Finding Gold
ATTENTION, Guys & Gals Are you finding GOLD on your placer or lode mining claim or are you going home empty handed after each visit to...
Today's Overlooked Fortunes Part IV
From the California Gold Rush days until today thousands upon thousands of holes, pits, tunnels and shafts have been dug in the western...
Today's Overlooked Fortunes Part III
Last month we briefly discussed the metals that have come into play since the Gold Rush Days. This month we will cover some items you...
Today's Overlooked Fortunes Part II
Since the 1849 Gold Rush thousands upon thousands of holes, pits, trenches, shafts and tunnels have been dug in search of GOLD. Most of...
Flash Floods
Flash floods occur when the ground is unable to absorb water creating run off into creek beds, rivers and low lying areas. A dry creek...
TODAY'S OVERLOOKED FORTUNES
For the past 168 years, since the great California Gold Rush men have prospected for gold. The rush started when a man working in a...
Night Prospecting
There are some valuable minerals and ores that are largely overlooked by the recreational prospector. Dozens of these flouresce under...
Hidden Profit In Old Workings
Even though we do not stake hazardous mines, we know some of our readers do in fact have claims with old workings on them, in some cases...
The Mine Finder Difference
Most weekend and part time prospectors prefer placer claims for numerous reasons such as ease of operation, gold in hand at the end of...
Do you ever wonder why we stake more lode claims than placer even though most recreational prospecto
Placer gold is gold that has eroded from lode veins or deposits. The nearer you are to a vein or deposit the more likely you will find...
