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GPAA AZ Claim Nugget Flow 10128 4
Started by chrszlpk@gmail.com
First of all I would like to say thanks to everyone at the Phoenix Chapter for their help and info. I am fairly new to gold prospecting and had worked a couple claims up in Prescott. My Question is: The grounds at Nugget Flow Claims and the surrounding area are so much different than what i work with in Prescott.. It is very hard ground and not much gravel to work with that I see, how do you work the area and the ground material to get some gold in the pan
Thanks,
Chris
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by DONAL YANCEY  21 Sep 2015 06:18 PM |
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visiting out of state 5304 3
Started by russell_jones43@yahoo.com
Brand new to GPAA
My wife and I are going on vacation to SD Black hills do I have to contact the locale chapter to use the claims in the miners guide or is it open to all members. Do I make a courtesy call just what is the protocol fist time using the guide. Don't want to step on no toes.
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by JON STEINER 18 Sep 2015 01:34 PM |
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Opinions on two different Detectors ? 4685 2
Started by jlocke1970@att.net
Hello Everyone;
I am sure everybody has their own opinions here.
I am thinking about the purchase of two different detectors - for two different tasks. I would like to know if anybody has any experience with either one of them and if there are any known issues
1st: Fisher Gold Bug 2
2nd: Falcon MD 20
Thanks in advance for your input!
Jim
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by Jim Locke 16 Sep 2015 04:34 PM |
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4 Replies and 5874 Views
MINING GUIDE 2014 EDITION ???? 5874 4
Started by garyschwall@yahoo.com
What's up with the 2014 edition mining guide hand book why not a 2015 edition it says in the book all way have with you a permit (GPAA) , membership card (GPAA) and last but not lease the holy grail the UP TODATE MINING GUIDE well have they not came out with a new guide Is 2014 up to date and do we get a new one every year And would they send us a big nugget to cure that gold fever!!!!!
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by TIM LEIBEL 11 Sep 2015 04:25 PM |
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13 Replies and 17231 Views
Can You Identify what is in my Pan 17231 13
Started by kevin@gillas.com
Can you identify I was out prospecting with a metal detector and got a hit on a rock formation that was partially submerged. I broke off a piece of rock that even my hand metal detector would activate on. I crushed the rock and got silver metal flakes after I pan the pulverized rock. It does not seem to be rust colored. It did not melt to easy with a hand torch.
Any clue how to tell what the metal is
I'll post a picture of my pan on my p...
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by Justin Haines 10 Sep 2015 08:04 PM |
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4 Replies and 5622 Views
prospecting 5622 4
Started by jim_mcabee@yahoo.com
Hi everyone
just wondering in wisconsin where a good place to go gold prospecting is
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by Todd Ceplina 10 Sep 2015 06:42 PM |
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23 Replies and 11709 Views
Retiring and heading west 11709 23
Started by waponiwoo@gmail.com
Hi I'm Hoot ( not my real name), people often ask me why I'm called Hoot I tell them that is because my better half is called Holler. I'm guessin you can figure that one out on yer own. Well times come for me and the wifey to retire and head west. figured we'd spend the winter gold prospecting. Got my GPAA membership after many years of dreaming of the time and freedom to allow me to follow my treasure hunting soul. Just thought I'd stop by and ask one simple question. We have a camper and we ...
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by Steve Michael 09 Sep 2015 04:40 PM |
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0 Replies and 3601 Views
Utah Claims 3601 0
Started by broso60@yahoo.com
CRIMSON DOVE 1-3 Went down end of July, could not find markers, sent emails out to the chapters around Utah to see if they knew of anyone had ventured over and used the claim, several but not all responded that they had not been to Utah, contacted support at GPAA they checked and sent me additional information directions. SO I went down Monday during the holiday and again could not find claim, tried to use my gps on phone BUT being in the mountains had no bars
Can anyone help
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08 Sep 2015 05:50 PM |
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2 Replies and 2555 Views
Gold Trails on KDOC - L.A. area? 2555 2
Started by jlocke1970@att.net
Any idea what happened to Gold Trails on KDOC (channel 56, Los Angeles area)
So here is the deal.... I finally get all the friends and family to either watch or record Gold Trails on Saturday mornings and then it is no longer on!
Anybody have any idea what happened to it I know they were all 'reruns' but many of the people that I turned on to it had not seen them all. Heck, I enjoy re-watching them myself.
I think Gold Trails is an excellent tool to pique the interest of people that may b...
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by Jim Locke 08 Sep 2015 02:38 PM |
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5 Replies and 7345 Views
Dolores river groups 7345 5
Started by nueces5150@yahoo.com
Hello does anyone have experience at the Dolores river claims or the Gateway Rec area in general. I want to venture out there and
do some highbanking and dredging. I tried asking the BLM office in Grand Junction these questions but they to stupid and could not tell me what the
regs are out there. Anything appreciated. Thanx
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by Benjamin Crain 08 Sep 2015 10:12 AM |
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4 Replies and 5144 Views
contacting NationalForest 5144 4
Started by kevinryan@netzero.net
Ok here is my question I am looking to go up to the Triple D & M - camc298506. Page cl-99 and I am wondering before I call National Forest what information I would need to give them I would like to make it easy for myself and the person I talk to. (I don't know if they would ask for a claim number or what) Plus I what to represent GPAA in a good way so any help would be nice
Thank you ahead of time.
