The First Time I Found Gold Prospecting
My name is Patrick and I have been prospecting since 1980. However, I’ve had the fever since I was a young boy of six years old. It all started when my father told my brother and me the story of…
Metal Detectors for Finding Gold Go High Tech
Think of metal detectors. Fun, personal, small scale… a hunter scanning a ridge in the sun, excited to find five pennyweights of gold, right? But that’s not all. At the Sixteen to One, a legendary gold mine in Alleghany, California,…
Gold Assay: Days of the Gold Rush
I have always considered myself to be somewhat of a rebel. An adventurous spirit that found intrigue in what most people would consider absurd at worst; and at best, a romantic with an obsession for days long since past. The…
