Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

Almost all of my gold prospecting and gold treasure articles are on a new website. Here are links to all of the HubPro articles to date. https://owlcation.com/misc/Not-So-Common-Places-I-Have-Found-Gold-A-Hub-for-the-Curious-Prospector https://owlcation.com/humanities/San-Xavier-del-Bac-Mission-and-the-Esmeralda-Mine https://owlcation.com/humanities/Indispensable-Companion-The-Gold-Prospectors-Burro https://hobbylark.com/misc/How-to-Use-a-Gold-Sluice https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/ways-to-test-gold-ore https://owlcation.com/humanities/19th-Century-Gold-Prospecting-in-Arizona https://hobbylark.com/misc/Finding-Gold-Placer-Deposits-Gold-in-Quartz-Veins-of-Gold-A-Gold-Piedmont-and-Minerals-Found-with-Gold https://skyaboveus.com/misc/Lost-Mines-of-Southern-Arizona https://toughnickel.com/frugal-living/Metal-Detectors-A-Hobby-with-Bountiful-Treasures https://hubpages.com/education/Discovering-Ancient-Gold-In-Arizona https://owlcation.com/misc/Where-to-Find-Gold-if-You-ar...

If you enjoy articles about treasure hunting, this author not only takes you down the road on exciting metal-detecting quests, but describes the local restaurants and other haunts along the way. This one is well worth the time to stop and have an adventure. https://hubpages.com/travel/The-Treasure-Coast-Lives-Up-to-Its-Name

Ran across this article about a family's gold prospecting ventures. It is very interesting and includes a photo of a rock crusher they designed and had welded up. This is worth seeing. https://toughnickel.com/frugal-living/family-finds-gold#comment-17619385 Here is another one with a pdf for free download.  http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-rock-crusher

A replica of the Welcome Nugget on display in the Mineral Hall at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. (Image: Anatoli Lvov / Wikimedia) Another nugget specimen from Australia

Here is one of my latest articles. It's free to read.  https://hubpages.com/money/A-Few-Odd-Metal-Objects-to-Recycle-for-Cash

Ever wonder why gold is so hard to find? Good read here. https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Find-Gold-Anywhere-And-Why-Most-Will-Not Photo by  Robert Thiemann  on  Unsplash