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										Tom buying Garden Soil and finding gold in it  20288  33
										Started by  johnnytuinals@yahoo.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										I was watching a few years ago Tom walking into a local hardware store
where he bought a bag of Top Soil and he panned it and found a little gold in the bag.
Wondering if anyone remembered that show and what was the name of that bag of soil so I can see if I can find it local too me....Thanks....JT |  |  |  | 33 | 20288 |  by    Susan Birrell  28 Nov 2018 01:01 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Alaska  1522  0
										Started by  kinnan90@gmail.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Trying to get in contact with members in the Kenai peninsula area! I have sent emails to the Directors email address listed on the chapters section but have had no responses. Is this chapter still active 
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										Lost Treasure Forbidden Gold  1850  0
										Started by  smithsgold@aol.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										https://youtu.be/oSIAbTii7kE
https://youtu.be/oSIAbTii7kE
 
Watch the new Series from Two Toes .....
Hope you enjoy the video, and thanks for watching !!!! |  |  |  | 0 | 1850 | 22 Nov 2018 09:28 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Gold & Treasure Show in Ohio  3973  10
										Started by  bsciore25@gmail.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										As a new member of the GPAA and someone who lives in an area not known for gold but has a desire to learn how to correctly and successfully prospect for gold, I am attending the 2018 Ohio Gold and Treasure show. I'm not sure what to expect since I've never been to one. How would my time best be used being a newbie |  |  |  | 10 | 3973 |  by    STANLEY SHIELDS  18 Nov 2018 06:51 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Greetings from the Phoenix, AZ area!  9075  8
										Started by  pilguybrandon@yahoo.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Hello everyone,
    I hope everyone is doing well. I am brand new and decided to buy a membership on a whim because I have always had a interest in gold and panning for it. Also, living in the southwest with mining very common in the area has always peaked my adventure side. Needless to say I am excited to get out and start learning and finding gold. I don't have high expectations and my job allows me 35 days where I don't have to work when I am in the State so I plan on being as acti... |  |  |  | 8 | 9075 |  by    STANLEY SHIELDS  18 Nov 2018 06:40 AM | 
						
						
						
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										First outing!  Arizona!  8593  7
										Started by  ddollar@comcast.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										  Hey all!
  Haven't posted much here.  Been lurking.
  Recently 'retired' and headed to Arizona with a drywasher and a lust for nuggets!
  Going to be going in an RV and staying down there for the winter...
  This will be my first outing of any kind, prospecting.  Hoping to find some gold with my MD or with the drywasher.
  Got my GPAA membership and my GPAA guide.  Anyone been out to Gold Basin or King Tut area have any advice for a Noobie :-)... |  |  |  | 7 | 8593 |  by    STANLEY SHIELDS  11 Nov 2018 01:16 PM | 
						
						
						
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										gold rush expeditions  5354  8
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										So for the fun of it, I was looking at purchasing a claim. Found claim from gold rush expeditions. How can they set a price on a claim without any studies No geo report no assay no pictures of the inside. Has not been worked in decades. They say a couple of guys could dig it out in a day or two.  It would take an excavator a day.  Also no exact location is given or ID number. What gives. They sound like snake oil salesmen. |  |  |  | 8 | 5354 |  by    Ken Castillo  03 Nov 2018 04:00 PM | 
						
						
						
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										Gold Hog Multi Sluice  12670  12
										Started by  tpleibel@gmail.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										After working with one of the new Gold Hog Multi Sluices at Loud mine for a few days I was terribly impressed. AS I watched the old timers
play with it and be impressed the sale was completed. I order my new Multi Sluice today and have about 12 gallons of 1/8 classified material from Georgia and North Carolina to work through it right away.
Now my question is , it does not come with a bilge pump and the one Gold hog offers they say is not really the best model on the market. Anyone have a bran... |  |  |  | 12 | 12670 |  by    James McMillen  02 Nov 2018 03:33 PM | 
						
						
						
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										Greetings From the Bootheel of New Mexico / SE AZ  6955  5
										Started by  kjosefy@hotmail.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Hello all my name is Kyle I've been prospecting on a very limited scale for the last 20 years by that I mean like 4 or 5 times over that time period. Mainly in Merced California and Happy Camp California area. And I am now in the bootheel of New Mexico and starting to look around for places to do a little prospecting down here or over in AZ it is just a few miles from where i am at i am Just looking for something to do on the weekend been doing a lot of rockhounding down this way and was cleanin... |  |  |  | 5 | 6955 |  by    KYLE JOSEFY  22 Oct 2018 10:07 PM | 
						
