gold prospecting, east Ventura county

[cavedude]

Anyone near Simi Valley? We're finding gold here & need help digging & detecting I'm a member local club! No ones got the time it's here in hills & river! PM me!
I have back issues & can't dig enough to get it! I just want to get help seeing how much is here give me pics of your finds I'll show you the hot spots & help you process you can have it all!

 

[johnedoe]

Wish I lived closer...... But then again It is in cali. and frankly....... I don't go into cali..

 

[Jim in Idaho]

I was raised, mostly, in Simi Valley. Left there in '65 after my junior year of high school. Been back twice. I remember there was gold in Piru Creek, but don't know about any in Simi.
Jim

 

[cavedude]

You should have looked when here it would have been easier back then!

 

[Mine Shaft]

I say don't tell anybody, keep it all to yourself it's a no brainier lol. Good luck.

 

[Goldrabbit]

Im close to Simi I'll cruise out n dog

 

[cavedude]

Pm me for details?

 

[SanMan]

Anyone near Simi Valley?

I'm here in the Valley and I've got a good gold machine.

I'll PM you.

 

[Cartoonvoice]

Anyone near Simi Valley? We're finding gold here & need help digging & detecting I'm a member local club! No ones got the time it's here in hills & river! PM me!
I have back issues & can't dig enough to get it! I just want to get help seeing how much is here give me pics of your finds I'll show you the hot spots & help you process you can have it all!

I’m located in Porter Ranch, PM us for details and we can set something up!

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

How bout some pictures of that gold your finding?

My grandpa used to work a calcium mine back in the 1960’s
I think they were mining an oyster bed..up some canyon road.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

How bout some pictures of that gold your finding?

My grandpa used to work a calcium mine back in the 1960’s
I think they were mining an oyster bed..up some canyon road.

I think that mine was way up at the top of Tapo Canyon. In the pic, I have it circled in pink. My folk's 10 acre orange grove is in red, though no orange trees left. There were NO residential streets in there 55 years ago...nothing but citrus orchards.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Yes that sounds right. My mom lived up that road for a few years as a kid.

I remember us stopping by on a vacation and she couldn’t recognize anything. So many houses and streets.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Simi was a good place to grow up. We moved there in '54, and left in '65. In that 11 years the population went from 2,000 to over 50,000. It was 85% orchards when I was a kid. I don't think there is an orchard left now. We had oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, walnuts, avacados, peaches, apricots and more. Now it's all businesses and homes. That's progress of a sort, sadly.
Back then, I think that lime mine was a major employer in the valley.
Jim

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

My mom talks about it like they knew everyone up the canyon...small town. My grandparents all liked it there from what I could tell. I think they did move away around the mid 1960’s

 

[Jim in Idaho]

My mom talks about it like they knew everyone up the canyon...small town. My grandparents all liked it there from what I could tell. I think they did move away around the mid 1960’s

What were their names? I might have gone to school with them. Wouldn't that be a shocker...LOL
Jim

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Jim PM

 

[Rehctelf]

I live in Ventura, am a total NEWB, and just ordered a Minelab SDC 2300 today. As soon as it arrives, I'm in!

 

[Paulo]

I live bout an hour away from Simi. Oh, and coincidentally, I like gold too.

 

[cavedude]

PM me?

 

[cavedude]

You are right. Those areas are hiking trails. I've been to the mine site gold can be found near the beginning of that canyon. I've found gold dust all o0ver the valley!