A busy year has passed...

I have another blog, and several websites, but I should have been more active with this one, since it involves my abiding interest in prospecting.

I have spent many hours on the hunt for gold (and it's recovery) since last year. I have acquired more equipment (most of it not necessary, but desirable or at least fun.) I cannot stress the fact enough that prospecting does NOT have to involve large cash expenditures. In fact, most of the devices used can be made at home, or improvised from common household items. One can even PAN using a salad bowl or frisbee.

The most important thing to allow you to prospect successfully for gold is simply to sample and locate areas which contain that magical yellow metal. I am in one of the VERY few places in the world that has neither native gold, nor the glacially-transported variety. I have to drive several hours to reach such a place. For YOU, that is almost certainly not the case (unless you happen to be a neighbor of mine.)

I will present some suggestions that you may follow and which will reward you with that first flash of your OWN gold in your pan. That is as evanescent and rewarding as your fist kiss. Actually, for most of us, it doesn't pale as quickly from repetition either.