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Gold Diggers Home Boise Gold Dig Little Smoky Creek Dig
Updates Added: 8/08/08 and 8/04/08 (below)
If you're like I used to be, you've always thought all the gold in the world was either already dug up, claimed by somebody else, or sitting in a big bank vault somewhere.
Well, that's not true. Sure, things are different now than in the great gold rush times of the past. I mean, you can actually drive or even fly to California now instead of spending six months getting butt calluses from riding on a mule. But there IS still gold in the ground. (Notice how I avoided using the cliché "gold in them thar' hills". Shoot, now I went and said it anyway. Dang it.)
In fact, there is still gold in all the same creeks, hills, rivers, and shores made famous by all the gold rush stories and legends. And, thanks to clubs like the GPAA (Gold Prospectors Association of America) you can even dig for gold in many of those same areas. The GPAA owns many claims throughout the U.S. and access to those claims is granted to all members. Membership is not an outrageous price either. It's very affordable. For more information on the GPAA visit their site at: www.goldprospectors.org or email me and ask me more about it.
Obviously, I'm a GPAA member, but there are also places you can go that are not claimed either and they do contain gold. Of course, there are government regulations and permits and such specifically designed to make the entire process so confusing that you may never truly know if you are legal to dig or not, so be careful. However, that's why signing up with an organization like the GPAA is such a good idea.
Now, before I go too much further let me just say this. I'm not all that experienced at this yet. I'm still learning and as yet do not have much gold to show for my efforts. But let me tell you this.
Digging for gold is WAY FUN!!!
The first time you actually pan out a shovel full of dirt and find gold in your pan you will be truly excited. You won't even care if it's just one flake or even a tiny speck. It's just plain cool to know you dug gold out of the ground and it is now yours. Sure, you'll want more and you'll soon be wanting to find more and more at a time and bigger pieces, that's just part of the "gold fever" symptoms.
The real fun, though, is just getting out and doing it.
So, keep checking back to this section as I record my gold digging adventures for you. In fact, I'm planning on taking a gold digging trip in about a week. Maybe I'll get you excited enough about it to try it yourself? Maybe you'll just sit back and watch to see what I find? Either way, it's going to be fun.
Here's a shot of the biggest pieces I've seen so far.
Look for pictures from my first gold digging trip of 2008 coming soon.
Update 8/04/08: Guess what? I found some gold already. Now don't get excited, it's not much, but I still think it's cool. I went fishing this last weekend. (See details on the trip in HuntSpot). While I was there, I decided I'd dig a little in the river and see what I could come up with. I panned out some tiny specks of gold right away.
Now, I'm not surprised. I had been studying up on where to find gold for a while and I knew there is gold all along the Snake River here in southern Idaho. However, it's what is known as "flour gold" as in really little pieces. That's exactly what I found, too. What surprised me was that I found it so fast. However, that's where all my studying has paid off. I applied what I have learned and actually looked in the right place first thing. Cool, huh?
Anyway, I didn't spend much time on it. We were supposed to be fishing and such. But, I've got the "fever" so I had to dig a little. I also filled up a whole bucket full of dirt to bring home so I could see how much I could get out of it. I haven't had a chance to run that yet, but I'll let you know what I find.
There probably won't be much, it is only flour gold, but it will still be fun to see how much of it is there. I did hear about someone who lives along the river that gets enough gold off of their property every month to cover their house payment. That's not bad. I'd keep digging if I could do that.
I'll let you know what I find. Meanwhile I am planning on going up to one of the GPAA claims this weekend. I'm very excited! It's been two years since the last time I went up there and there is one corner in the creek I've been just dying to try out. Wish me some good luck and I'll try to get some good pictures for you!
Joe Humor
Update 8/08/08: Well, I run the dirt from Pillar Falls on the Snake River and I did find some gold. Like I figured, it wasn't much, just really tiny specks with two small pieces, bigger than a speck but still little.
I pulled those out by running the dirt through a sluice. However, that is not the preferred method for extracting very fine gold. I need to buy some other equipment for that. When I do, I'll try running that dirt again and see how much more of the fine, fine gold is still in there. Still, I'd say there was enough in there that if I had the property and could dig all I wanted that it would be worth it.
For now, though, that bucket is put away out in the shop and I'm getting ready to head to the mountains to dig on a real gold creek. I'm going to one of the GPAA claims near here. I actually haven't decided exactly which one yet, but look for the full story and pictures on it next week. Hopefully we'll have some good luck and come back with some good gold. I know we'll have fun trying, at least.
Check back next week for a new entry here. With good gold pictures! (note my optimism) With really good gold pictures. (really good optimism) With really good pictures of gold nuggets I can park my truck on! (over the top, delusional optimism)
Joe Humor
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