						
						
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										old abandoned claims  1992  1
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										I thought I read somewhere that a claim to be kept active, the claim owner must have intent on mining it and do so yearly. What about all the claims that have been sitting without any work for decades. Are they still valid as long as the payments are made every year, or does the fact that there is no intention of ever working them make the claim invalid |  |  |  | 1 | 1992 |  by    WALTER EASON  22 Oct 2018 11:11 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Free buckets  3937  1
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										I have noticed how most people seem to have purchased 5 gallon buckets from their nearby big box store.  However your local grocery store bakery department will give you buckets for free. There are the buckets that the frosting comes in. The handles are nice and comfortable too. |  |  |  | 1 | 3937 |  by    DAVID HAY  14 Oct 2018 09:05 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Winter prospecting vaction  2437  1
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										My wife and I are planning a winter thanksgiving, or Christmas/ New Years vacation out west this year.  The choices we have are Nevada, Arizona, or New Mexico.  We have a few pans, a blue bowl, a stream sluice, and a multi sluice.  As Montana will be heading into the -20s this time of year, some place warm would be nice.  We are both new to this.  She is a rock hound and would love to fine cool Rocks/Gems.  I on the other hand think yellow as in the color of gold is... |  |  |  | 1 | 2437 |  by    Gary Whited  13 Oct 2018 06:15 PM | 
						
						
						
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										panning material  4632  3
										Started by  hsschertz@gmail.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										New member.  Looking for recommendations who to order material to pan. |  |  |  | 3 | 4632 |  by    Ken Castillo  28 Sep 2018 05:22 PM | 
						
						
						
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										Lincoln New Mexico area  1748  0
										Started by  BIGTRUCKCDL@GMAIL.COM 
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										I am looking for stores in or near Lincoln New Mexico to purchase prospecting equipment. |  |  |  | 0 | 1748 | 27 Sep 2018 09:43 AM | 
						
						
						
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										withdrawal maps  3248  1
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										has anyone come across a master BLM withdrawal map  With so much 'Land Grab' by the feds, 100's of millions of acres, it would be nice to have a withdrawal map so as to know where NOT to be. |  |  |  | 1 | 3248 |  by    WALTER EASON  25 Sep 2018 06:36 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Prospecting near Yellowstone park.  8502  13
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Last weekend I went up to Cooke City to do some prospecting. Went into town for lunch and was told it was made illegal to do any prospecting in the NF for several miles outside of Yellowstone park and couldn't go to the GPAA claim there.  I have sence found out that the locals don't like protecting because of the government's allowance to that Canadian company to prospect there and will not tell the truth. 
 
Nevertheless I will be there again Saturday.  Has anyone prospect... |  |  |  | 13 | 8502 |  by    WALTER EASON  24 Sep 2018 10:56 AM | 
						
						
						
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										RIVER'S GOLD GROUP RIVER'S GOLD 2 RIVER'S GOLD 3 & FLW  4155  6
										Started by  swingnsway@aol.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Does anyone have the corner coordinates for this group of claims  Or at least the rivers upper and lower limits of the 3 claims.  The online guide has the ingress and center coordinates but it doesn't make sense because the group is suppose to be 240 acres and the distance between the ingress and center is only 750ft.   I'm new to this so could someone help me out if i'm missing something |  |  |  | 6 | 4155 |  by    Benjamin Crain  21 Sep 2018 07:53 AM | 
						
						
						
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										New Bern area, NC  2340  4
										Started by  sepa@hotmail.co.uk
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Hello All, we are considering moving to the New Bern area of North Carolina. Can anyone advise on the opportunities available for panning in this area, if any  Stephen |  |  |  | 4 | 2340 |  by    STEPHEN PARKER  17 Sep 2018 03:46 PM | 
						
						
						
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										Claim with RV Access  3683  2
										Started by  farchijets@gmail.com
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Hello fellow gold fevered friends, I'm looking for a place to take the family out on a camping/prospecting trip with an RV, does anyone know of a comfortable spot within a 5 hour driving radius from Los Angeles
Much appreciated |  |  |  | 2 | 3683 |  by    THOMAS GLOVER  17 Sep 2018 08:11 AM | 
						
						
						
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										Gold maps  2285  1
										Started by  Kenaslan@earthlink.net
										
										
										
											
											
											
											
											
											
										
										
										Has anyone purchased maps from hhengineering If so were they worth it |  |  |  | 1 | 2285 |  by    Bill Killian  12 Sep 2018 07:36 AM |