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NEW YEAR GOALS AND RESOLUTIONS 6919 11
Started by travnix82@yahoo.com
Hello friends,
I wanted to take a minute and wish every one a happy and safe holidays coming up.. Hope everyone gets some new mining gear under the tree or is able to spend quality time with loved ones..
I also wanted to make a new year resolution or set a goal for my personal mining adventures..
I hope to find our first ounce of gold with my kids this coming season. We have joined the LDMA a bit late in the season and have yet to visit any of the camps, but we are...
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by RICHARD VON STIETZ  03 Jan 2017 04:48 PM |
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Started by tstuder365@gmail.com
Hi just recently retired and getting into prospecting, looking to pan and sluice in nevada and california in the spring when its still winter here in Saskatchewan. Does anyone know if i would have any problems crossing the border from canada into the usa with my pan, sluice, metal detector, hand trommel etc, all recreational level equipment. I have heard us border services can be sticky about activities that could possibly be classified as work rather than recreational. Also If anyone ...
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by DAVID WEBSTER 03 Jan 2017 12:49 PM |
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SOMETHING DISTURBING IS HAPENING OUT THERE: 5654 3
Started by debatom@msn.com
This time of year is when I hit the books and study history and geology and if there is any open ground in the place of interest I have in mind but this year seems to be different in that I am seeing vast acreage gobbled up by large mining company's and I don't mean pretend miners selling claims on ebay. These are large miners mostly from Canada and they are claiming section after section amounting to thousands of acres in great proven areas of the past and present and are even gobbling ...
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by WALTER EASON 03 Jan 2017 09:22 AM |
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3 Replies and 5324 Views
Whites Surfmaster PI 5324 3
Started by wvmtneer1953@yahoo.com
Just wondering if anyone has tried using a White's Surfmaster in the desert. I have a Gold Bug 2 for small nuggets and just got the Surfmaster for the beach. I was thinking about taking the new unit to Arizona on my next trip. Thanks
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by John Wood 02 Jan 2017 11:19 AM |
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Vids for Helping FIND places... Google Earth Net Tools 5447 2
Started by greenhalgh.roy@gmail.com
Hey Fellow Diggers!
I know I did a little bitch post about how the GPAA has not expanded the East Coast Holdings in the past 5 years I have been a member just a few weeks ago. It stirred the pot and we got some good support (that I'm not the only one feeling like a redheaded stepchild) as well as some GREAT response from the Big Dogs on what is in the works.
Over all they were hoping WE would help make contact with owners, spreading the Good Word- asking if they would t...
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by ADAM ANDREWS 31 Dec 2016 11:00 AM |
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Store is Closing Jan 1 2017 4704 0
Started by ralex2@cox.net
Just FYI
AMERICAN PROSPECTOR
TREASURE SEEKER
28900 Old Town Front St 101
Temecula, CA 92590
To Order, Please Call: 951-676-2555
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Home &nb...
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29 Dec 2016 02:31 PM |
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1 Replies and 4980 Views
A cool desert dry panning video 4980 1
Started by thechargerdude@aol.com
This is a cool 'Ask Jeff Williams' video about desert dry panning and how to follow the black sand up the creek...It's called How to dry pan, and it's a new method that looks like a great idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=CSuDt9dXyzU
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by LEO LORENZ 29 Dec 2016 11:04 AM |
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4 Replies and 9886 Views
State Director 9886 4
Started by kentcreamer@gmail.com
I saw where South Carolina does not have a state director. How does a person become a state director
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by WALTER EASON 27 Dec 2016 12:14 PM |
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3 Replies and 4389 Views
jon stansberry 4389 3
Started by jstansberry@live.com
i posted and it says i have 66 comments but i can not look at them. just woundering why
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by LEO LORENZ 24 Dec 2016 10:02 PM |
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3 Replies and 4733 Views
ClaimTransfer.com 4733 3
Started by debatom@msn.com
Has anyone heard of an outfit called ClaimTransfer.com sending out post cards trying to buy mining claims, could be a scam Tom
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by jon stansberry 24 Dec 2016 08:28 PM |
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by jon stansberry 24 Dec 2016 07:52 PM |
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Building a Home made river indoors. 8916 13
Started by crashcrain@gmail.com
This is a pretty interesting challenge, what does it take to build a recyclable river in your own garage, be able to run materials, concentrates, and then keep the area pretty clean with low Ice build up.
