I first started gold panning about one year ago and moved up to a homemade sluice box but never could get any gravel from the deep pools in some local creeks. I looked up how to make a simple hand pump for gravel but it just wasn't fast enough so I decided to make a suction dredge. I'm wondering...
Fennboree! For treasure seekers hunting Forrest Fenn's hidden treasure chest
I do not know if anyone here is interested in meeting other people seeking Mr. Fenn's hidden treasure, but there is a meeting planned for May 16th and May 17th, at the Wild Turkey camp site in northern New Mexico...
We've been going to the Alabama Gold Camp for the last several months, a total of around 10-11 times. Can't say enough good things about the people there.
I am looking for a place that I can take my 14y/o son out to do a little prospecting on our own.
I feel like we have a good grasp on...
I am posting a video of my rock specimens at "Got A Rock you Want Identified? Post it here! gimme a good picture or 3 or 4!" contributor "Dusted You" on this site. My original question was about this being gold or mica. My YouTube site is Georgia Gold. You can see my "gold" videos there. I...
JOHANSBURG (Scrap Monster) : The Gold strike which was scheduled to commence today at all the leading Gold mines of SA as announced by AMCU earlier has been delayed to Jan. 30. However, the Platinum strike will go on from today as planned. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union...
Here is a video of a recent hunt at one of my lakes. I started off using the White's Dual Field and found some deep targets but after finding about 30 bottle caps I switched to the Excall II and its discrimination capabilities. My friend used his Fisher 1280X. I hope you enjoy the video:
Hello All the Following treasure legend is from the International Association for Cryptology Research.
Is it a true legend or just another publicity scam you be the judge?
General Wang Jingjiu or Wang Ching-chiu, Born in 1902 and died in1964, was a general in Chinese National revolutionary...
Confirmation Please! photo added (i hope)
Hello. New to this forum and prospecting in general. Ive been prospecting for about a month now and have been googling day in and day out. Pretty sure this is the real thing but wanted an opinion. Please give me some feedback.... Could it be gold laden
Good afternoon,
I am in Abingdon Virginia and wanted to expand my detection outings to include gold. I have done a lot of research, but have come to a stumbling block.
I guess my overall goal is to be able to detect gold coins, jewelry, and nuggets with a detector no more than $1k. I have...
What a great day! I am a happy birthday girl. I found 2 class rings: one from 2006.......and, wait for it..................one from my year of birth, 1965. Yes, I am still UNDER 50. Not that's there anything wrong with that. It is 10k gold. God is good. I also found a 14k gold Texas...
Happy new year!
I am a happy girl today. 4 rings. 2 silver and 2 gold. The big gold band is a puzzle ring and I am not sure what stone is in the gold ring....garnet? ruby?. The puzzle ring has 6 separate gold rings that have to be put together like a puzzle piece. I had to go to the...
I'm in the Spartanburg/Greenville area of South Carolina. Anyone know any good ideas on where to prospect? I'm a newbie and have found about 10 flakes and 4 pieces that are alot bigger than flakes but smaller than pickers. I just started about a month ago. I've ran a total of about 4 five gallon...
Thought I would start a new thread on odd issues, thoughts and rumors still floating around about the cabal's never-ending plans. No one knows where this will end or how our lives will change. As more dirt is uncovered on the people behind the curtain, online sources will continue to go silent...
I found Noah's Ark!
Well...kinda...a tiny 10K charm version :-)
The idea of this video was to accumulate clips until I found another gold, and I finally hit that today with a little "noah's ark" charm. The hole theory here is dig foil IDs below nickle for small gold and the zinc penny range...
Dreams of fortune and glory is not a new one and even after the conquest of the Incas people so dreamed of fortune and glory in Peru.
One such claim came from Paolo Greer's research in 1978.
Greer posed the question was "lost city of the Incas", Machu Picchu, was it actually discovered forty...
I acquired these pins. They are marked on the back 10k with 3 more letters but I cant make them all out. Anyone have any idea what they are from or represent, and if they have any value.
