2012 events attracting more vendors, setting record attendance

This year’s GPAA Gold & Treasure shows are breaking the mold and setting record attendance. March brought in a storm of showgoers to Puyallup, Wash. and Red Bluff, Calif, followed by a blockbuster show in Salem, Ore. in April that drew a full house of more than 3,000 people.

GPAA Gold & Treasure Show

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show May 19-20 in Reno, Nevada. The show will feature gold-panning contests as well as seminars led by experienced prospectors. (Click here to view Gold & Treasure Show photos.)

GPAA Gold & Treasure Show

The Gold Prospectors Association of America will hold its Gold & Treasure Show May 12-13 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show will feature gold-panning contests as well as seminars led by experienced prospectors. (Click here to view Gold & Treasure Show photos.)

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.