legal dredge but it had to be fully underwater, electric and limited to no larger than a 1.5" hose. Run time would be 2 hours non stop dredging, use...
  8. Doomsday Gold!

    Whelp since we are all still here, who is going to go out and get some today? :D Post up your pics from any Doomsday prospecting. :) Weather is crap here right now so I wont have anything to share but I would like to see what the rest of you might get on the Day that the World was to end! :D
  9. The Detecting Lifestyle Weekly Radio Broadcast show.

    A new Radio Broadcast show called "The Detecting Lifestyle" will start on 3 Jan 13 and will be broadcasting weekly. Our first live broadcast will be on Thursday 03 Jan 13 and then on Tuesday every week thereafter. All details can be found at: The Detecting Lifestyle
  10. Can anyone recommend a nice scale?

    I looked through almost every thread that had the hit "Digital Scale" to see what I could find and noticed that it really varies from person to person. Quite a few people mentioned the scales from Harbor Freight. I would prefer it to be a pocket scale that I could take with me, but I am open to...
  11. MESH SIZE QUESTION....

    hey guys just a quick question. I have a royal 30" stream sluice box and I went to my local shop today to buy a classifier screen for a 5 gallon bucket. The guy said to just classify to 8 mesh. Is this about right? or should I clasify down smaller? Up here in northern california(Almost in...
  12. new sluicebox design??? help please???

    Hey guys, I have a question. I have a royal 30" sluice box and was wanting to make a homemade highbanker with a recirculating water supply using a 1000gph pump in my garage. My question is... I think 30" isnt going to be quite long enough for the material to travel without losing some gold in...
  13. New sluicebox design help!???

    Hey guys, I have a question. I have a royal 30" sluice box and was wanting to make a homemade highbanker with a recirculating water supply using a 1000gph pump in my garage. My question is... I think 30" isnt going to be quite long enough for the material to travel without losing some gold in...
  14. TURN YOUR iPHONE INTO A METAL DETECTOR!!!?

    QUERCUS CIRCUS is a 'real world' treasure hunt based iPhone app. five short films are embedded in the app. containing audio and visual clues to the location of a £10,000 18ct GOLDEN ACORN which was buried somewhere in the UK on 1st August 2011. The acorn was commissioned by artist & film-maker...
  15. Newbie - Looking to buy personal Mining Equipment

    I live in a area that has a decent amount of dry washes with specks of gold in the wash. I am looking to purchase equipment that allows me to pan for the gold in the washes (I will be bringing my own water in large containers with my ATV). I found this lot of gold mining equipment on a...
  16. HOMEMADE SLUICE BOX!

    Hey guys, I have a question. I have a royal 30" sluice box and was wanting to make a homemade highbanker with a recirculating water supply using a 1000gph pump in my garage. My question is... I think 30" isnt going to be quite long enough for the material to travel without losing some gold in...
  17. JeoHunter 3D Dual System For Sale - Complete, Minimal Use

    SOLD! PRICE LOWERED! JeoHunter 3D Dual System For Sale Very well taken care of and minimally used Includes all 3 coils (small, medium and LARGE) Mineral and void (cave) detection Includes case Entire system works flawlessly Great cosmetic shape with no damage Less than 2 years old Reason for...
  18. Estate Sale 14k 925 830s and buttons

    Hi all It's been a long time since I have posted some finds so here are some from today... BTW if anybody knows some of the buttons please post info :) I will be researching them this week.. Sorry if the pics are to big or out of order..
  19. My best nugget yet!

    This is my best nugget yet, don't want to give too much information, but it came from lucious Southern California soil! I was so excited when I found it, I couldn't stop shaking. It's only 1.6 grams, but it's bigger than any other flakes I've found!
  20. Help! No idea what this is!!! Looks Precious!

    I found it at a small antique shop, it is a small half-frosted cube with gold-leaf etchings on it. The etchings seem to be of Chinese origin. The cube is very rough, and seems to be hand carved. It was an a relatively old silk lined box when I purchased it. Sorry the photo is not the clearest...
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