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by SUSAN AGSTER 07 Sep 2015 03:42 PM |
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4 Replies and 6290 Views
Mary Ann claim in South Dakota 6290 4
Started by gkuhl@huntel.net
Went up to the Black Hills over the weekend. Just wondering if we were in the right place. Does the Mary Ann claim have a bike trail going through it with a place that looks like a drop off/pick up place for bikers or just to park and look around It also had some buildings on it from an old town. And a restroom. We didn't do any panning because we didn't know if we were in the right place. I hope we were looks like a nice place. Looked for markers but couldn't find any.
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by Sandy Kuhl 05 Sep 2015 05:57 PM |
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2 Replies and 6690 Views
Unpublished claims 6690 2
Started by noreenrandy@yahoo.com
We're heading down to Texas for vacation. Taking 35 down from Wisconsin. Are there any Gpaa claims that would within reason (mileage wise) to check out on the way down. The only thing I saw is a 'pay to dig' site in Oklahoma. Any new or omitted claims not in a the book
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by Gary Whited 04 Sep 2015 07:07 PM |
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0 Replies and 2482 Views
How new gold forms 2482 0
Started by worldavi@gate.net
This article gives a great understanding of how most likely many gold deposits formed in the years past. The process is still going on.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015...=obnetwork
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01 Sep 2015 09:33 PM |
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1 Replies and 4443 Views
Piru Creek Gorman, CA 4443 1
Started by Gp1400@verizon.net
I'm new and heading to Piru Creek this coming weekend. Any tips My son is a rock hound. Looking for gold and different rocks. Any information would be appreciated. Blessings. Respectfully, Gabriel
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by Paul Louly 31 Aug 2015 10:26 AM |
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5 Replies and 7108 Views
GPAA claim 7108 5
Started by dino@gcrwyo.com
There is a gpaa claim near where I live. I have read the forest service regulations. The regs state that within the entire forest, the season starts July 1st due to fish spawning. Without contacting the forest service I am curious whether I have rights to metal detect and use a recirculating mini highbanker. The regulations are very vague and shorten my season. Just seems like another government nipple telling me what to do when, where, and how. If you have experience with what is acceptab...
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by TIM LEIBEL 30 Aug 2015 10:15 AM |
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10 Replies and 6148 Views
LR2000 Website....Down?? 6148 10
Started by jlocke1970@att.net
Hello,
Is anyone else having problems with the BLM 'LR2000' website
For the past several days I have tried to access through the link on the BLM site, as I have in the past. This takes me to the web address for LR2000 but it does not load. After some time of trying to load I end up with a message that the site is unavailable (or something like that). I am also having problems with GeoCommunicator via the BLM site.
I was wondering if this has been an issue for anyone else. Or maybe it is some...
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by Jim Locke 25 Aug 2015 04:15 PM |
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1 Replies and 4846 Views
2015 LDMA Burnt River outing 4846 1
Started by tpleibel@gmail.com
Hey all, if you have not been to one of the LDMA outings you should try and go to this one. Jim and Pam stayed put through the fire and fed the firefighters and protected that beautiful camp just so all of us could enjoy it. If you live on the west coast call the main office and see if you can get in to this outing. It sure sounds like it will be a whole lot of fun and plenty of gold to be found. Only 75 people registered as I am writing this.
I am telling you, especially gre...
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by NANCY TERWILLIGER 25 Aug 2015 09:33 AM |
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2 Replies and 3331 Views
Forest Fires and gold 3331 2
Started by worldavi@gate.net
I was thinking of the probability of gold nuggets forming over the years of successive forest fires in a particular mineral rich surface environment. The mixture of carbon and the heat from the fire, possibly causing smaller micron particles to melt and enjoin with other localized particles. Or the fires causing resident nuggets to reshape via melting. Years and years of this process seems like it could have an effect or at least cause invisible gold to be leached/or change state.
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by LEO LORENZ 23 Aug 2015 04:26 PM |
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First Trip for My First Nugget! 8415 9
Started by joebiggidybob@yahoo.com
Hi all, just got back from the Yuba river above Downieville ca, from my first trip sluicing and panning. Went up with my 2 boys and fellow GPAA member Rivers La Barge and his family to a friends claim on the yuba. We had a blast playing in the river washing rocks, with 4 boys under 5 and 3 dogs there was a lot going on but, we managed plenty of time prospecting. One night we got woken up to lightning right above are head booming and cracking down the canyon. I spent the first 2 days digging a 55...
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by joebob fecteau 17 Aug 2015 11:46 PM |