Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

Here is a tale about a guy who got a bit too excited on finding a tiny nugget of gold. I was prospecting a club claim near Rye, Arizona. I had dug about 12 inches down and came into some heavy black sand. While panning down to the heaviest sand I saw a small pebble-sized piece of quartz. It was very translucent. Picking it out of the pan and looking at it, the sun just hit it at the right angle and I got a terrible flash to the eye. Then I saw a tiny pin point bit of gold in a bit of a crack in the quartz. On further examination it became clear that there might be more gold in that crack. I waved over it with my metal detector and by golly it went off registering gold. This was the first gold I had ever found in quartz. I went back to the camp ground to show my wife. After she acknowledged that she could see that tiny speck of gold, I decided to sit down and pass the time at camp. But then I realized something. If I had found a quartz chip with gold at only 6 inches, I should ...

For decades the scientific community has known about undersea commodities. The demand recently from China and other advanced economies has brought new interest in under ocean deposits. Zinc, gold, and copper are just some of the metals waiting to be excavated. A handful of companies are ready to begin mining sometime in one to five years. As the minerals come out of thermal vents, the sea water cools the gas and dust resulting in the precious metals being deposited on the ocean floor. Robotic skimmers are being developed that will scoop off the material and send it back to shore or another ship for processing. Read this fascinating story of sunken treasure! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/2/130201-underwater-mining-gold-precious-metals-oceans-environment/#close

Filthy Riches  is an American television series that aired on the National Geographic Channel. It premiered on April 20, 2014. This is not about that! Here is my latest article on mining human poop at water management plants and other places too. Check it out!  https://owlcation.com/stem/Mining-Human-Poop-for-Gold

"Gold, which is used as a safe investment during times of economic and political crisis, has gained more than 14% so far this year, on track for its biggest yearly gain since 2010." https://www.reuters.com/article/global-precious/precious-gold-eases-as-china-invit es-u-s-officials-for-talks-idUSL3N2812V v

Just a quick FYI. I just finished an article about highbankers and the recirculating sluice. They are marvelous inventions giving many recreational gold prospectors an edge. Try reading  https://hubpages.com/education/The-Highbanker-An-Automatic-Power-Sluice

Tyndrum, a scottish village, may lie above n old gold mine last worked in the '80s. As it has become environmentally more sound, it may prove to be a tourist attraction as well. Scotgold Resources will be developing the site. British authorities will have to approve their plan. The developer has stored precious metal outside the mine. Called the Coronish gold mine, the 2017 proposal must be approved also by National Park Authority customary planning procedures. The inside of the mine is outstanding – view the photos. https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/19/britains-underground-gold-mine-back-business-next-year-7324100/

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...