Highlandhowler

Hi folks

I will be  returned to the Norcal area after taking a break and will be heading out into the rivers for some sniping/ prospecting/detecting adventures for about 2 months from July 2024. Anyone keen to join the adventure would be great.

Lots of walking/hiking over various terrain so fighting fit a must.Look forward to replies

Thanks for reading

Regards

Highland Howler  

I attended the nugget shoot in Rye Patch 2016,is there one being held this year

Hi forum, hopefully yaal are keeping safe.Im looking for the following mat.Its been discontinued but im gonna try anyways.I need 2 pieces and hopefully some great gold prospector out there can help me out.

Mat dimensions are 

8" wide

20,5" long

Im looking for exactly this mat and not the blue 10" version,we dont want to cut it down.

Can anyone help

Many thanks

Highlandhowler

Hi Forum

Not sure if this is the right place for this topic. I’m heading out Arizona way for some gold detecting, flown in from South Africa so I need some guidance.Im looking for a good claims club and BLM land to detect on. I’m visiting Wickenburg area as a starting point. Roadrunners has been suggested by a few friends. BLM land also important and options.If any one can shed some light this would be great.Off the beaten track no worries 

Thanks and look forward to any help offered

Gday folks and Merry Xmas to all

Could anybody please tell me who the manufacturer of the Hook and Spoon red tipped crevice tool is, this would be mostly appreciated

thanks

Hi Everyone

Im trying to find Angus Mckirk sluice boxes on the west coast, has anybody got any ideas who sells the and where to find them.Even a few second hand ones will do

Thanks

So its puzzled me why panning classifiers are solely made for gold prospecting.Surely the manufacturers must be going out of business to make these items solely for the prospecting industry.Well this is not the case.I did some in depth investigation and spoke to a friend of mine in the plastics industry in China and showed him a pic of a classifier.What he came back to me with was quite interesting.

Classifiers are actually made for the pyrotechnic/firework industry hence there manufacture origin in China.Kaboom and off it goes.They are used for milling black powder and other pyro ingredients.So if you want a set of classifiers and don't want to pay $24 a piece, then check out a pyro supplies store on the internet and you will be pretty surprised when the exact same classifiers /screens we purchase for prospecting cost around $12 a piece or cheaper.

17 hours ago, AuWanderer said:

Royal in Santa Ana..they have a shop inside their manufacturing plant. Closer to you than Chatsworth..they also deal in detectors and produce their own prospecting equipment. Keenes great also....

thanks for that, all manufacturers seem to be LA side,will defo make the trip soon

33 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

Go to Keene Engineering in Canoga Park (San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles) and you can get most everything you want.  They have a full retail store.

http://keeneeng.com/

They sell a full line of detectors, picks, sluices, books, pans, etc. and all of the equipment that they make on site or they will refer you to a dealer. 

Mitchel

Thats awesome,Thanks for the info.Im sure its worth a trip

1 hour ago, Ridge Runner said:

If I was going to make a WAG I too would say Dec. The trouble is I can’t count the number of times I’ve been wrong.haha

Just wishful thinking.

Chuck

Alot of folk seem to be waiting patiently,I wonder whether their stock levels will be enough to feed the demand

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Anybody that says they know does not know. I am sure the goal is to get them out as soon as possible but Minelab has very definitely not put out a release date.

for sure, just my thoughts.Is there a pre order system or do we do this with our local dealer.

Anybody know when we can expect to see them in US stores.I heard from a mate in Aussie that they are gonna be released early December(now mi mate drinks a lot of beer so im not taking his word on it) in time to fill your stocking.

11 hours ago, Dean Stone said:

About 6 or 8 mi. from Wickenburg is Congress and the RoadRunner club has some claims that they let me pay buy the week. That was a few years ago.

Ok thanks,I will check it out.Roustabout shed some info on the Roadrunner claims and membership.One would hope that for the cost of membership there is good prospecting to be had.Im deffo gonna check it out and contact the club.

23 hours ago, mn90403 said:

There is an outing going on there this weekend.  Contact Bill Southern via his website.  The outing dates are listed here by Steve.

 

Thanks for the info, timing a bit tight to get out there

2 minutes ago, Highlandhowler said:

looking at getting a drywash and some tools for the desert

also looking at a new detector,GPZ is tempting but the price tag is kinda daunting

9 hours ago, Hard Prospector said:

Most of the prospecting shops in SoCal have closed the past few years. San Diego Metal Detector and Prospecting Supply in south central San Diego county is open and has a well stocked store. Mainly geared for detecting and drywashing (after all, this is the desert down here or nearly so). Nice guy and very experienced.

Thanks for the info ,will look em up.Always better going in to a store and grabbing equipment in two hands and do comparisons and listen to some local knowledge

3 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

What kind of gear are you looking for?

looking at getting a drywash and some tools for the desert

Has anybody got any info a good prospecting shop in Socal.

Hi guys and girls, I need some info on where to detect in the Wickenburg area.I don t mind paying to use a claim ect.I met a few folk back in Rye patch at  the nugget shoot in 2016 and wrote a few places down, and I cant find my list.Any light shed would be great.Ive travelled all the way from Scotland so time well spent would be awesome.