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Well you are more than welcome to come visit me if you do come to SD. We can go panning in the day and turn a dog loose at night if you would like!

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Sounds like a winner Mr. Smith . Here is a little info.


http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/s...uth-dakota.html

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This is a graph that shows how much gold has risen in 10 years, but it just like the stock market up and down . When I started playing around prospecting it was at $280.00 to $320.00 an ounce . I wish I would have known it was going to go this high because I would have bought about 25 to 300 ounces and just set on til now and sold it ,,,yep 20-20 hindsight .


http://www.kitco.com/charts/popup/au3650nyb_.html

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Last night I read an article in my Gold Prospectors magazine about a fellow around Perryville Ark. The story goes that he found 1.9 ounces of gold in 5 bags of sand from the local Home Depot store ,,@ todays current price on gold thats 2527.00 dollars . Now I know that there is gold in those bags I've panned it out too,never recover that much gold but looks like I need to go to the hardware store again ,SOON ,,lol

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Have I ever mentioned that I love Alaska !! lol


http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com...nds-amp-Baiting

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More stuff about that little State,,lol


http://bb.bbboy.net/alaskagoldforum

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Stories and pics of Alaska .



http://education.alaska.gov/temp_la...drush/index.htm

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Stock market and gold both on a little roller coaster ride the last few days .

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Boys when I figure out what is wrong with my photo bucket account ,I will post a pic of Gold I got out of Lake Michigan . Not big stuff but it's gold .

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Boys when I figure out what is wrong with my photo bucket account ,I will post a pic of Gold I got out of Lake Michigan . Not big stuff but it's gold .

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Well ,I think I'll go out on the deck and do some more panning in my gold tub .

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Lake Michigan Gold!!!

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It was funny when my wife and I was digging that out and putting it in a 5 gallon bucket,had about 200 people watching and scratching their heads ,,,lol

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Lake Michigan Gold!!!

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This is where things get a little sticky . I don't have web link for all the states laws on this matter . But I do know alot of streams like trout streams in Pa. is protected same for Ohio streams with live mussels in the gravel beds . You will need to do some research in the state that you plan to prospect in . But if you know a land owner that will give you written permission to prospect in his Creek providing he owns it ,you should be OK . But that was one of the reasons I joined the GPAA , there are enough claims owned or leased from landowners to relieve a little worry from you . If you have doubts to the matter you can contact the State Dept .of Natural Rescources to help you out . But boys if you reaaly want to do this you will have do some research on your own . Idid and still do research . I've gotten gold from Alaska .Ohio,Ind., Ill., Mo. and Idaho . LOL,I have yet to find any in my home state of WVa . But that is the lure of gold ,Boys its all in the hunt for it ,,,,,If it was easy to find We would all be rich . Don't get me wrong its not easy work ,but it is a great relaxing hobby that get you out in some beautiful country ,meet new interesting people ,,that sometimes old Mother Earth will reward you with some of her wealth . Theres an Old Prospectors saying that goes "May your bottom turn yellow !!" meaning hope you find alot of gold .

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I need to build me one of those wooden dredges like they built on black gold this week.

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right here is one nice gold stream in Alaska. Grass at the base of one rock is the space that I dug out about $350 of gold in about 15 min.

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Thank you Mr. Moderator for your help .

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Chuck I know a Feller who has a sluice box I been trying to buy. Hes gonna cave in one of these days lol..

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Hang in there ,stay on him Bro ,,,,lol,, Whats the brand name ??

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I got this little backpack unit I use mostly but I got a bigger Keene sluice box if I'm really in a sweet spot .


http://www.buckabillysluice.com/ima...;target=tlx_new

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Gold is on a little rollercoaster ride in the last few days .


http://www.buckeyegold.proboards.com/

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http://felixpaydirt.com/video.html






There is a real good video on here after you watch the Felix commercial . The guys name is Doc from Gold Hawg , he shows you how to pan ,he goes through it slower for you to understand it . I'm like him ,you have to be a good panner and do it properly to recover that small stuff , its time consuming ,yes, but the way I see it GOLD is GOLD big or small ,,It all adds up in the end.
Oh yeah ,the only thing I would have done differently from Doc would have been to show you how to use your classifying screens to get rid of the bigger rocks .

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