So we came up with a system using a Keene Sluice over a tube that recycled the water, and we found it worked better then anything we can do on the river. Get your sluice set up at the correct angle first using small wood pieces placed between the tubs and once the angle is cor...
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by jon stansberry 24 Dec 2016 07:11 PM |
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: 3899 1
Started by debatom@msn.com
With the shortest day of the year behind us I can look out the window and see the Sierra Nevada mountains five miles to the west and the great basin northern washoe nv. and Skedaddle range 15 miles to the east which gives hope of a easy winter, go global warming. My wife said maybe it will only be 4 to 6 weeks before she is running up and down the mountains in the high dessert and best go to the gym and get in shape. Me, I don't do much running and have to rely on my trust...
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by jon stansberry 24 Dec 2016 06:18 PM |
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Got a Call from the GPAA the other day... 12557 24
Started by greenhalgh.roy@gmail.com
I got a message from Membership services the other day asking me why I have not sent in my renewal after being a member for over 4 years. I kind of wanted to share my thinking here because I don't think the explanation sunk into the young Lady enough so that the powers that be will have a clue. Blanket comment- the GPAAA is a great organization that is doing great things. Just not so much for the east Coast.
Now I'll grant that living in FLORIDA, just about the only state k...
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by jon stansberry 24 Dec 2016 05:28 PM |
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Lost MINES AND BURIED TREASURES: 4376 1
Started by debatom@msn.com
The last few winters and springs we have ben looking for lost mines or treasures in northern Nv. described in the book NEVADA LOST MINES AND BURIED TREASURES by Douglas Mc Donald. The main one we chased was the three pools of gold and the story of John Durkin finding float north of pyramid lake and assaying at $ 15000.00 a ton but never finding the lode after 400 ft. of tunnel and trenches but I believe I have. Though my assays are only $ 7800.00 a ton I think I have figured it out ...
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by jon stansberry 24 Dec 2016 05:14 PM |
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best time in my life 3570 0
Started by jstansberry@live.com
planed a month trip. stopped in nc. did not move fore 10 days. i did spend 500 dollars for camper and gold bags. came home with over 1/2 oz. wow i had a blast. go there next year. but i will try to make my next 6 stops.
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21 Dec 2016 07:25 PM |
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WINNEMUCCA,NV New Chapter 7836 1
Started by travnix82@yahoo.com
hello everyone,
Im sure most of you have seen my other post about starting a new chapter in northern Nevada ( north central area)
in Winnemucca, NV .
if you are a guest or a member on here from the area please feel free to join us. We are not 'official chapter' yet
because we need more members to fill our directors positions. we have monthly meetings on the last Tuesday of every month at the Humboldt county library from 7pm-8pm. or you can contact me Travis nix (775)304-39...
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by WALTER EASON 15 Dec 2016 08:11 AM |
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11 Replies and 6110 Views
The big adventure begins 6110 11
Started by ddollar@comcast.net
Hey guys!
I should be camping tonight somewhere in the Gold Basin area. I'm in a big 5th wheel and am set up for serious boondocking--no services required. Has anyone camped a big rv out that way before Any advice for first timer :-)
Here are my gear options for use on this trip...
I have a drywasher...(but have discovered that I need a 'VAC-PACK' to be fully effective in this...need to make one of those...or buy one.)
I have a Gold Cube...
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by Wayne Crowder 14 Dec 2016 07:16 AM |
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9 Replies and 7371 Views
Anyone got a spare/non-used GPAA mining Guide? 7371 9
Started by Duality1980@yahoo.com
Aside from losing things on a daily basis, I lost my 2014 mining guide (I am up to date on dues through Oct 2017) in a move from Inland Empire California to Orange County California. It's not uncommon with my condition, took a brain rattle overseas in Iraq and never been quite the same. I feel the need to share a bit as I was hoping someone might have a current mining guide lying around collecting dust and I'll even offer to buy it if you can let it go for less that the GPAA told me it would c...
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by ADAM ANDREWS 13 Dec 2016 09:33 AM |
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Here comes the NEW EPA! 6230 8
Started by worldavi@gate.net
Trumps selection to head up the EPA seems like a great choice which might work well for you dredgers. Scott Pruit is very combative with the EPA. 'Representing his state as attorney general since 2011, Pruitt has repeatedly sued the EPA to roll back environmental regulations and other health protections. He joined with other Republican attorneys general in opposing the Clean Power Plan, which seeks to limit planet-warming carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. Pruitt has argued that curb...
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by LEO LORENZ 12 Dec 2016 04:54 PM |