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What is the best place to buy pay dirt from 360693 204
Started by cowboybrj81@gmail.com
I was wondering if anyone has a preferred place to buy pay dirt to pan with where you will find good color. I ask because my 5 year old daughter has become bitten by the gold bug and I want to help 'cultivate' her understanding of the trade. I my self am green at it all but have a couple trips planned with family and friends to go on a couple GPAA claims. I want the pay dirt to make sure my daughter finds something. Just looking for any suggestions. Yes I know this ...
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by BRIAN WILLIAMS  22 Feb 2025 03:29 PM |
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Where did my claim go? 32666 16
Started by xleex97@gmail.com
I started to have some fun in Southern CA at Red Cloud/Rusty Sieve last winter and getting ready to go down south again. I ordered a new Mining Guide but my claims are not listed any longer. What's the deal They were close by and very remote. Did the claim holding get abandon It seems like there are less claims in riverside county now. What am I missing Lee
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by BRIAN WILLIAMS 16 Feb 2025 01:31 AM |
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Friends of Placer Pete 60002 44
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 03 Feb 2025 11:54 AM |
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Where to? 30093 2
Started by cedwards105@aol.com
I finally finished grad school! Now I have some time to plan a trip and am wondering where I should go. I obviously don't expect to get rich, but I'm wondering where some promising places are to go on a camping/prospecting trip for a week or two. For example, somewhere where it's possible to find enough gold to cover the travel expenses from Ohio.
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by Charles Edwards 19 Jan 2025 05:45 PM |
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Greenhorns in SoCal 40051 24
Started by cruise@toetag.biz
Hi fellow prospectors! Ashley and Jerami here, greenhorn prospectors living in Los Angeles. We've been on a 5 trips and we are eager to find our first Gold. We've been to East Fork in San Gabriel twice, D&M in Gorman twice, we have been to Warrior claim in San Diego and we traveled up to Pine Flats in Kern County. We've tried digging the root banks, digging under large rocks, and tried walking a ways to some undredged areas. We've tried our mini sluice, panning and using our g...
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by scott knoop 10 Jan 2025 09:50 AM |
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Greyback Group Updates? 5968 0
Started by afries0999@gmail.com
RVing down from Colorado to S. NM for the first time. Based on the regs I’ve seen, no need to bring a gas highbanker. I have river sluices, can gold cube and recirculate and a battery dry washer. Hoping to also sample the arrow wall and crush to pan if needed. I’d appreciate advice on: Access this time of year, Local knowledge Digging partner Other areas, GPAA or not. Thank you in advance.
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06 Jan 2025 01:29 AM |
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Arizona Prospecting 14498 5
Started by Stancalavan1964@gmail.com
I have been mining Arizona now for four years. I was a very successful river miner for years, but this desert mining has got the best of me. I have taken some classes on drywashing and now have figured out how to set it up properly. The issue is my sampling has had very little success. My best day in four years is 0.10 of a gram for 50 full buckets of dirt. Notbworth my efforts. Need help. I have heard stay out of the washes, stay in the washes, sample on top of the hills between the washes, re...
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by Alejandro Urias 03 Jan 2025 03:41 PM |
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Yuba River Gold Panning and Detecting 6496 0
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
Yuba River Gold Panning and Detecting https://youtu.be/nboqLWXkvzc Just like most of the Country we love the time change but that's not going to stop us from enjoying the cool crisp Mountain air and the Yuba River. So running just a bit behind me and Gary TwoToes make our way up Highway 49 towards Mother Yuba and the Gold that waits for us to find it. Our original plans were to do some Sluicing but the River had her own plans so we adapt and put out the Gold Pans and start look...
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12 Nov 2024 04:24 PM |
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Hydraulic Pit Gold Nugget Patch Detecting 15969 6
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
Hydraulic Pit Gold Nugget Patch Detecting https://youtu.be/KTWs3YcHGKQ Click and Paste to watch The Last Trip to the Hydraulic pits for the year was the best trip for me. We load up in Brian's Dodge Ram Pickup and head for the pits in hopes of pockets full of Placer Gold Nuggets the size of walnuts !!!!! ( We can Dream ) !!!! Each week me and Gary and Brian say this is probably our last trip of the year before the Snow runs us out till next spring and this was that Trip !!!!! The...
