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New Mexico Gold 10488 6
Started by decc200@aa.edu
Hey guys,
I just joined the forums and got a membership (Cant wait to head out to the claims.). I am 15 and live in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have been gold prospecting for a year now ( Gees time fly's). I have a mini high banker with sluice extension and a hand trommel. I have not found much gold but we have a little bit. With out a dry-washer its hard to get a lot of gold in NM. Just wanted to say high.
Chris D
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by joseph Loyd  23 Sep 2016 07:24 PM |
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Western Colorado 4020 2
Started by hagelthehorrible@hotmail.com
Looking to find people in western Colorado that would be interested in helping a new guy.
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by Sean Watson 21 Sep 2016 05:47 AM |
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Morrow Mining Distric 3391 0
Started by mietz.ner@verizon.net
Please share this with your members and claim
owners in this district
in the attachment you will find a map of Morrow Mining District. Areas in the Morrow Mining District include; The
Coolgardie Mesa is half of Slocum Mountain, about a third of Black Mountain
some of Lane Mountain
The MMAC is helping with advice and some legal
to help the Morrow Mining District
come out of disarray.
We will be taking nominations for the board of
directors Morrow Minin...
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15 Sep 2016 09:12 AM |
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5 Replies and 12974 Views
LDMA Camp info... 12974 5
Started by shawnenjess@att.net
I'd like to see a pinned post for each of the LDMA Camps with the address and/or a map for each camp. Thanks.
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by Ed Bragg 12 Sep 2016 01:34 PM |
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by Ron Flanagan 12 Sep 2016 08:59 AM |
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Why is there such a low level of Activity on the Forums? 8622 9
Started by dixiedesertdigger@gmail.com
It's dissappointing seeing so many members who have had sincere questions or made genuine offers of friendship to share their passion for Gold Prospecting to only go unanswered. We have more than 33,000 members registered here and yet such a low level of interaction and activity... It's sad! Anyways... I am pretty good at this kind of thing but very limited in knowledge. My experience is in metal detecting and mostly relic shooting up to this point. I am just now getting into Gold and nugget sho...
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by Ed Bragg 08 Sep 2016 02:20 PM |
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54 Replies and 27926 Views
Fine gold recovery? 27926 54
Started by Jamesmcgrew@rocketmail.com
So I'm running into a issue of not being able to get the fines out of my concentrates.( I've been saving all concentrates). Quick google search I find a ton of gadgets and watzitdo's at various places, and of them worth it I saw some YouTube vids of a bearded fella classifying down the material a bunch of times then panning. Is that a better route Any insight would be helpful James
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by ADAM ANDREWS 07 Sep 2016 05:06 PM |
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Frustrated NOOB 15794 16
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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10 Replies and 11396 Views
Colorado trip 11396 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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6 Replies and 6883 Views
Best Dry sluicing process? 6883 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 7863 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 6001 Views
Im new and need a buddy 6001 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.. 4160 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 2310 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 16522 Views
Hard Wages Claim, I'm confused or lost 16522 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 8675 Views
Can you turn a Jet Ski in to a Gold Dredge? 8675 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 4137 Views
Rock id 4137 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 7789 Views
Unidentified Rock 7789 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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Mica 3991 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 9506 Views
Did I break prospecting etiquette? 9506 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 |