Need gold prospecting areas

[ProspectorALEX]

Hi I'm new to treasure net and I'm really into prospecting i need some prospecting locations about 3 hours away from fort irwin. If anyone could give me some good locations I would really appreciate it. Also we have a gold cube we've been really wanting to use. We are in California. Need replies by Friday.we have a gold cube we want to use

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Has anyone heard of the Alvord mountain in cronese lake subregion??

 

[ProspectorALEX]

If you have can you tell me if there is any gold there

 

[chowe]

Google it.alvord mine comes to mind.should be wire and coarse fines.good luck

 

[ProspectorALEX]

My mom got me maps from blm and I think that is close to fortirwin but my mom drive out there and got scared driving on desert roads so we turned back after metal detecting for a hour . Too many bullets

 

[DizzyDigger]

Alex, what kind of detector do you have? If allowed, you could do some nugget
shooting right in your general area.

Have you had any luck with your detector?

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Hello! This is his mom, Michelle. First, I wanted to thank you for your replies! Before his dad left, he made a joke that he expected us to find gold by Friday when he gets home. Alex was searching on the computer all day and found this app. Treasurenet is a gem! I am not good at reading blm maps so we have been cautious about going to "open" lands. After a year of having a gold pan sitting around, I figured I had to get him out. So a few weeks ago, he set up a sluice I got for him for his birthday in Keyesville. I just dug up some dirt and he ran it....all with knowledge HE learned from YouTube videos. I didn't take it seriously at all. I actually thought all the pyrite was real gold lol i remember texting my husband "black sand! gold everywhere. I was clueless. We stayed a few hours and he ran the sand, I sat around paranoid we were doing something illegal on blm land lol and we drove home and the "concentrate" say in the garage for about 2 weeks....until his dad was like ok fine, I'll watch some videos and learn how to pan....and he did and found a few specks!!!! Well, of course, now it seems everyone has gold fever lol but the last few explorations to mill creek (San bernardino forest) proved fruitless....but at least the kids have fun playing in water Anyway, what a fun hobby (although I don't know if we are doing it right because we break our backs digging!) It is so fun seeing a speck, hoping the next pan will bring more. I am awful at panning, but my husband seems to have picked it up OK because he's the one who found the first one. It's funny that this all started by watching "diggers" and with a metal detector. Now we have 3 gold pans, a small sluice and gold fever! It sure is nice to get out of the Mohave, fort irwin is in the middle of no where!!! If only gas were cheaper....anyway, I just wanted to thank you all for your kindness toward our military & for helping my son with his "obsession" of finding gold. I'm sure he is so excited to share your responses with his dad on Friday Thank you, sincerely!
Mom to a crazy miner

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Dizzy digger I have found a lot of cans,foil,a bracelet,a fake ring,pennies,nails,screws,wire,and a giant piece of metal an inch thick.also I have a treasure cove all metal metal detector. If you want a pic of the controlls private message me.

 

[chowe]

Nothing beats the great outdoors.Your welcome,good luck and happy panning.cheers

 

[DizzyDigger]

It sounds like you're learning how to use it, but can you tell me what
the brand and Model are? Is it a Tesoro, or a Bounty Hunter, or maybe even
a Fisher or Garrett ACE 250?

Reason I ask is that some metal detectors are made for finding coins and
relics (old stuff), and other detectors are made more for finding gold.

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Thanks

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Mine is a bounty hunter it is for all metals including gold and silver

 

[Fullpan]

Alex, congratulations on finding some gold! Have you looked at the East Fork San Gabriel river? There are a few guys on here that go there. Look under
older posts (2-3 months ago) I think its in the Sluicing sub-forum. There may be rowdy crowds there on weekends, but during the week may be okay.

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Cool

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Can you give me a forum name?

 

[socalocmatt]

I think they were talking about this subforum: Sluicing

Edit: There is also this subforum for CA: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/california/

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Cool

 

[Fullpan]

Sorry, Alex - Try in Panning forum Jan 14, 2012 by Moondog2000 titled "East Fork San Gabriel, So Cal" Its six pages long and you'll see lots of names to
connect to other more recent posts about the place.

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Does anyone know about panning the Colorado river?? If so please tell me

 

[KevinInColorado]

Welcome young man. You are about my grandsons age. He has been mining since he was 5. The gold cube is a good piece of equipment. It is mostly ment to be used as a fine gold proccessor. You use it after you ran material through you sluice. Then you classify (screen) your concentrates (dirt in the sluice) through a screen 1/8 " size. Then you can run it through the gold cube and you will get your fine gold and any thing bigger. As far as where to go I can't help you there as I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota ( MT. Rushmore country). My baby brother is also army. He is a Lt. Col. Please tell your dad thankyou from me for his serivce to our country. It is very much appreciated.

Good Luck!

B H Prospector

I don't agree with the comments on the cube. Classify your material straight away. Put the stuff under 1/8 thru the cube and the larger stuff (maybe up to 1/2 inch) thru your sluice or just pan it depending on volume of material. The cube is much faster than a sluice for that finer material and more efficient too :-)

 

[ProspectorALEX]

Ok but what if I don't classify and pick most big rocks out by hand