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I've panned/sluiced a good amount of gold in Knox ,Ashland,Homes ,Coshocton, Tusc. ,Wayne and some I've forgotten . Ohio has alot of gold brought in by glaciers thousands of years ago .

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Maybe this will explain and show you guys where the glaciers were and how they pushed/deposited the gold I've been finding and talking about . I'm not going to lie to you, it's out there and there is work involved to find it . But its fun and relaxing to me , and you get some financial gain some times . lol





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Lo and behold !! The wife came back this morning after dropping off the grandkids at school and she picked up 3 bags of unopened bags of patio paver sand . She ask me to unload it from the truck and I spotted me a few flecks of shiny yellow flakes ,,, guess whats going to be panned out this weekend . I'll see what i can come up with then give the sand to the kids to play in ,,kill 2 birds with one rock ,lol

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Been way too much going on here today for me to even look at my panning tub. Hopefully I can get a few pans of this stuff panned out tomorrow . I am really anxious to see what i can find,,,won't be out any money the wife found this setting on the street curb with some other throw away items .

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Lo and behold !! The wife came back this morning after dropping off the grandkids at school and she picked up 3 bags of unopened bags of patio paver sand . She ask me to unload it from the truck and I spotted me a few flecks of shiny yellow flakes ,,, guess whats going to be panned out this weekend . I'll see what i can come up with then give the sand to the kids to play in ,,kill 2 birds with one rock ,lol

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I've been asked to start a new thread to answer some of you guys question about gold prospecting .http://www.buckeyegold.com/ This is my home chapter of the Gold Prospectors of America Association (GPAA) , It is a great organization to belong to. If you would join it you automatically have access to over 500 gold claims to go to and prospect for the yellowstone that all men dream of .And you get to keep all the gold you find. I will be posting links and pics on here and will try to answer your questions .

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Lo and behold !! The wife came back this morning after dropping off the grandkids at school and she picked up 3 bags of unopened bags of patio paver sand . She ask me to unload it from the truck and I spotted me a few flecks of shiny yellow flakes ,,, guess whats going to be panned out this weekend . I'll see what i can come up with then give the sand to the kids to play in ,,kill 2 birds with one rock ,lol

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I must be a great prospecting teacher !! No one has any questions ,lol, well start showing me some of your bling . SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!! lol

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I must be a great prospecting teacher !! No one has any questions ,lol, well start showing me some of your bling . SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!! lol

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I must be a great prospecting teacher !! No one has any questions ,lol, well start showing me some of your bling . SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!! lol

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This caught my eye when I was doing some research .



http://heritagegallerywest.com/imag...ctors-40x30.jpg

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Back in the day a big gold strike brought out some seedy characters like this one .


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Better start looking at my pack to see what I might need to buy to add to my prospecting fun , Spring is just around the bend ,,,,,, I hope ,lol.

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Hey chuck I met a guy here in michigan that does the gold prospecting thing. He carries around a vial with some pickers in it I think he called them. He sells and deals in ginseng seeds and plants from the houghton lake area way north of me.

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Hey chuck I met a guy here in michigan that does the gold prospecting thing. He carries around a vial with some pickers in it I think he called them. He sells and deals in ginseng seeds and plants from the houghton lake area way north of me.

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Come On Spring !! Or I'll go nutso . lol, seriously .

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I think I've got real bad case of cabin fever , but you can't pan gold in hard water (ice) ,,lol

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Cabin fever has set in big time lol.. Hey that michigan gold prospector is named michael hunter has a website at ginseng-seed.com Has some good stories about the gold in michigan, kind of an interesting man and life.

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Cabin fever has set in big time lol.. Hey that michigan gold prospector is named michael hunter has a website at ginseng-seed.com Has some good stories about the gold in michigan, kind of an interesting man and life.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by chuck west
Here is a video of the Gold Rush 2013 ,My old chapter of the GPAA, I got to get back there ,,as I watched this I never recognized one person ,all new to me .

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Waiting on the spring floods to start and move some gold and other material into the old gold claim .

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCL6FKQZyoM
Let you guys watch Freddy Dodge so you see and learn how it is really done , he makes Todd Hoffman look like an idiot in my book .

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Let you guys watch Freddy Dodge so you see and learn how it is really done , he makes Todd Hoffman look like an idiot in my book .

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Here ya go Mike,Katherine and Jonathan , watch and learn ,anymore questions just call.

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Sat.,Sunday and Monday , 3 nice days coming up all in the 70's and sunny , time to get to panning some dirt ,lol . Gotta see if I still got the TOUCH ,lol

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Do you know where Findley Ridge is at near Dahlonega Ga. by chance ??

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