Any info is much appreciated.
A powerful metal detector , pulse induction type with features for discrimination of ferrous and nonferrous metals, works with frame 1 meter x 1 meter depth of operation up to 4 m. It has a small 28 cm antenna, locates coins up to 150 cm depth , tonal discrimination of ferrous and non-ferrous...
Here was a modern day gold rush
Serra Pelada (English: "Bald Mountain") was a large gold mine in Brazil 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made famous by the images taken by Sebastião Salgado showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by...
NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Gold prices tumbled 2.6 percent on Monday to their lowest since early July, as better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data prompted funds and speculators to increase bearish bets on bullion, traders said.
The precious metal's drop marked a sharp contrast to...
I was in a deep, dry, river bed digging underneath an old Bay tree where the water had washed away much of the earth beneath the tree. I came accross this specimen, Covered in shiny black rods going in every direction. between the rods were small splotches of gold and silver color that sparkled...
I'll combine the past two days to keep from overloading the board. Yesterday, I hit one of the elementary schools close by and dug a little over $3 in clad. About 15 minutes from calling it a day, I realized I had the sensitivity on my AT Pro down to a half from the night before searching the...
I am looking for a Sovereign GT. I have a GMT in great condition. I had big plans to go nugget hunting but I will never get the time so it is just collecting dust. Thanks.
Lost Mines in Arizona
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Arizona has no more beautiful legends and traditions than that of lost mines. There are many pretty songs and stories handed down from the early pioneer settlements, but the deepest interest is only fathomed in the songs and stories of lost...
PEGLEG IS A BLOOMING LIAR.
His Mine Proved a Myth by Returned Prospectors.
Ex-Sheriff Aguirre and a Party Return from a Fruitless Search.
All Peg-leg's Old Landmarks Found and the Place Where the Mine Ought to Be,
But No Gold Was to Be Found There.
If the historical Pegleg...
Just had a few questions about these. Looking to buy one and not sure
What size IDE be happy with. Tryin to stay on the cheaper side of things
But I'm worried about going to small and being u happy. What's the most efficient and effective
Size for the guy with a bucket and a shovel. I want to...
Hello all, i would like your opinion on this area as to if it could be a good place to look for gold.
a bit of a geologic description for the image.
the blue green streak near the bottom of the image is a stretch of a canyon with high amounts of serpentine with a creek that runs year...
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...
Just caught the gold fever a few months back. I live in coeur d alene idaho. And haven't had any luck. I need a little advice if anyone has it on where a good place to start that's close that I can find a little amount of promising color. Just what creeks streams or old mines with tailings I...
A few miles south of the Strait of Magellan near Cape Horn a long narrow channel named "St./San Sebastian" formerly flowed from the ocean 35 miles inland where it connected with the Strait of Magellan near Porvenir, Chile. Many wrecks went down in this channel prior to it's natural closure in...
Ok, so i live in illinois, bad news ik... Almost no gold in illinois, even worse, im only 17 and cant travel... But recently I've caught gold fever and the idea of finding gold thrills me, i purchased a pan online and a few bags of paydirt (i know there are some people who dont like the idea but...
The 1867 Schnively Expedition - Parts One & Two
I don’t like posting an article that isn’t complete. However, I’m sharing what I have so far because of the interest expressed in the topic – and it is going to be some time before I successfully locate my missing notes and other papers.
This...
Its is solid gold :goldbar::coins:
Just found it TODAY at a park with some sand in it.
worth about $366
Anyone know any more info on it? Thanks!!
it is 18 carats
Hello from San Francisco, CA. I'm only 19, but have been finding treasures since I was about 5. It started out with finding obsidian flakes in the Sierras, then escalated to arrowheads :) My late grandfather was mildly obsessed with Native American culture and collected baskets and arrowheads...
All of these items were recovered in the surf with my Sand Shark during three or four trips during the month of September. The big ring is marked 10K, the diamonds I do not know about. I guess I need a tester. The smallest ring has a marking that looks like MEX3K. Is that really meaning 3K gold...