Disclaimer: what follows are just my personal opinions based on articles I have read, plus my own personal experiences. I could be dead wrong about...

 Patio Panners of America (PPOA)…Unite!    I think I’ll conduct a survey! You see, I am curious to know: how many of you, who purchase gold paydir...

"To get the greatest enjoyment out of the panning process, don’t classify it ahead of time!"

"However, in our rush to find the perfect way to recover gold with the least amount of effort, we at times have a tendency to want to ignore or discount the science that governs gravity gold recovery processes…i.e. classification."

Gold prospecting is a lot like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack…it is extremely rare and without a knowledge of what to look for a...

..."you can't keep score without a scale..."

We have a fascination with gold. We are inextricably tied to gold in one form or another. The pursuit of the yellow metal has shaped entire civiliz...

We all want to share your Eureka moment. A great way to do that is to share a good photo of your gold so we can all appreciate it with you.  A few ...

A friend pointed this out to me in an issue of the ICMJ magazine a while back.  I have been using blue gold pans for a several of years now after f...

I have always been interested in gold, but an incident as a young man chilled my interest. I had just pointed to a floating speck in my pie pan and...