Peg Leg Smith in 1848
While reading the very interesting Dreams of El Dorado; A History of the American West, by H.W. Brands (2019) – a thoughtful gift from my brother-in-law – I came across a reference to the following brief account of Peg Leg Smith’s whereabouts in the winter of 1848.
The...
Today we take a look at and sample some Gold Veins.
We're calling this property the "GOLDEN GOOSE" because every single vein that we've sampled so far has shown gold
With some basic skills, maybe you can find the next Big Gold Deposit, Get Some
Jeff and Gary head to the California Mother lode in search of Gold Nuggets left behind by the 49er's . The search takes them up hwy 49 to a friends private Mining Claim were the hunt begins. Gary breaks out his New Minelab SDC 2300 Metal detector and starts the adventure... The guy's meet up...
Jeff and Gary accept the Hawaiian's Challenge !!!!
Tim ( Blue Lead Gold Productions ) and JC (The Minin Hawaiian) have Challenged Jeff (Smithsgold) and Gary ( Two Toe's ) to see who can find the most Gold Nuggets !!!
Detector's ready lets get to finding those elusive Gold Nuggets. Gary and...
Jeff and Gary accept the Hawaiian's Challenge !!!! Tim ( Blue Lead Gold Productions ) and JC (The Minin Hawaiian) have Challenged Jeff (Smithsgold) and Gary ( Two Toe's ) to see who can find the most Gold Nuggets !!! Detector's ready lets get to finding those elusive Gold Nuggets. Gary and Tim...
The Rain can't stop Jeff and Gary (Two Toe's ) as they head to the Hills in search of those elusive Gold Nuggets.
Jeff has his White's Gold Master V-Sat (VLF) Metal Detector and Gary has his White's TDI (Pulse Induction) Detector see which one finds the most and biggest Gold in the California...
Tim from Blue Lead Gold Productions and Gary ( Two Toe's ) got to do some Metal Detecting and Boulder rolling Look at the Gold Nuggets they Found !!!!!!! I'd say it was a Great Day !!!!!!!!
The Rain can't stop Jeff and Gary (Two Toe's ) as they head to the Hills in search of those elusive Gold Nuggets.
Jeff has his White's Gold Master V-Sat (VLF) Metal Detector and Gary has his White's TDI (Pulse Induction) Detector see which one finds the most and biggest Gold in the California...
Saw the dowsing rods under my truck seat and couldn't help but give it a shot.
I actually have some faith in dowsing rods for certain things but this is the first time I tried to locate detectable gold with them.
Do we have any real success stories out there?
Got one sweet find this trip!
Stay...
Join the Nugget Hunters as we search for Gold Nuggets in the California Motherlode. We search for the Nuggets the 49ers didn't get.With Gary ( Two Toe's ), Prospector Jerry ( California Motherlode Prospectors ), Jeff ( Smithsgold ), Bedrock Bennett, and JC ( Minin Hawaiian )as they search for...
Join in the search for Gold Nuggets in the California Motherlode with Nugget Hunters Gary ( Two Toe's ), Prospector Jerry ( California Motherlode Prospectors ), Jeff ( Smithsgold ), Bedrock Bennett, and JC ( Minin Hawaiian )as they search for elusive Gold Nuggets. The Nugget Hunters COMING...
Prospecting for Gold Nuggets in an Old Hydraulic Pit in the Heart of the California Motherlode. The Old Timers didn't get it all watch as Jeff and Gary (Two Toes) find Hidden Gold Nuggets in the Bedrock Crevices with Metal Detectors.
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Legends of Lost Mines – The Lost Pegleg - 1892
W.P.A. Mural - San Francisco
A considerable amount of romance attaches to all stories of lost mines. It could not well be otherwise, as the mines spoken of as “lost” are almost invariably in some wild region full of perils of onekind or...
If you're in the market for a great detector from a stellar vendor, give Bart at Big Boy Hobbies a call.
I just bought a Whites GoldMaster with TRX pinpointer from Bart. He has super competitive prices and a super friendly attitude to boot. I will be giving Bart more business for sure.
Now if...
In this video me and my friends do a little gold prospecting and panning. At the end of the video a couple of us show some nuggets found right here in Virginia!
In 1837, a one-legged man named Smith found a mine of wonderful richness in the Colorado Desert. He was piloting a party over the desert from Yuma, when he came to three hills which rose out of the plain. Not being sure of his bearings, he mounted the tallest of the hills to get a view of the...
Major Horace Bell was a "rawhide Californian," who wrote a stirring book about his life and times in the early days of the Golden State. Here's what he had to write about Pegleg Smith:
Reminiscences of a Ranger; Or, Early Times in Southern California, by Major Horace Bell (Los Angeles: 1881)...
This is open to ALL members of TreasureNet.com in good standing. This is California “Mother Lode Country” gold. Tell me the EXACT, TOTAL weight of these nuggets in Grams (0.00-grams).
Contest closes at 7:00pm, Wednesday, December 23, 2015.
In the event of a tie, first correct guess posted...
So we finally got our gold back from the gem show, took the post office 13 days to deliver what should have been 2 days...go postal service Yay! got scared it was gone for a bit!!
Anyway, this shows some of what came in today. A nice dore bar. Placer nuggets. A 5 oz nugget. An Australian...
The Peg Leg Smith Chronicles - 19th Century Newspaper Articles
Peg-Leg Smith.— Nevada Gazette gives the following biographical item, which is characteristic of this old mountaineer :
Peg-Leg Smith, whose death was recently announced, as most of our readers are aware, was an old mountaineer...