December 15, 2006.
We had a reader find a problem with the shopping cart this past week which appears to be resolved. If anyone continues to have a problem, please drop us note and tell us at hookedongold@msn.com. Many thanks to Mark for telling us so we could get it fixed. He is awarded a 2 lb. bag of MQS Magic panning sand.
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : Jim for being the first qualified answer to come up with the most Christmas Carols having the word “Gold” in them. Check the question page for the list of9 he found.
GOLD PRICE DEC.15, 5:00 a.m. $624.80
REMEMBER THE GOLD will be 20% off AND FREE SHIPPING. Also, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrate will be included with each “PoopTube” Mini Sluice through the Holiday Season.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com Gold panner had a little to say this past week. You might want to mozy over to blogspot and read his piece. We are archiving newsletters and now question of the week so you can keep up. Newsletters will be archived as long as we have the two newsletter system.
http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
The new reader is FREE, more efficient, faster, guaranteed delivery, safer than e-mail, easily opted out of and uninstalled. All of this type of mail will be converting over in the next year or so, so download your copy now. YOU WILL NOT BE ADDED TO ANYONE ELSES LIST…..EVER! Readers are purely up to you whether you wish to receive information from the provider of the reader, and you can opt out any time you want to with ease. Information collected is: first and last name, company (That one is for you to put in your Colorado Club affiliation so we can get information to only you), State and Country. Those last two are only ‘cause we would like to know how many states and countries we send to. You will get a yellow “caution” sign on your taskbar that will let you access your messages, delete them, mark as read, or read. Right click on it to see the option menu. You will get a “pinging” pop up when there is a new message for you. IF YOU GET A SECURITY WARNING WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK, pick “yes” to continue your download. Your filters are only trying to make sure you know what is going on. . That’s all there is to it. You are welcome to contact us if you have any problems at hookedongold@msn.com.
The new reader has several links to mining equipment you can “do it yourself” with. The reader link is: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS……..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of “toys” for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots , Kits. You won’t believe what they have for you. There are money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping. Check the blog page for the link.
GPOC Temporary Page is at:
http://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html The Christmas party was well attended again this year and the Marines took two tables of toys back with them for their drive. Many thanks to them for their service and for holding this very worthwhile project each year.
GPR will be holding their members Christmas Party 20th at the Clements Community Center.
Link partners for Christmas are: www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it. Thanks to Mark this past week for finding the shopping cart problem and alerting us to it. He is awarded a 2 lb. bag of MQS Magic panning sand.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: “ http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html”
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl. During the Christmas Season, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates will be included with your order.
The new FREE, easy reader downloadable link is here: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. ALL ARE ON SALE NOW! The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE……GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
That link to the reader again is: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
With Christmas get togethers coming in the next two weeks and the preparations for the holidays looming, the Question of the Week will be suspended until after the New Year. Rejoin us on Jan 3, 2007 for the first question of the New Year!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS! May you have golden memories during your Holiday Season!
Until Next Week.
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please drop us a note at: hookedongold@msn.com
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Hooked on Gold Gazette Dec. 8th
December 8, 2006
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : Cookie (I think I missed John last week, sorry) for being the first correct qualified answer to this week’s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven’t been onsite to see it yet.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE to view the gold pieces this week, we are giving you a break on their prices for the Christmas Season. We will be offering 20% off the price of the larger nuggets, the new pendant, AND FREE SHIPPING. Also, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrate will be included with each “PoopTube” Mini Sluice through the Holiday Season.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com Archiving newsletters and now question of the week so you can keep up. Newsletters will be archived as long as we have the two newsletter system.
