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Started by byfert@yahoo.com
OK I'm frustrating myself. At the moment I can only classify down to 30. When I'm panning I am seeing what I think is flour gold flowing out of my pan. I am using a Garret riffle pan. I get my concentrates very wet and swirl it around and when I look in the pan I see gold on top of the rest of the cons. When I'm panning I can watch the flakes move up the riffles and the rest of the cons stay in the pan. Could it be that what I'm seeing is mica It sure looks shiny yellow to me.
I guess I...
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by THOMAS GLOVER  03 Sep 2016 05:24 PM |
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Colorado trip 10608 10
Started by b.lamberth@yahoo.com
I am planning a trip to Colorado hopefully in May, I can't really find any current information on the forum. Can anyone give me some information on good claims to prospect I am still waiting on my mining guide to arrive so not sure of what the club has, but I am hoping someone that has been on the claims can give me some info. Is Colorado a waste of time Thanks
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by THOMAS GLOVER 03 Sep 2016 05:17 PM |
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Best Dry sluicing process? 6458 6
Started by duluthian25.zapp@gmail.com
I an truly a greenhorn when it comes to prospecting. I live in AZ and have just joined GPAA. I am curious about dry prospecting since the water sources are very spread out, to say the least, in AZ.
I am curious about prospecting on day trips, hiking trips. I am not looking to carry a number of water jugs through the desert to try and run a recirculating sluice. The majority of the trips I want to go on appear to have a few miles of hiking to do so I would prefer ...
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by THOMAS GLOVER 03 Sep 2016 04:00 PM |
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minecache.com 7033 3
Started by chris@northpines.us
A friend told me about it. Seems it's an overlay for Google Earth that displays mining claims of all types. It also links to BLM's LR2000.
They have a free seven day trial and then it's a $35.00 per year per computer license.
Has anybody heard of or used this I'm wondering if this might be a good investment.
Thanks -------------------------------------
Chris
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by GARY SCHWALL 01 Sep 2016 07:19 PM |
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2 Replies and 5721 Views
Im new and need a buddy 5721 2
Started by bugvw1958@gmail.com
Im totally a newbie at the gold game and I'm doing all I can to be prepared to prospect for gold but I feel I might need a friend to give advice or if close enough to my location go prospeting with im a year round prospector and dont think there is a limit to my ability to lern and work hard ... hope to here from anyone..... klamathfalls oregon! Thank you KMFS
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by JOSEPH STASIKONIS 01 Sep 2016 03:49 PM |
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Didnt know where else to ask this soo.. 3873 2
Started by s.sweat@hotmail.com
Is there a way to NOT get GPAA email spam everyday, geeze already renewed my membership for 2 more years and they still blow up my mail sometimes 2 times a day. I want to get important info just not the spam.
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by SHELDON SWEAT 31 Aug 2016 01:20 PM |
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Im new and need a buddy 2049 0
Started by bugvw1958@gmail.com
Im totally a newbie at thevoldgame and I'm doing all I can to be prepared to prospect for gold but I feel I might need a friend to give advice or if close enough to my location go prospeting with im a year round prospector and dont think there is a limit to my ability to lern and work hard ... hope to here from anyone..... klamathfalls oregon! Thank you KMFS
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31 Aug 2016 12:53 AM |
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27 Replies and 15855 Views
Hard Wages Claim, I'm confused or lost 15855 27
Started by fibeeyes@gmail.com
Our first adventure in prospecting , to scout out the Hard Times claim, 4 x 4 filled up, high-lift jack, power winch ready, extra food, water, clothes and blankets, shovels, flares, GPS, camera, and showed the kids where we were heading, you get the idea, hopefully we were ready for just about anything when going off-roading. Found NF road 462 (mile marker 74 3/4, its marked 'Bear something trailhead', hung a left, and turned on GPS, followed for a...
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by JOEBOB FECTEAU 24 Aug 2016 10:27 PM |
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6 Replies and 8073 Views
Can you turn a Jet Ski in to a Gold Dredge? 8073 6
Started by carl.l.waddell@gmail.com
My Son left his old Yamaha Jet ski on the side of my house
and forgot about it. I am in California and cannot use a dredge yet, but was
thinking that Jet Ski might make a nice dredge. Plus that will teach him not to
leave things on the side of the house.
So has this been done yet, and any DIY dredge plans out
there.
