GPAA Gold & Treasure Show

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show May 5-6 in Boise, Idaho. The show will feature mucking and gold-panning contests as well as seminars led by Tom Massie, host of “Gold Fever” on the Outdoor Channel, or guest speakers. (Click here to view Gold & Treasure Show photos.)

GPAA Gold & Treasure Show

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show April 28-29 in Spokane. The show will feature mucking and gold-panning contests as well as seminars led by Tom Massie, host of “Gold Fever” on the Outdoor Channel, or guest speakers. (Click here to view Gold & Treasure Show photos.)

GPAA Gold & Treasure Show

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show April 21-22 in Las Vegas. The show will feature mucking and gold-panning contests as well as seminars led by Tom Massie, host of “Gold Fever” on the Outdoor Channel, or guest speakers. (Click here to view Las Vegas Gold & Treasure Show photos.)

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show March 31-April 1 in Fresno, California. The show will feature mucking and gold-panning contests as well as seminars led by Tom Massie, host of “Gold Fever” on the Outdoor Channel, or guest speakers.

GPAA reaches out to more members with 20 shows

With three Gold & Treasure Shows down, four to go in March and 13 more shows set for the rest of this year, the GPAA’s gold show crews are once again all revved up and ready to roll. The show in Mesa, Ariz. was a phenomenal success on all levels — record attendance of 2,921, vendor participation, wide variety of displays — including gold, gems and other finds, such as relics and historical artifacts and products — as well as more mining and prospecting equipment. Besides these improvements, this year’s shows are better organized, said GPAA Director of Operations Dominic Ricci. Ultimately, showgoers are learning more about gold prospecting and having more fun.

Catch the fever in Albuquerque Feb. 18-19

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico  Feb 18-19. The show will feature seminars led by Tom Massie, host of “Gold Fever” on the Outdoor Channel, or guest speakers and a gold-panning contest.

Pomona Gold & Treasure show sets record attendance

Gold prospectors — new, young and old — came out in droves to the GPAA Gold & Treasure Show in Pomona, Calif. in January.

Catch the fever in Albuquerque Feb. 18-19

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico  Feb 18-19. The show will feature seminars led by Tom Massie, host of “Gold Fever” on the Outdoor Channel, or guest speakers and a gold-panning contest.

GPAA to host 20 Gold & Treasure Shows in 2012

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will more than double the number of Gold & Treasure Shows on its nationwide tour in 2012.

 

GPAA Event Manager Amber White said the theme of next year’s shows will be education and returning to our roots.

 

One way for the GPAA to reach out to members is by holding more Gold & Treasure Shows in more locations. The shows are designed to teach people how to prospect, an outdoor activity they can enjoy with their friends and families, and introduce them to the kinship of the GPAA community.

 

“This year we had nine shows and next year we are stepping up to 20,” White said.

 

“Some of them were high demand places that our chapters really pushed for and the local chapters did much of the legwork. We have our select few that we do every year, such as Pomona, Mesa, Puyallup and Las Vegas, but other locations were selected based on the high demand.”

The Need for Speed!

Jack Barber of local GPAA chapter Temecula Valley Prospectors tries his hand at speed panning in the Gold Panning Contest at the Gold & Treasure Show in Las Vegas, April 16.

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