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Ghost Town Silver

Extracting Ghost Town Silver

Going to the silver ghost town of Silver Reef, Utah to collect a sample of silver ore, and meet up with Cody of Cody’s Lab to learn how to extract it. 

Note that silver is also used in solder, an easily-melted alloy used to join electrical connections or copper pipes/plates. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Klondike Gold Rush

Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush tells the legendary story of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush. Over 100,000 people voyage to the far North intent on reaching the Canadian boom-town Dawson City and striking it rich. 

Historians and authors bring insight and perspective to the event that changed the lives of thousands. Present-day characters reveal that the frontier spirit is still alive in the Klondike. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Turning jewelry into pure gold

Turning jewelry into pure gold

Turning gold jewelry small 24K pure gold bars.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), which forms a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is insoluble in nitric acid, which dissolves silver and base metals, a property that has long been used to refine gold and to confirm the presence of gold in metallic substances, giving rise to the term acid test. Gold also dissolves in alkaline solutions of cyanide, which are used in mining and electroplating. Gold dissolves in mercury, forming amalgam alloys, and as the gold acts simply as a solute this is not a chemical reaction. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Yuma Arizona Gold Prospecting

Yuma Arizona Gold Prospecting

In this video, we are on a private gold claim just north of the city of Yuma Arizona. Besides using some of the world’s best gold detectors, the gold prospectors are also using drywashers, gold trommels and recirculating sluices. 

Gold nuggets were found with the detectors, a good-sized picker was found sluicing and lots of fine gold was found drywashing. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Native Silver Discovery Globe Arizona

Native Silver Discovery Globe Arizona

The 417 Project lies 10 km due north of the copper mining town of Globe, Arizona, and 112 km east of Phoenix, Arizona. The “417” consists of 100 unpatented lode claims covering an area where an extraordinary amount of alluvial native silver was found by metal detectorists over the last two years.

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By Bob711, ago

Large Arizona Gold Nuggets

Large Arizona Gold Nuggets

Working in the Monsoon Summer season in a dry wash bottom. 

We are hand placering the wash using digging tools, rakes and metal detectors/pinpointers to recover the gold. Here in this video we recovered two massive gold nuggets, one was 2.2 ounces and the other was right at 1 ounce. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Gold Nugget Patch

Gold Nugget Patch Australia

Nugget patches like the one found in this video, are exciting to find: almost every target under her metal detector is gold.! There are even two nuggets in the same hole, twice!

For your average weekend prospector in the United State, when out gold metal detecting, finding even one nugget during the day is cause for celebration! But, on those very, very rare occasions, sometimes the gold prospector is extremely lucky and fines a number of nuggets in a relatively small area. This is called finding a patch! (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Spot Gold Price 2022

Spot Gold Price 2022

So, how will the spot price of gold do next year? Gold price in 2022? Will gold’s price go up? Will spot gold go down? Let’s see one gold investors educated guesses.

The creator of this video buys gold and other assets on a dollar cost average schedule and then buys more as price and interest allow. His primary focus is about buying gold coins. He does talk a little about cryptocurrency, mining stocks and other equities as well. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Illegal Gold Mines

Illegal Gold Mines – The Dark Side of Gold Mining

Local government unit of the area failed tremendously since time immemorial due to bribes at the expense of poor miners who risks their lives everyday. Thank you DW documentary for exposing this illegal activity to a greater level. In the Philippines it is ignored all these years.

In the mines of Paracale, workers search for gold using the world’s most dangerous methods. Diving into flooded underground caves, they constantly risk their lives. 

The business is illegal. But for many, it is the only way they can earn money. In the past, the mineral trade flourished in the small Philippine coastal town of Paracale. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Keene 140s Drywasher Review

Keene 140s Drywasher – Finding Gold Nuggets

Finding gold prospecting tool. This Keene 140s is a medium sized drywasher that can easily keep two gold prospectors busy and recover the smallest gold.

The Keene 140s drywasher is one of the most popular gold drywashers! It’s not a new machine, it’s actually been out a number of years, and during that time has developed a large loyal following from gold prospectors in the Southwest. Yes, water gold recovery methods are much more effective, but when you have no water available, like in the deserts of Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, the gold drywasher is the number one gold classification/recovery method. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Large Gold Nugget Found

Large Gold Nugget Found – 3.9oz Gold Nugget

Finding a large gold nugget like this is every Prospectors dream! 

What are the chances of finding a huge gold nugget?  Personally, the chances are probably similar to going to Vegas and hitting the jackpot on one of those dollar slot machines!  With that said, those jackpots are hit occasionally,  and if you want to hit the jackpot  by finding a large  gold nugget,  you have to get out there in the field and invest the time and energy that’s necessary. (more…)

By Bob711, ago

Gold Prospecting Wickenburg Arizona

AZ Gold Prospecting Wickenburg Arizona

Weekend Arizona gold prospecting in the Wickenburg AZ area.

Weekend gold prospecting is a great Hobby if you like the outdoors. There are many ways to prospect for gold from metal detecting and dry washing as shown in the video here, to  sluicing, high-banking,  crevicing,  panning  and dredging.

So, depending on your preferences and where you live,  there are a number of ways to prospect for gold. But, keep in mind, the number one rules for finding gold, is to go where it was found before.

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By Bob711, ago