History of Arizona Gold Mining
History of Arizona Gold Mining
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…)
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…)
Bloomberg recently published a piece called, ‘The Gold Market’s Great Migration Sends Bullion Rushing East.’
The article notes that China has imported 160 TONS of gold since April, India has added 80 tons, Turkey 62, and the list goes on. Is the U.S. — or other Western nations — selling gold to China? And if so, why wouldn’t we be buying it, instead? (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…)
Gold Standard Restoration Act Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) introduced HR9157. Titled the Gold Standard Restoration Act, the legislation would peg the dollar to a fixed weight of gold. In this video we take a look at existing reported gold holdings of the US government, along with the M2 money supply to arrive at Read more
Mother Lode gold metal detecting and crevicing for gold. Prospector Jerry and Mountain Mike head out into a beautiful area in search gold on ground that is extremely rich, soo rich you don’t even need to dig much if at all to find the chunky gold hiding away..
The gold prospectors are using a Minelab Gold Monster 1000 VLF metal detector. (more…)
Yes, there’s still plenty of gold left in Australia.
The Australian Outback has the very harsh climate, lots of bugs, and the worlds most deadly snakes. But, even with these challenges, gold prospectors with high-tech gold detectors, are finding lots of gold nuggets. (more…)
Detecting 2.5 ounces of GOLD!
3×3 gold patch found with the Minelab Equinox 800 (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
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…)
We found an area in the Pilbara that has never seen a metal detector before! We just arrived in a new spot and expected having to prospect for several days before getting to a good spot but we found it after only two kilometers of walking on the first day.
Screaming targets in a remote gully revealed plenty of chunky gold nuggets (and also a few bullet casings). Days like these are sooo good and make detecting a lot of fun but unfortunately these areas are hard to find nowadays. (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
Arizona Metal Detecting – Gold Bug 2 Metal detecting gold nuggets with the gold bug 2 metal detector is no easy task but we endure and dig up our first Arizona Gold! Great start to our 7 nugget goal. Persistence pays off when detecting. This video really shows that you Read 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.
NZ gold prospectors have their best day ever! They made a little mistake on the video in their excitement of weighing the nugget when we went from grams to oz and forgot to put it into troy oz , so the nugget was 3.98oz not 4 2oz. (more…)
Uganda has announced that it has struck a deposit of 31 million tons of gold ore, with extractable pure gold estimated to gross 320,000 tons. (more…)
Meet up with Roger, a full time beach miner, and he shows us how he mines and lives homesteading on the beach of Nome, Alaska.