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We are excited to announce that we’ll be offering gold prospecting adventures in Arizona in 2017! You can experience the thrill of prospecting in some of the most famous gold bearing areas of Arizona. Learn how to dry wash in the desert and nugget-shoot for the big stuff! Stay tuned for updates early in 2017!

We had a great class on May 21st up on the WAM. The weather was perfect and we got to try out the new electric mini-highbanker. Everyone found gold and looking forward to returning for more! See you all at BIG DIG VIII on July 8-10.

American Gold Prospectors has debuted their Season 1 – Episode 1 video, and it’s great!

Sure you can stay at home during the winter months and dream about the spring…

by: Michael Bernzweig Metal Detectors, given their name, are thought by many to find only metal objects.  While this is true to an extent, metal detectors can also locate a variety of other objects that occur along side metal objects.  Items like glass bottles with metal lids and clay relics inside a case with metal […]

For those of you who are new to the idea of prospecting for GOLD in New England, I have good news for you. There are many locations that gold can be found with a moderate effort. It’s not easy, and unless you know what you are doing, don’t expect to find anything the first time […]

I did a video a while back on “Winter Panning” using purchased paydirt…check it out:

So, you have been prospecting for gold and have found some nice nuggets. What now? Well, you could sell it, but after all that hard work, it would be nice to just look at it and show it off to your friends. A simple way to show your stuff is with a display case like […]

Well, I’ve been panning out the dirt I took home from the Wild AM a couple weeks ago. Gettin’ some small flecks which is better than nothing! Here is what I have so far: