How to pan for gold
How to pan for gold
Beginner’s guide to gold panning and extracting the fine gold with a suction bottle.
Gold Panning
Gold panning is a traditional method of separating gold from other minerals in sediment. Here’s a basic guide:
Beginner’s guide to gold panning and extracting the fine gold with a suction bottle.
Gold Panning
Gold panning is a traditional method of separating gold from other minerals in sediment. Here’s a basic guide:
Seasoning a Plastic Gold Prospecting Pan
Why Season a Plastic Pan? A new plastic gold pan often has a smooth finish that can cause tiny gold particles to slip away.
Seasoning the pan roughens the surface, creating more friction and helping to trap gold particles. (more…)
The San Domingo Wash area in Arizona has a rich history of gold prospecting that dates back to the late 19th century. The first significant discoveries were made in the 1870s, leading to a boom period that saw the establishment of several mining towns, including Old San Domingo and New San Domingo. (more…)
Goldfield was a bustling mining town in the early 20th century, renowned for its rich gold deposits. Its story is a classic example of the American West’s boom-and-bust cycles.
Discovery and Boom
Awesome and inspirational Australian Gold Nugget prospecting video.
This has to be one of the best gold prospecting videos that I’ve seen. Not only is it well put together but it’s also instructional and informative for anyone considering hunting for gold nuggets with a metal detector. (more…)
The sweet potato gold nugget found 12/6/21.
Some say found near Wickenburg, Arizona. (more…)
Wickenburg Arizona
Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,474. (more…)
We all have our favorite pastimes and hobbies and if you’re really into some of these, I’m sure you’ve had an occasional dream about it.
Well, I’m into gold prospecting, and I’ve certainly had a dream or two about finding that huge gold nugget or vein of gold. Many years ago, I can recall one dream where I was detecting for gold and I found one nugget after another. (more…)
California gold mining display at the natural history Museum in Balboa Park San Diego.
Many people do not realize that not only gold was mind in San Diego, but also San Diego has some major tourmaline mines. (more…)
Alan Guthmiller has developed an amazing water conserving recirculating gold sluice system.
About a yard of gravel can be processes on only 40 gallons. I caught up with Alan at the GPAA gold show in Pomona back in July and got some video talking with Alan about his new desert gold sluice system. (more…)
Arizona Gold Prospecting Hazards My own personal opinion on prospecting is that almost every inch of the desert has been covered by the old timers. Now, with that said, their technology was nothing like our technology now, so, I believe there’s still a lot of gold in Arizona and California Read more…
Yes, for centuries people have been searching for gold in Arizona.
The simple answer to the question, is there still gold in Arizona to be found?, is a resounding YES! (more…)
So sick of these fake gold prospecting shows.
This guy did a great job of pointing out why the gold had to be set up there to create an interesting segment and hold the attention of the audience. There are quite a few other gold prospecting TV shows that I just know are heavily edited to make the viewer think but they are always finding lots of gold in every segment. (more…)
Drone Metal Detecting Gold Nuggets 29 Palms California gold prospecting. Twentynine Palms was named for the palm trees found there in 1852 by Col. Henry Washington while surveying the San Bernardino base line. Drone Metal Detecting Gold Nuggets A post office was established in 1927. A road named Utah Trail Read more…
Rich gold bearing boulder found near an old gold mine.
The gold mine has hoards or high grade gold ore remaining all over the place. This is a high grade boulder with high grade gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc values found near an exposed gold deposit and gold mine. (more…)
This huge Nevada Gold Nugget was found metal detecting with a Minelab 5000. The Sawtooth mountain range in Nevada was where this was found. As is often the case before the large nugget finds like this, even after diligently searching the area where it was found, no other nuggets turn up.
Although no other nuggets were found near this unbelievably large gold nugget, just the fact that an individual with a metal detector was able to find what I’m sure is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery! (more…)
Fact or fiction? Uganda recently reported that the country might be sitting on gold deposits worth over $12 trillion.
If proven true, this would exceed the estimated value of all the gold ever mined in the world throughout history. (more…)
Mountain of Gold! Congolese Villagers get the biggest surprise of their lives, after discovering a whole mountain of Gold! This video from the Republic of the Congo documents the biggest surprise for some villagers in this country, as an entire mountain filled with gold was discovered! Mountain of Gold! They Read more…
The gold rushes helped define Australia and built the prosperity of Victoria.
Now there’s a ‘new gold rush’, with a surge in mining activity on old reefs bringing new life to the state’s historic gold towns. (more…)
This original documentary showcases the historical significance California’s Gold Rush played in launching the largest mass migration in U.S. history and establishing California as the 31st state.