ARIZONA OR BUST

[Flintstone]

Hay all you gold digger, I am coming to Arizona In Jan. I have wanted to go to Arizona to hunt gold for almost 30 years. I am 58 now and if the good Lord will help me i will be there in Jan. I am going to stay about 2 mouths. What i need to know is do you think i should bring my 3" dredge, or is there not enough water? I have a small recirculating sluice, a regular sluice,pans the whole lot, you know. I am a GPAA member, and also have a privet claim to work. Dont know if claim has water or not. Thanks for all your help. Dean

 

[Doc.]

i'm 30 mile east of yuma , around here you'll need a drywasher . blm has controll of a lot of land . got their own rules and regs . state park land wont let ya pick up a plain rock and pocket it . cant even drive in the desert anymore unless theres an existing road , gotta be afoot or horseback . welcome ta drive up the middle of some rocky wash tho . things have gotten tough , tooo many crazy snobirds . all i can say is do your homework beforehand for the area you want to prospect .

 

[Flintstone]

Thanks Doc, I have been try to get all the info I can. I will check out all parks before i come out. Thanks for the reply, i was starting to think everyone had quit gold prospecting with the new laws.

 

[oroh2o]

Gold prospecting is definetely not over. We see good gold coming in almost daily. If you hit southwestern Az, stop in the Gold Miser prospecting shop in Quartzsite,Az. There is also the Quartzsite Metal Detecting Club that you can join for only $15 annually. They have almost 400 acres of good gold claims you have access to any time you wish. Dry washing, metal detecting, rockhounding or whatever you want to do. One of the 160 acre claims is open for free camping if you have a self contained unit. There are thousands of miles of ATV trails also. Don't worry about all the snowbirds, there are thousands of acres of BLM land available. BTW, the QMDC has a coin hunt monthly. The Jan. hunt will have 21,000 coins in one hunt plus over 300 prize tokens. We have worked hard to make this Jan. hunt the biggest and best in the Southwest. We draw people from Az., Nv, Ca. and many winter visitors. Come on out!!!!!!!!!!!, but leave your dredge at home-no water. HH.......L

 

[Flintstone]

Hi Orch20, Thanks for the invite, I will be there to see what it is all about.$15.00 a year can,t beat that. I am GPAA, and Roadrunner, so i might as well yours to thanks. Flintstone YAB-DAB-DO

 

[Gold Digger]

hi I'm from In drove to AZ last yr. to Stanton for the GPAA outing I got there as they were loading their gear to leave. 1700miles one way. will leave earlier this yr. Will make the Seminar at the foot of Rich Hill this yr. Chris let me dig up a nugget about the size of my thumb it sounded real nice under the coil I drove the 1700+ miles out there I had left work early am FRI and was back at wok the following Thur. night I wanted to make the seminar because the knowledge couldn't be taken from me some gold would have been a nice bonus. WILL BE OUT THERE FOR THE FREE SEMINAR!!!!!! I know where I am going this yr. Gary

 

[Gold Digger]

I paid $25 for a yr card for Weaver mining District They have several hundred acres of land available for prospecting contact Les Bender Weaver Mining District That is a family membership! Gary

 

[Gold Digger]

No outting at Stanton this yr Attending GPAA gold show at AZ. state fair grounds. Phoenix. Feb. 13th and 14th Will be there this yr.Gary

 

[Gold Digger]

they wanted to charge for the seminar and they wanted to charge to park so I went out to the Weaver claim area did not find any with the metal detector but a couple of prospectors taught me how to pan for gold It was neat and I actually found several flakes of gold in my pan without throwing it back in the creek. Will be back out there next feb. I'll pan for some samples and when I find some I will detect to see if I can find some with the detector HH Gary