Anyway - I just thought you fine folk would like a little picture tour of what can be picked up out here not far from the Silver Springs area. ..... […]

This is just a small tutorial for those of you needing a little help getting started and are visiting or live in these areas. The ID/OR borders are rich with many forms of agate.  There’s also jasper, opal, petrified wood, queenstone and crystals, and today I’m just giving a picture tour about finding a few of these things  in these desert areas. The first t […]

.............by digging down deeper you can usually find the stones that fell and were covered before the area became popular to hunters. […]

Before anyone starts to panic, though, we have to consider the whole picture... […]

If the claim produced gold recently enough, someone in the office might just even remember that it produced well. […]

The mystery found it's beginning in 1820 when an Indian told settlers of a vein of silver so pure and wide that chunks the size of a man's hand could be cut from it...... […]

It looks like these are going to break both averages this year.......... […]

These headaches can be relieved very easily though with just a little bit of knowledge about the different quartz group stones......... […]

I have never seen a true moss quartz crystal before........ […]

Fingerprinting metal artifacts is likely to lead to some very startling discoveries about early mining and trade..... […]

Pretty cool astro ! once again  I'm really giving the "fluid beds" alot of serious consideration with a few builds of my own as of late.Been following all your builds and Thanks for the insight  […]

As the others have said the specific gravity difference is the first clue in a pan. Most coal - if not waterlogged - will be on top and will wash back and forth with the gentle rocking of the pan.Since a good portion of the black sand is usually magne... […]

 Look forward to all of it  !Take Care  […]

I have watched demonstraions of XRF machines that very acurately tested gold content.  There are handheld models now available for field use such as from Skyray XRF handheld.  I have not seen a demo of the handhelds.  Cost of the machine might not fall... […]

if you classify down to 1/2" using the common classifier found in most panning kits you will be fine, and again this also depends it you have good water flow, […]