Emails Confirm--FBI Was Looking for Gold at Pennsylvania Dig Site

April 2021 by Associated Press

FBI agents were looking for an extremely valuable cache of fabled Civil War-era gold—possibly tons of it—when they excavated a remote woodland site in Pennsylvania three years ago…

The Dredge Report

November 2014
As a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits, I’m not allowed to talk about specifics in the court-ordered negotiations currently underway in San Bernardino. However, I do want to let you know we are making progress…

Detecting Wet Ground Yields More Fun Than Gold

June 2019

We all continued over to another location at the top of a massive placer operation. Arriving at the draw, I showed everyone where gold had been found before and we all began detecting.

Successful Rally for Suction Dredge Miners in Idaho

August 2014
Representative Paul Shepherd stopped by, and Idaho County Commissioner Jim Chmelik dove with one of the dredgers so he could see for himself that no harm was being done to fish or their habitat.

Divide and Conquer—Detecting Old Placer Grounds with Friends

February 2014
He no sooner had turned around and started moving when I hollered again that I had another nice one.

Gold In The Midwest—Part II: Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio

January 2020

In this article, I am going to take a look at three Midwest states and go through some of the prime places for prospectors to find nice local gold there.

Diamond Prospecting in Indiana

January 2015
My first personal experience with placer diamonds was on a gold prospecting trip in Indiana about 8 years ago, when a fellow prospector was cleaning his gold concentrates.

Find of a Lifetime

May 2013
My metal detecting hobby began about ten years ago when I bought a used metal detector for about $300. I got it specifically to look for meteorites. It was pretty much worthless, not user friendly, and I did not find anything with it.

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