Any BYC prospectors out there?

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Dragons4u

Dragons4u

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Hi all,
Any prospectors on here?
I have been prospecting for gold and native artifacts for three years.
I use sluices, pans,metal detectors, and built myself a dredge last year.
Mostly I seem to just remove lead from waterways, but its enjoyable non the less.
 
I've dabbled in the black arts of prospecting a bit. Found some very interesting semi-precious stones and mineral specimens when I worked in New Mexico for awhile.

Found a lot of native copper in the UP of Michigan. Lake Superior agate is my bread and butter. I find the best ones in gravel pits. There's one in particular where I've found some pretty good baseballs.

Wish I lived where there was gold. I have panned a bit of dust in NE MN but not enough to do anything with. Would take all day just to get a few grains.
 
Yup, same with Ohio. Its like flower here, but still cool to find. We get a lot of flint here, and garnets, even the odd diamond every now and again.
Last year we got a quarter ounce of gold and eleven pounds of lead from one creek in probably eighty hours of work.
 
We just Bought a house on 10 acres outside of Charlotte,nc. There is a creek on the property and I would love to learn about prospecting. My daughter and I love looking for rocks and are getting pretty good at knowing what we are finding.

Any suggestions on good websites or books to teach us?

Do you have any tips for us?
 
YouTube, and just look some stuff up. Or invite me down and I'll bring my gear and camp for a weekend. Lol
I learned completely in the beginning with YouTube though. Built most of my own gear.
 
You are welcome to come. I'll even set up the camper for you!

Our creek dries up during drought. Will that effect our chances of finding anything?
 
I don't need a camper, just my lean-to tarp, lol.
And no, drought doesn't move gold around, though a water supply does make it much easier to move more material.
All of my gear is for water work, including my power sluice that runs off a garden hose.
 
Theres no gold here in Tx to pan but plenty of artifacts and fossils to be found!! Most of the stuff in my collection atm are bivalves and interesting quartz pieces ive found at the beach. Wish you could find thundereggs and geodes down here though. Those are my favorite,Ill have to make a trip up north one day and fill up the back of my truck with a load. :D
 
We find a lot of artifacts here as well. The coolest have been a carved limestone owl and a very small mortar and pestle. We have never found any geodes, but have a few diamonds. And found flint in one spot in the middle of Ohio from three different states.
 
I have dabbled in gold panning have a creek that runs through our property and found dust. Am also a rock hound find lovely petrified wood here.

We have a few old family homesites on our property and want to get a metal detector, what is a good one to start with?
 

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