California State and US National Gold Panning Championships

November 2018 by Don Robinson

This was two days of gold panning, with just over 250 gold panners trying to win a medal to show they were one of the best of the best.

Prospecting Research

August 2013
These are just some of the ways I have been able to find new spots to metal detect for gold.

Companion Gold

June 2015
Easing around the bedrock ledges and rock hopping, Terry and I came out into the open and were looking at a nice run of bedrock.

Following the Clues

May 2019

It took me awhile before I finally got a nice mellow signal. My nugget turned out to weigh in about two dwt (pennyweight). Over the next few hours, we all picked up a few more nuggets apiece.

Gully Prospecting and Mining

September 2014
This article is about our recent gold prospecting adventure, which has yielded over 20 ounces of specimen gold—with more to come.

The Highs and Lows of Drywashing

August 2016
We were met with a plethora of mechanical problems with the dry washer and even a few with the excavator that were at times frustrating, but we were in this for the long haul, so we needed to solve these problems and move forward.

The Smell of Gold—Part I

June 2015
Some claim they can smell gold. This may be, but when I take a whiff of gold, I smell dirt, rotten eggs, garlic or just nothing: my nose is everything but sensitive.

Return to Chicken, Alaska

January 2015
I figured it would be quite conservative of me to shoot for about four ounces of gold instead of the twelve ounces I had found in 2013.

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