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by JEFF SMITH 12 Nov 2024 04:19 PM |
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There's Gold in them thar Hills 6021 0
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
There's Gold in them thar Hills https://youtu.be/-uk1MY5Yg3g Bugs Bunny say's it in the 1952 Looney Tunes cartoon '14 Carrot Rabbit' featuring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam ' There's Gold in them thar Hills ' The phrase 'There's gold in them thar hills' is, in fact, a misquote. The actual phrase was yelled from the steps of the Lumpkin County Courthouse in 1849 by Dahlonega Mint assayor Dr. M. F. Stephenson to stop the exodus of miners from Dahlonega in Georgia to California, whi...
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Black sand 13524 4
Started by Frnk3434@hotmail.com
Is black sand worth anything Is there a place that buys it What can I use it for Thanks for any answers to my questions
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by Jesse Lechner 27 Sep 2024 04:18 PM |
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7 Replies and 28860 Views
Whatever happened to the Frederick Maryland chapter? 28860 7
Started by superyacht999@gmail.com
Hey y’all, I used to be a local member of the Maryland GPAA chapter pre Covid era. Since then I’ve just been solo prospecting here and there and new baby kept me from getting super involved. Now I’m looking to get back into prospecting community just to find out it doesn’t exist anymore. Anybody from the Maryland chapter still active on here Can we rally numbers and start the chapter back up again
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by James McGrann 31 Aug 2024 08:14 PM |
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Alaska group north 3841 3
Started by jmakerney@gmail.com
My claims guide shows a GPAA claim called Alaska group north but it’s not listed in the online guide. So probably no longer a claim
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by James Makerney 09 Aug 2024 08:08 PM |
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Heading to Alaska... 17396 19
Started by 1agentcue@gmail.com
We're finally heading to the frozen tundra after a few years of planning and setbacks. Trying to get some info on the GPA claims in/around the Fairbanks area. Is there boondock camping available for a 40 trailer at or close to the claims Is it an area where we can set up a highbank and process some dirt Is it easy to find and get the claims I emailed the chapter president for that area and asked for some insight but no return. Seems par for the course when trying to communicate ...
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by James Makerney 03 Aug 2024 12:42 PM |
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GPS coordinates 15341 2
Started by jtpgun@aol.com
I live in riverside and I would like to learn more about finding claims . Show me how you do it . I have gps and manual but need a little more help . Thank you John
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by JAMES SHEPHERD 22 Jun 2024 07:36 PM |
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Paydirt 7588 2
Started by anthony.ingersoll2@outlook.com
I am sure that we all know what paydirt is and how it works. Many times, I have seen people go crazy over the paydirt because they do not get dollar for dollar in the gold. I have often said that if you want gold dollar for dollar then you just need to go and buy gold bars, nuggets, or coins. However, with that being said there are benefits to the use of paydirt. I do buy paydirt on a fairly regular basis. There are a couple of major reasons that I do this. The first reason is to keep up on t...
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by Steven Victor 05 Jun 2024 04:57 PM |
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Elmore County, Idaho Claims? 14391 1
Started by whbrault@gmail.com
Looking to get out soon, and not finding any resources on here about Elmore county, Idaho - which has been on here for awhile. Any info is helpful!
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by Joshua Ashmead 01 Jun 2024 12:45 PM |
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Meatal detectors 14121 2
Started by donlowe415@yahoo.com
What brands and models are good starter Under $500
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by Scott Parker 20 May 2024 11:40 AM |
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Meatal detectors 14559 1
Started by donlowe415@yahoo.com
What brands and models are good starter Under $500
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by Scott Parker 17 May 2024 11:46 AM |
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Meatal detectors 7155 0
Started by donlowe415@yahoo.com
What brands and models are good starter Under $500
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