E.C. Thoroman, a passionate gold mine prospector from the 1950s.
This captivating gold mining documentary takes you on a journey through Arizona’s historic placer gold fields, where the spirit of gold hunting still thrives. Join us in looking for gold across Arizona’s diverse landscape, from Big Bug Creek to the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine. (more…)
Uncover the captivating tale of the Lost Yuma Ledge Mine, a legendary Apache lost gold mine in Arizona that has enthralled treasure hunters and history buffs for generations.
This video delves into the rich history of gold mining in Arizona and the enduring mystery surrounding this fabled hidden mine and its secret treasure. (more…)
In the heart of the Arizona Territory, where the sun beat down mercilessly and the saguaros stood like silent sentinels, a motley crew of gold prospectors found themselves stranded on Thanksgiving Day. Their trusty wagon had succumbed to the treacherous terrain, leaving them stranded in a desolate canyon, far from any semblance of civilization.
Arizona gold prospectors Thanksgiving
As the day dawned, casting long shadows across the parched landscape, the prospectors gathered around a meager campfire, their faces etched with worry. Their supplies were dwindling, and the harsh desert offered little sustenance. But amidst the despair, a glimmer of hope emerged. (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…)
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…
Video is really for the new prospector or those thinking of getting into gold prospecting.
I haven’t been drywashing for gold in 6 or 7 years, just been doing gold detecting.
Prospector Mike and I had found some nuggets in two different washes in the Santa Domingo wash area. Mike actually found five good-sized nuggets the largest of which was about 3/4 of an ounce in a wash area of just about 150 feet long.
Arizona Gold Ore With a gold ore that we’re talking about here it’s usually super fine gold and well dispersed throughout the quarts. Therefore, even is super powerful metal detector design for gold we usually not signal from normal gold ore. But, there are many exceptions when the fine gold Read more…
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…)
Around 4.5 ounces Arizona gold nugget found by newbie to metal detecting!
We’ve all seen them, gold nugget recovery videos that undoubtedly are staged. (more…)
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.
Arizona Gold Prospecting – Vulture Mine Road area near Wickenburg, AZ today.
Beautiful day, temperatures in the low 80s. A couple of hours of detecting with the GPS 5000 just turned up all sorts of trash. (more…)
Bumble Bee/Cleator Arizona area with Gold Monster and finding small Gold Nuggets!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Established in 1863, Bumble Bee served as a stagecoach stop and an outpost for the U.S. Cavalry, with a post office established in 1879. The creek, and by extension the town, were so named because early travelers in the area claimed that the indigenous people there were as “thick as bumblebees”. (more…)
This is a December gold prospecting trip around Yuma Arizona.
We were searching through some tailing piles from an old mine where the miners were following gold in a quartz vein.. We were doing dry washing and some metal detecting and met up with Daniel who is looking for iron stained courts in the tailing piles to crush and hopefully extract gold from the quartz rocks. (more…)
Yuma Gold Mine This old abandoned gold mine was just outside of Yuma Arizona not far from the Colorado River. It’s obvious that the old-timers were following a quartz vein that was carrying the gold. Dry washing the mine tailings show that this was a very rich mine. Even dry Read more…
Looking for Arizona gold near the Little San Domingo Wash near Morristown, AZ., approximately 50 miles northwest of Phoenix, at the junction of State Route 74 and U.S. Route 60.
We did this outing in early July, when the forecast was for 112° in Phoenix! So, what we did is we met up real early, and got out to the claim somewhere around 6:45 AM. We plan to stay, only until about 9:30 AM before the heat got too intense. (more…)
San Domingo placers . . . 45 MI NORTHWEST OF PHOENIX, 7 MI SOUTHEAST OF WICKENBURG, 3 MI NORTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN AZ.
If you like the outdoors and can appreciate the history and legacy of gold mining, weekend gold prospecting may be your ideal hobby.
Checking our an open gold mining claim off N. Hot Springs Road, Arizona.
The gold prospecting areas around Wickenburg and Morristown are still very productive.
My buddy, who was using a recirculating high banker, did find some color, but not enough to make it worthwhile to revisit this site. (more…)
*Actually they seem to have “Discovered” the legend, but not the mine.
The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine is the most famous lost mine in American history. It was supposedly discovered and kept secret by a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz in the 19th century.
There is very documented evidence the Dutchman existed, was a hired miner and had a large amount of gold in the mountains but the real question is was it a mine he located or had he been stealing the gold from the mines he was hired to work. Either way there still appears to be a large amount of gold in the mountains that he was bringing down but is it just what’s left of his stolen stash or a very rich mine. Finding the ore location is the key as it can be compared to known samples and confirmed to be similar. (more…)