meatbee
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gold prospecting
Anyone out there with any knowledge of modern day gold prospecting in Baja ? I'm talking about small scale amateur stuff, not large scale production
mining.
I'm a Northern California resident and have made several Baja trips, but none for prospecting. I have read about the old Diggings at El Arco and the
Oakie Placers Puertocitos.
I've also read Herman Hill's book "Baja Hidden Gold" .
Anyone out there that has worked those or other areas with either a metal detector or a dry washer ?
Thanks in advance . meatbee
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castaway$
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I would suggest you go to BOLA and sit down with Herman he is a wealth of information. We talked with him last year and he told me quite a bit about
"how" he searched for gold and some general info on where ot start looking. He is easy to find he likes to have his morning coffee in front of
Guierrmos (sp?) at sunrise and he likes to tell stories at c-cktail hour.
Live Indubiously!
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dtbushpilot
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Hopefully someone will know what the rules are pertaining to a forigner prospecting for gold, I'd like to do some prospecting some day too......dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Hopefully someone will know what the rules are pertaining to a forigner prospecting for gold, I'd like to do some prospecting some day too......dt
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I would think it may be of limits to a tourist, I'm not sure
you can even collect shells on the beach.
I always wanted to poke around with a metal detector,
since you don't see a lot of that going on in Baja
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DENNIS
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One must be very careful prospecting in Baja. All minerals belong to the government and they pay close attention to that. Having even a small dredge
in a National Park could spell trouble.
I doubt dipping a pan would get anybody's attention although you are at their mercy.
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burnrope
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I'd suggest using a wok instead of a traditional prospectors pan.
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David K
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Jorge
Yep, Herman is a hoot. When he passes on the person who finds where he has buried all the gold he has found over the last 30 years plus is going to
be very rich. Is there a lost map yet??? |
Sorry guys, but as I'm his only daughter, he's leaving it all to me! 
P>*)))>{
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bajatravelergeorge
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I'm a 20 year member of the Lost Dutchmens Mining Association and have extensive prospecting experience. I've worked a few areas in Baja with little
to no success. In the known gold bearing areas, the Mexicans have gone over the areas with fine tooth combs, leaving very little behind. I can also
tell you that if an area is at all economically feasable, considering the cheap labor thats available, it is already being worked or the right to work
it is locked up. The early Mexican miners were very good at finding and cleaning out the gold areas in Baja, and California. So unless your willing to
go deep into the wilderness and try to prospect something totally new, don't waste your time in Baja. Or go ahead and come on down with your equipment
and give the natives something to laugh about as you search fruitlessly.
I spent an afternoon with Herman in BOLA swapping stories. What a great day that was.
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Wiles
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Well Paulina, gold or no gold, you are a treasure.
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Marc
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Here's a few guys you should talk to about looking for gold.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
Here's a few guys you should talk to about looking for gold. |
I was bout to post the same trio!
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was exceptional.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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watizname
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Baages? We don't need no steenkeeng baages!!!
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There's gold in them there hills.
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Jack Swords
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South of La Paz there is lots of controversy about a major gold mining operation planning to open at the edge of the Biosphere de la Laguna. An old
mine from Manuel Ocio's time is being reworked currently. I am acquainted with a gringo miner who is also currently exploiting an old mining area and
has been for the past few years. Mineshafts abound in this area. All of these are hard-rock mining and not placer. Crushers are involved and
vibrating tables. Don't know how successful these operations are as miners lie.
Jack, member GPAA (means I mine too, also lie)
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
There's gold in them there hills. |
and at $1600 an ounce now it is worth asking about for sure.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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