By The Gold Prospector on March 30, 2010
Today we headed out to a gulch where we sampled areas along the bedrock cracks, under huge round boulders and down along the inside turns of a stream. We were surprised to see water because of how many other areas nearby have dwindled this part of the year. This particular gulch has very tall and [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on March 23, 2010
Here we are again in the beautiful Arizona desert. We decided to go back where we went last time and do some more dredging and also try to dig into some along the side walls of a riverbed where there used to be an ancient riverbed over our heads. That was long ago and now [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on March 16, 2010
Its March and the weather is cool and breezy most of the time. The sun is out and the view of the Arizona desert is absolutely incredible. I can walk around for hours with a metal detector in these conditions. But instead of metal detecting, I am going to be dredging a riverbed for my [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on March 9, 2010
Today we walked up the Hassayampa River for a little while. We saw lots of people out and about 4x4ing and playing horseshoes and other games in the middle of the river where its dry. We had a different course of action and that was to find the yellow metal gold. We spent most of [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on March 2, 2010
Today we went out to a couple location where we could walk around and look at the geology of the ground and the tailing piles and boulders. We have been researching where to find gold and now we need to actually be out there looking for it. I bought a book and read it three [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on February 23, 2010
My buddy Josh and I have registered a 40 acre claim at a secret place near Wickenburg, AZ. Just recently, we went out to the property and walked around the entire place. It was a lot of ground to cover. We saw lots of quartz and mineralized rocks were spread out everywhere and black sand [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on February 14, 2010
Its a week later and we are going to the Vulture City Gold Mine. This time it’s nice and warm weather with clear sunny skies. Woot! Once we arrived, the gate was open and the Vulture Mine adventure began. There is a self-guided tour that costs $7 per adult. The store sells all kinds of [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on February 7, 2010
This is our first time going out to to explore one of the richest gold mines ever. Josh, Jenna (my sister) and I took a trip to the Vulture Mine in Wickenburg, Arizona. We read about the history of this place and decided to go take a look for ourselves. Today is a drizzly day [...]
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