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Detecting Old Placer Gold Hydraulic Tailings 587 1
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
https://youtu.be/e_viovTWXaM Me and Gary ( Two Toes ) are back in the Hydraulic pits for more Gold !!! How Much more We return to the Hydraulic Gold Mine Pits to see what more the old timers left behind for us to find can we get more Gold than our last trip This spot has given up some nice pieces including a 5 plus gram piece of Gold filled Conglomerate !!! We also had one piece that had over 3 grams of Gold in the conglomerate. We could use a few more like those the weight adds up nic...
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by Ken James  19 Mar 2026 05:39 PM |
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High Divide LDMA property 30442 23
Started by worldavi@gate.net
I just noticed this property on the LDMA camp map. Does anyone have any information about it Is this a metal detector property or What is the closest town If anyone has additional information I would like to know more about it.
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by JIM BROTHERS 19 Mar 2026 09:25 AM |
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Gold Discovery Day at Sutters Mill 217 0
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
Gold Discovery Day at Sutters Mill https://youtu.be/DKxxJJvkopQ Gold Discovery Day Celebrate Jame’s Marshall’s Discovery of Gold in The Place Where It All Happened. Saturday, January 24th, 2026 California State Parks will commemorate James Marshall’s discovery of gold at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park on a Saturday in, January from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Gold Discovery Day, which was first celebrated in Coloma in 1948 on the centennial of the discovery, will inc...
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02 Mar 2026 10:30 AM |
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TRIPLE D AND M 2260 4
Started by robert.y.murata@gmail.com
Any tips before heading out to this claim
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by Adam Gerzoff 21 Feb 2026 03:06 PM |
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GPAA Mining Guide 16435 10
Started by aberro01@gmail.com
I have the 2020 50th anniversary edition mining guide. Is this the most recent edition If not, how do I go about upgrading If it is the most recent, how often do they put out a new guide I find that the guide is a lot more helpful on claim boundaries than the website. Many of the website claims only have an ingress and a center point (sometimes). When they are in the guide, they tend to have more information........or is there some secret menu online that I don't know about where I can acc...
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by CHARLIE STOUT 19 Feb 2026 11:55 PM |
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Bedrock Crevice Gold Detecting on the Yuba River 171 0
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
https://youtu.be/968IzjLhzag We are off on a secret mission that's not very secret !!!! We are meeting up with a subscriber to take a look at one of his Claims and give him a little help on where the Gold Nuggets might be hiding . After lunch we check out a few spots along the Yuba River until we get to our destination for some bedrock crevice detecting. Brian strikes first Gold but Gary TwoToes is right behind him !!! I work a couple spots on the Bedrock that I think have been checked a...
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19 Feb 2026 01:25 PM |
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The Nugget Hunters Exploring New Ground Searching for Gold 319 0
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
https://youtu.be/K1oVxjKvBYM This adventure starts with us checking some new ground that Kellen found is it any good what's the Gravel look like is there any Gold Nuggets we can find This trip it's Gary TwoToes , and Kellen YellowFeverProspecting and me. Who's going to find first Gold Can we find any Gold We have Ice Cream on the line. The Willie Nelson song on the road again comes to mind on this trip as we drive around looking for Good Spots that are open to find Go...
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08 Feb 2026 10:43 AM |
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Friends of Placer Pete 61202 45
Started by stevesgolfer@outlook.com
Hi All From March 17th to March 21st we will be having a outing out at the claim. Come on out and enjoy the fun as we dry wash and metal detect for Placer Pete Gold! Spend a day or more with us. We will also be working with a small group of greenhorns on Friday and Saturday in dedicated classes to learn how to read the claim to dry washing / metal detecting through clean out and weighing your gold! Contact us for details on the classes. There are only 4 spaces left in these dedicated classes. ...
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by Steve Scukanec 27 Jan 2026 01:31 PM |
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Prospecting in Nevada 1196 1
Started by jesusismugen@yahoo.com
Hello my people. I was hoping someone would know of somewhere close to Las Vegas were I can go and prospect. I see some claims listed in the physical Mining Guide but no claims listed online. So does this mean there is no current claims in Nevada I'll be going to Arizona here soon but I'd like to have somewhere closer if possible. I don't need no secret spots, just a place where I can explore and use my metal detector and pan.
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by Nathan Wood 18 Dec 2025 01:52 PM |
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GPAA Claims Maps 1552 4
Started by spfrood@gmail.com
Am I just overlooking something or is the full claim info not shown on the website It would be nice to see the entire claim coordinates and the whole claim outline on the claim page... That way you could see the entire claim boundary on the google map.
