What Happened to The Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit?

September 2018 by Scott Harn

We continue to seek out a patented mining property with an owner who is willing to host such an event with a water supply and enough remaining gold to make it worthwhile for the students.

Trash! A Hindrance Or Hot Spot For Hidden Gold?

March 2018

I love it when I am in the middle of a high trash area and all the ferrous bars go away, the screen number goes to a three or an eight, and the meter is forty to a hundred. I don’t know for sure that I have found gold, but it narrows the odds down.

Ask the Experts

August 2014
What are the tell signs of garnet deposits?

Moving The Big Rocks

October 2016
The anticipation of finding out if the system of snatch blocks, shackles, chokers, anchor points, and the strap binding the massive slab of rock in the bottom of the river would even budge an inch was weighing on me. 

Quartzsite Gives Up Some Big Gold

June 2017

There is always an overwhelming feeling when finding gold of any size, but one like this doesn’t come along very often.

Revisiting an Old Mine in Idaho Reaps Rewards

April 2012
Our research indicated this whole area had been claimed by Newmont mining company for several years, but when the price of gold dropped they let the claims expire, and we confirmed this with the local BLM office.

Bedrock

March 2014
I am going to break bedrock down a bit and explain my view of the varying scenarios I come across in the field.

Prospecting for Gold in Baja California

April 2015
It was one of those awkward situations as we walked, fatigued and too thirsty to speak a word.

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