Gold Prospecting (55 Viewers) Whether you are sluicing, dredging, drywashing, or just a weekend gold panner, this is YOUR forum! Talk about your favorite rivers/lakes, equipment, techniques, and anything else related to prospecting for gold. The ORIGINAL gold dredging, sluicing, drywashing and panning forum!
Are you in an area known for alluvial gold? If theres no gold, theres no gold. If no one before you has found gold on your stretch of river,.. well good luck. There should be gold there from before the dam was built even in the minutest amount. People are great at extracting gold but when it reaches a point of diminishing returns the smart people move to a more productive area. If you are like ...
Metal Detecting For Gold (38 Viewers) Metal detecting for gold nuggets can be fun AND profitable! If you hunt for gold nuggets with a metal detector, this is YOUR forum, feel free to post your best finds, talk about the best areas to hunt (if you want!) or just about anything else related to searching for gold nuggets with a metal detector.
The fine gold model used slanted riffles (as did the one I rebuilt), and the model for coarser material used riffles that were parallel to the stroke. I do not remember exactly what angle the angled riffles were at, but I might have that info somewhere. I think the BGS unit was about 10* off the stroke line. Also, Wilfley's table was not ...
Gold is found in gravel beds that reportedly range in thickness from 6 feet at the creek side to 252 feet at the top of the alluvial fan. The gold-bearing gravel occurs over a wide strip along the creek and in adjacent hillsides and extends south into Pima County.
The story of Hermit John’s Gold. In the early 1900’s, a prospector by the name of Hermit John found a ledge of gold somewhere southwest of Amboy. Today you could find this area in the Sheep Hole Mountains or the Calumet Mountains. The legend states that Hermit John along with his trusty mule came into Amboy to send sacks full of quartz ore to San Francisco to be refined at a smelter ...
The story of Hermit John’s Gold. I think I found the spot, but no Gold.
I'm new to the the whole panning thing. Iv been doing gold as a hobby for awhile though. I recycle old computer parts, but have been wanting go out and try my hand at panning. So where are some good areas in PA. I live clarion county. Also what should i look for while trying to find gold. I know...