Record prices have amateur prospectors buying picks and ‘pay dirt’ buckets and dreaming of stumbling on the motherlode ...

The Dream Mat Sluice Box made today’s gold prospecting session unforgettable! From river material to every pan, we found flakes and nuggets that fueled our gold fever. Watch the full adventure in ...

How do you get Gold in Prospecting? You won't struggle to find this. In fact, it's one of the most common metals in the game. But when it comes to finding it for reasons other than to sell for a quick ...

Ezra, my 11-year-old son, and I clung to a thin rope as we scrambled down a steep, rocky hillside into a narrow river canyon. Using the rope, shovels and our muddy boots to slow our descent through ...

David Bjelland sat transfixed in front of the TV screen, cake in hand, shooing off his relatives as they tried to wish him a happy birthday. Recovering from throat cancer, he was not in the mood for a ...

WORLAND — West River Prospecting Supplies is a business born out of a lifelong passion for prospecting, mining and the history of those practices throughout the United States. The company is based out ...

given the current price of gold was "crazy". "Only a couple of years ago, it was only like $80 a gram. If a normal daily prospector with a pan and a sluice can do average of about a gram a day that ...

When it comes to mining in Michigan, iron and copper tend to get top billing. However, I’ve discovered recently that gold can be found throughout the entire state. A good example is the Ropes Mine ...

Tales of prospecting for gold may conjure up images of treasure hunters victoriously uncovering massive rocks of the valuable metal. In reality, prospecting was hard, back-breaking work, with days ...

Around 1860, prospectors came to Idaho to find gold in the Boise Basin. The bet was solid, and word got out as people came here to stake claims. This Discovery of gold set one of the largest ...