Author Topic: Gold Prospecting (Read 2400 times)

EASLING2008 · « **on:** March 23, 2009, 02:12:15 PM »

Is there anyone interested in gold prospecting. It is a passion of mine and I can spend many hours getting good exercise and if luckey a little gold. I own 3 claims and am a member of GPAA (gold prospectors of America) and have several hundred claims in almost every state that I can look for that elusive yellow metal. I just went to one of my claims this past weekend and found a little gold even though I did have some problems. Saturday the blower for my dry washer broke down and I had to repair that then Sunday got rained out. I still managed to find about 12 grams of the yellow stuff. There is places to do recreational prospecting in almost every state. Would love to hear from anyone that has done any prospecting or would be interested in doing some. It is a great family activity.

philipt410 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:37:13 PM »

I used to watch the GPAA show Gold Fever on the outdoor channel. That was a couple years ago. Haven't seen it since I moved to NC. Wife even bought me a metal detector some years ago.

FroggysPad · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:40:16 PM »

What an nteresting and possibly lucrative hobby you have!

It sounds like great fun and something that family members from gramps on down to youths could participate in and have some quality family time doing so.

Inquiring minds wants to know more!

FroggysPad · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:43:39 PM »

My dad had a metal detector while I was still living at home. He and mom would go to school yards and parks and look for lost jewelry and coins.

I got a detector myself after I left home, but it was so complicated, I never could figure out how to use the doggone thing and ended up giving it away. Actually it probably wasn't that complicated ---- I was just being me as usual --- very, very blonde.

philipt410 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:57:19 PM »

Anothertime · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2009, 03:08:51 PM »

I actually love prospecting. I go to the hills near Dahlonega GA. I have often gone for the weekend or just a days junket. I work the streams mostly. I have gotten quite a bit of gold out of them there hills. My largest single nugget so far was 6 grams. It was pretty. The gold here runs 22-23K on the average. I've been doing it for about 25 years. Just waiting for those streams to warm up a tad before going off again. It's a great hobby<:)

Kaboodle Gifts · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2009, 05:07:16 PM »

My wife is from Georgia, we have talked about doing something like that the next time we go there, which wont anytime soon.

We like watching the shows on discovery and history channel about them. Would be fun to just go play in the dirt...and not get yelled at for getting my jeans dirty.....again.

Anothertime · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:02:14 PM »

Guess that is why I like being single.. I never get in trouble.. That anyone knows about anyway.. It is good prospecting here and I have a few friends to drag along with me. If you ever do get this way. Please let me know and I'll help you get around and find the good places.

Kaboodle Gifts · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:28:05 PM »

Oh that would be a blast. The girls ( 2 step daughters and their family's are in NOrtheast Georgia. We like going but are dealing with family issues currently that keeps us from going any where that distance is involved. The cold there is nothing that I have ever felt before, it isn't like the cold we have here in Michigan, least we have the lake here to regulate us. Down there it goes right to the bone.

philipt410 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:35:35 PM »

Wow, that would be cool to get a group together to do some prospecting. I have family in northwest GA, not to far from Jaime.

Anothertime · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:38:58 PM »

It's settled then.. we do have to wait for the streams to warm up or we'll freeze our hands off. I think it would be one heck of a lot of fun. Great idea Phil

FroggysPad · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2009, 07:06:54 PM »

Waaaah! I don't have family in Georgia, but I want to come too!

I DO have friends in GA ----- wink. wink.

EASLING2008 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2009, 07:19:00 PM »

I guess Froggy and I will have to comfort each other. By the way Georgia is the first place gold was found in the US and there was many millions of ounces taken out then gold was discovered in California and a lot of the Georgia miners went to California and they left a lot of gold in Georgia. I belong to LDMA (Lost Dutchmans Mining Association) and we have a Gold producing claim called Vein Mountain in Georgia where we can camp for free while digging for gold. There is also gold in Texas!!!!

Anothertime · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2009, 07:19:10 PM »

Absolutely!!! It wouldn't be the same without you. We could go fishing off my dock and just chill.. Then the boys could bring us back the loot

Anothertime · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2009, 07:20:57 PM »

I have actually sold a lot of my gold found here on feebay and got higher than melt for it. This was the 1st goldrush and it is still going on

FroggysPad · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2009, 07:25:28 PM »

Now that's MY kind of a plan -------------fishing off the dock while the guys lay loot at our feet.

philipt410 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2009, 08:24:35 PM »

Kaboodle Gifts · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2009, 08:26:16 PM »

Oh I see how you roll!

Anothertime · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2009, 08:32:47 PM »

thought you would like it... but hey... we could catch a bunch of Brim and serve it up... It really is delicious... don't want all their hard work going unrewarded

Kaboodle Gifts · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2009, 08:45:03 PM »

Now see up here in Yankee Land Brim are called BlueGill

FroggysPad · « **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:15:22 PM »

aka sun perch where i am ------ but no matter what name they go by ---- they are some GOOD eatin!

Anothertime · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:17:28 PM »

got that right... I use to call them sun perch when i was a yankee but here they call them Brim... such a dull name...go figure

EASLING2008 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:42:32 PM »

Brim, bluegill, sunfish, call them what you wand. I'll just call them DELICIOUS.

And sooooooo fun to catch.

Anothertime · « **Reply #23 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:49:01 PM »

Yepper.. caught and ate 4 yesterday YES so good

philipt410 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:21:21 AM »

We catch spot and croaker off our dock. Neighbor catches flounder.. Yep, salt water...