Thank you,
CW
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by ARTHUR WAUGH 21 Aug 2016 10:56 AM |
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5 Replies and 3811 Views
Rock id 3811 5
Started by kenliedtke@gmail.com
While searching one of the gpaa claims in oregon I found cracks in bedrock with mystery substance and wonder what it is It's a white clay chalk like substance that milks when put in water. Does quartz breakdown to clay I dug out a little and panned, but no color. There is a lot more in the crack. The big question, should I follow the deposit
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by Kenneth Liedtke 15 Aug 2016 07:12 AM |
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12 Replies and 7495 Views
Unidentified Rock 7495 12
Started by jsohlberg@att.net
We have been finding this rock in the desert, often where we are finding gold. The rock, as you can see, (the sliced version) is very dense, weighs a great deal and is non-magnetic. The glassy looking crystals (for the lack of a better term) appear bluish in sunlight and silvery otherwise. We have asked a couple rock hounds but noone has come up with a definitive answer.
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by Michael Wheeler 14 Aug 2016 07:40 PM |
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0 Replies and 3709 Views
Mica 3709 0
Started by ompomelet@gmail.com
I'm rich! Pans full of... Mica! Yes, I can tell the difference. Knew at the start as the pretty gold mica flakes are all over the river bed here and some do end up in the pan. Stick a pin (or fingernail) into the paper thin floaty flake and it breaks apart into smaller pieces. Gold doesn't do that.
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13 Aug 2016 03:25 PM |
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14 Replies and 8899 Views
Did I break prospecting etiquette? 8899 14
Started by JBONES39@YAHOO.COM
So I'm out with a long time friend, were sluicing and at the start we agree to keep the take from our individual sluice. He seemed seemed fine with that. Each our own sluice digging from same hole, taking turns with each shovel load. An hour into my shovel brings up some Quartz with what appears to be fine specks of gold embedded. I tell him get your shovel over here. I bring up more, setting it ll aside on some bedrock. Next thing I know he's doing a clean out. I ask clean out so soon he says ...
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by ADAM ANDREWS 13 Aug 2016 01:00 PM |
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14 Replies and 16384 Views
Pisgah National forest 16384 14
Started by geniehall34@gmail.com
Has anybody went panning for gold in Pisgah forest I'm just curious to see if anybody has had any luck there. I know you can only use a pan but I think it would be fun.
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by ROBERT HOBDY 12 Aug 2016 06:30 PM |
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2 Replies and 6186 Views
Vein Mountain 6186 2
Started by MCKC@ATT.NET
Looking for information on the Vein Mountain outing from people that have gone in the past. I don't own a camper so I will be using a tent, unless someone can tell me if there is a local motel close by. This will be my first outing ever so any information would be helpful. Thank you for any help
M. Canales
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by ROBERT HOBDY 12 Aug 2016 06:11 PM |
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2 Replies and 5739 Views
Georgia Gold 5739 2
Started by lsthomas5028@gmail.com
We just moved to Georgia from Northwest Ohio and I am so disappointed that there are no GPAA claims close to me. Does anyone have any suggestions, I am having severe withdrawls and need a place to relax, play in the water and find some gold. I currently live near Brunswick, Georgia.
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by MICHAEL JUDD 10 Aug 2016 01:52 PM |
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5 Replies and 8108 Views
New GPAA Memer in the Inland NW! 8108 5
Started by jonwilbanks22@gmail.com
So has anyone been up to the Kevin Claim in North ID Recently It's the closest GPAA Claim to where I am. Also has anyone prospected the Spokane River or Liberty Creek above Liberty Lake Looking at the info I can find there has been gold found on the Idaho side of Mica Peak ID, but no info on the WA side. I have tomorrow off and plan on panning up Liberty creek for half a day to see if there is anything...
Thanks GPAA,
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by Vince Emery 09 Aug 2016 05:16 AM |
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0 Replies and 2898 Views
Santa Ynez River, California 2898 0
Started by Dan90011@yahoo.com
I will be in Santa Ynez, California this weekend and as I understand that area has a history of mining. I checked to see if there was a local chapter in the area but did not find one. has any one been out there and would you know if it is OK pan or set a sluice box
Any advice is appreciated!!!
Danny
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05 Aug 2016 01:59 PM |
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0 Replies and 2013 Views
grizzley sluice 111 2013 0
Started by melissas1981@yahoo.com
Has anyone used this piece of equipement,and what are your opinions
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30 Jul 2016 08:15 AM |
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0 Replies and 2043 Views
Lake Catherine / Pecos NM Area 2043 0
Started by mrussell@mckinneyisd.net
I would like to hear from some of you that know NM well. I will be in this area from Weds. 27th to Mon. the 1st. I have plenty of Gold maps and areas to look but have never prospected in NM. If anyone has any places or recommendations for good sites close to Lake Catherine/ Pecos I would greatly appreciate it.
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