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11
Jan

About

Gold!  Yes, ever since my days in Brooklyn New York growing up watching Westerns I had a desire to head out West. Well, when I finally did relocate to sunny San Diego I realized that I had made a huge mistake in not relocating at least 10 years sooner than I did.

The location and topography of San Diego, the say nothing of the great weather make for an outdoor lovers paradise. But let’s get back to my becoming a gold prospector. Somehow I came across a book I believe his name was Gem Trails of California, that pointed out in detail various locations where one could find natural minerals and crystals. So, using this book was like a mini treasure hunt. Then on a long car trip to Utah, I had my Gem Trails of Utah bookthat helped us locate lots of mineral specimens as well as an entire petrified tree!

Upon returning to San Diego from this trip, I got the idea, that if I could use a book like these for finding mineral specimens why not do the research and find the reading material and see if I could fine gold?

Well, the rest is history to date I search for and found gold in San Diego, Riverside County, 29 Palms, Rensburg, Yuma, Quartzite, the mother load area, Big Pine, and Nome Alaska. I have done regular gold panning, sluicing, dry washing, crevicing and naturally metal detecting. I’ve had a number of metal detectors over the years and currently use what is commonly acknowledged as the world’s best gold detector… A Minelab.

A lot of the enjoyment of gold hunting for me is the journey, the outdoors and naturally the thrill of finding riches in the earth! Now, to be quite truthful, if I was just in this to make money, I’d stay in San Diego and try to put real estate sales together. I am, after all, a California licensed real estate broker! But, everyone needs a hobby, and when retiring from over 20 years in hang gliding I put my spare time into gold hunting.

I’m far from an expert in metal detecting. Actually, I can only recall one trip, where the nugget I found, if sold, would’ve paid for the gas getting out to Arizona and then back to San Diego. But, the moment of finding that large nugget ( I located it with a Minelab detector, and my Son uncovered it just under about an inch of desert sand) will stay with me forever!I call that nugget the ‘holy shit’ nugget, because that’s all I could say for the first two or 3 min. after seeing it!

So, if you’re looking for some outdoor fun, the excitement of finding treasure, this is a great hobby to pursue. But, if you’re looking for a new profession, or to get rich quick, stick with your day job!

1
Oct

California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California.

All in all, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.

The gold-seekers, called “forty-niners” (as a reference to 1849), often faced substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China. At first, the prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning.

View natural California gold nuggets.

4
Apr

Gold Nugget Found On Fishing Trip

A weekend hobby between a father and son struck gold when the 14-year-old teenager discovered a rock that holds six ounces of gold.

Colfax is located in California’s Sierra Foothills, just off of I-80 between Sacramento and Reno, Nevada.  The rich history of Colfax is closely tied to the gold rush and the original transcontinental railroad.

California gold nuggets

 

3
Dec

Why Invest in GOLD

gold nugget

gold nugget

You and your family are going broke right now and you don’t even know it. When the gold standard was set in place the price of gold remained a constant $20.65 per ounce and fluctuated only one penny over the years 1833 to 1890. This means that for 57 years the US dollar was literally as good as gold. This is the way the US currency was designed to be, from the very beginning. Read more »

23
Sep

Gold The Bench Mark of True Wealth

California gold nugget specimen

California gold nugget specimen

AS long as the Federal government spends money like a teenager at a shopping mall, Gold will hit even further records.

I like reading and watching stories from those that refuse to use the word INFLATION. The fact that gold hit record highs is because of huge inflation. Some even predict Hyper inflation to come. As long as Ben and the banksters continue on this spending and printing spree there is more of that to come. Huge cost increases like the world has ever seen. Read more »

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