Monthly Archives: February 2009

Send us your Gold Prospecting Adventure Stories!

There are so many stories of the gold rush days.  Both online and in books, magazines etc.  We do need them and we need to be proud of them.  There is no better teacher than the past.  If we learn from it and keep history alive in what ever we are doing we will learn more.  Keep the past present.

KeepItInThePan.com would like to publish your story.  Your adventures in prospecting.  Whether your in to metal detecting, gold panning, placer claims or prowling around old ghost towns.  Send us a little story about your adventures and we will try to post them on our site.  Send them to staff@keepitinthepan.com

Prospecting for gold in Arizona, Utah or Alaska.  It doesn't matter send your adventures today!  Everybody that prospects has some great story to tell!

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This sounds like what I need, put together a little cabin.  Get some equipment and live the good life in Montana.  Prospecting for gold.  Marlene Affeld does it again, another great article.  Sit back and enjoy the cool mountain air as the trees sway back and forth...

by Marlene Affeld

Have you dreamed of owning your own piece of Montana?

Spend your summer prospecting for gold and exploring the pristine wilderness of the Bitterroot Mountains.  Prospect, hunt, fish, hike, camp, horseback ride and explore on your ATV from the base-camp on your very own gold claim in Mineral County, Montana!  From gold prospecting, rock-hounding, treasure hunting to world class trout fishing, this is the place to spend your mining vacation.  Thank you Marlene... Montana Gold claim

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By: Marlene Affeld

World's Largest Gold Nugget!

Gold nuggets are naturally occurring pieces of native gold. Water and erosion concentrate the deposit of nuggets which are recovered by placer or lode mining methods. Nuggets are also often found in residual deposits where gold-bearing veins or lodes have decayed. Today nuggets can also be found in the tailing piles of previous mining operations, especially the tailings of old dredging operations.

Nuggets are never totally pure or 24K in composition. Most nuggets are about 20 to 22K or 83 - 92 percent pure. Nuggets are noted for their purity by their “fineness”. As an example “865 fine” means the nugget is 865 parts gold per thousand. Copper and silver are the common impurities found in gold nuggets.  Read the complete article...

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Finding the Mother Lode! Striking It Rich! As prospectors, we all have dreams of finding a bonanza while we enjoy the adventure of the hunt. The entire family can share in the fun of prospecting and finding the elusive mineral.   Marlene Affeld    Read the article...

Great article, very well put.  Pay attention to claim jumping.  My family has a couple of claims and we are for ever finding evidence of claim jumpers.  Prospectors need to pay close attention to others claims and we can all have fun in the sun!

Have a great day!

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