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by David Gouge 27 Oct 2025 10:40 AM |
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Lode Claim markers within a GPAA Placer claim? 1094 2
Started by family_man89@yahoo.com
Today I was out looking around the Soldier Boy and Double JJ claims near Prescott, AZ and I ran across some Lode Claim markers within the Double JJ claim. I'm a total newb about this prospecting stuff but I am a seasoned long distance Thru Hiker and know my away around a GPS so... Is this normal that a number of lode claims can sit within the boundaries of a placer
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by David Gouge 17 Oct 2025 03:35 PM |
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Virginia 30979 2
Started by alaskaranger05@gmail.com
Is there a chapter in Virginia I know people prospect and find gold there, but I don't see a chapter listed. Just wondering if I missed it. Thanks.
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by BRIAN WILLIAMS 20 Sep 2025 02:58 PM |
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Lincoln National Forest New Mexico 30786 1
Started by rickeyboatright@yahoo.com
I am very new to finding gold. I have no areas within several hours of my location in Texas, but we take a church trip to the mountains of New Mexico every year. What am I allowed to do in the Lincoln National Forest, near Ryodosa. I know I can pan and metal detect, but can I run a non powered sluice, or anything else. I have about 6 weeks before we leave. Any help would be appreciated. I can't find any other info and the BLM and Forest Service will not return my emails.
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by Mike Costley 17 Aug 2025 11:39 AM |
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Alaska claims 29503 2
Started by cedwards105@aol.com
I came to Alaska intending to do some gold prospecting at the claims near Central. To minimize space, I tore the pages out of the mining guide that I needed with the claim information to take with me. Now I'm in Fairbanks and can't find the pages. The online property information doesn't appear to have the Central claims listed. What should I do Maybe someone could send me the coordinates
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by Charles Edwards 07 Aug 2025 08:20 PM |
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03 Aug 2025 09:14 PM |
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Do not throw out your cons, pack them out for further processing 37442 8
Started by crashcrain@gmail.com
I have been telling people for years they are throwing out their gold by panning the cons out in the river. The pan is the first process, the secondary may be a miller table, and the third might be a retort. I went down to my claim where I let another man dredge, but I instructed him to pan in a large tub and keep what he got. He relied on one of those gold wheel devices so all his cons were left in the tub, perfect for me. I got the cons out and processed them my own way and pulled out ...
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by Ken Morford 29 Jul 2025 01:38 PM |
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Gunnerson County,CO 30270 3
Started by b2144@msn.com
I am going out to Colorado first two weeks of July. I plan was going to be to check out some claims on BLM land to see if they would be worth getting. I did find a reseller of claims and paid what I feel was a good price for a claim. Its in Gunnison County and Spring Creek runs through it. In my research I haven't found anything saying its a bad location. I am happy finding one kicker per 5 gallon bucket of classified dirt, I don't have high expectations, I find panning relaxing and the gol...
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by Kevin Singel 13 Jul 2025 07:42 PM |
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Started by ravecolo@yahoo.com
My son and I are going out to Rye Patch in a couple of months. My question is this. Can someone tell me basically how far west of the reservoir we need to drive or hike to get to an area where we would have a fair chance of finding a couple of small nuggets. We have two machines a Fisher gold bug 2 and a MineLab Equinox 800 so they will find really small pieces but I would love a little direction please. Thanks, Ron
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by Leo Lorenz 29 Jun 2025 11:42 PM |
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Concern for future recreational gold mining 31666 3
Started by tellis.ellis17@gmail.com
Understood we can each strike out on our own and prospect. For over 20 years I have been member of GPAA . Back then the participation by chapter members kept everyone up to date on properties . If you look at the current topics brought forward most are DATED 2020 or before , that's not good . I have seen a struggle among various state chapters to increase membership numbers but for whatever reason participation had dwindled. Quite frankly it is up to the organization to implement new strategies ...
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by Steve Siegfried 10 Jun 2025 10:49 AM |
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Alabama Gold Camp 32858 9
Started by alaskaranger05@gmail.com
Howdy to all you prospectors, I have been to Alabama Gold Camp a few times and got just a tad of flour gold. I only spent a couple hours each time. Rented a high banker and also used a small sluice box another time. Little return. I'm sure did not stay long enough. Question is, how much time would anyone continue without much payout. As grandpa said when I was fishing and did not get a bite, 'Probably wasn't hold my mouth right.' A day, a week, thoughts Also, if I wanted to head to anothe...
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by Michael Ellis 21 May 2025 12:23 PM |