http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
The new reader is FREE, more efficient, faster, guaranteed delivery, safer than e-mail, easily opted out of and uninstalled. All of this type of mail will be converting over in the next year or so, so download your copy now. YOU WILL NOT BE ADDED TO ANYONE ELSES LIST…..EVER! Readers are purely up to you whether you wish to receive information from the provider of the reader, and you can opt out any time you want to with ease. Information collected is: first and last name, company (That one is for you to put in your Colorado Club affiliation so we can get information to only you), State and Country. Those last two are only ‘cause we would like to know how many states and countries we send to. You will get a yellow “caution” sign on your taskbar that will let you access your messages, delete them, mark as read, or read. Right click on it to see the option menu. You will get a “pinging” pop up when there is a new message for you. IF YOU GET A SECURITY WARNING WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK, pick “yes” to continue your download. Your filters are only trying to make sure you know what is going on. . That’s all there is to it. You are welcome to contact us if you have any problems at hookedongold@msn.com.
The new reader has several links to mining equipment you can “do it yourself” with. The reader link is: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS……..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of “toys” for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots , Kits. Check them out by clicking on the link below! You won’t believe what they have for you. There will be money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Check the blog page for the link.
GPOC Temporary Page is at:
http://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html
They will be having their annual Children’s Toy Drive at the Christmas Party this year. Bring an UNWRAPPED gift or two for the drive on December 13th, (cash works, too) plus a dish to share.
GPAA COLORADO SPRINGS CHAPTER will be holding their Christmas Party December 9th at Las Palomas Restaurant.
GPR will be holding their members Christmas Party 20th at the Clements Community Center.
I have a couple of link partners that I would like to tell you about for Christmas. Both of these sites have items that the prospector in your life would love to have.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: “ http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html”
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl. During the Christmas Season, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates will be included with your order.
The new FREE, easy reader downloadable link is here: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets we promised are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. ALL ARE ON SALE NOW! The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE……GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
Yup that new mining journal said it was half a MILLION ounces of platinum. The edition in the new reader has the details. That link again is: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot-B4V8oqPQ
Until Next Week.
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please drop us a note at: hookedongold@msn.com
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : Cookie (I think I missed John last week, sorry) for being the first correct qualified answer to this week’s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven’t been onsite to see it yet.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE to view the gold pieces this week, we are giving you a break on their prices for the Christmas Season. We will be offering 20% off the price of the larger nuggets, the new pendant, AND FREE SHIPPING. Also, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrate will be included with each “PoopTube” Mini Sluice through the Holiday Season.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com Archiving newsletters and now question of the week so you can keep up. Newsletters will be archived as long as we have the two newsletter system.
http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
The new reader is FREE, more efficient, faster, guaranteed delivery, safer than e-mail, easily opted out of and uninstalled. All of this type of mail will be converting over in the next year or so, so download your copy now. YOU WILL NOT BE ADDED TO ANYONE ELSES LIST…..EVER! Readers are purely up to you whether you wish to receive information from the provider of the reader, and you can opt out any time you want to with ease. Information collected is: first and last name, company (That one is for you to put in your Colorado Club affiliation so we can get information to only you), State and Country. Those last two are only ‘cause we would like to know how many states and countries we send to. You will get a yellow “caution” sign on your taskbar that will let you access your messages, delete them, mark as read, or read. Right click on it to see the option menu. You will get a “pinging” pop up when there is a new message for you. IF YOU GET A SECURITY WARNING WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK, pick “yes” to continue your download. Your filters are only trying to make sure you know what is going on. . That’s all there is to it. You are welcome to contact us if you have any problems at hookedongold@msn.com.
The new reader has several links to mining equipment you can “do it yourself” with. The reader link is: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS……..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of “toys” for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots , Kits. Check them out by clicking on the link below! You won’t believe what they have for you. There will be money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Check the blog page for the link.
GPOC Temporary Page is at:
http://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html
They will be having their annual Children’s Toy Drive at the Christmas Party this year. Bring an UNWRAPPED gift or two for the drive on December 13th, (cash works, too) plus a dish to share.
GPAA COLORADO SPRINGS CHAPTER will be holding their Christmas Party December 9th at Las Palomas Restaurant.
GPR will be holding their members Christmas Party 20th at the Clements Community Center.
I have a couple of link partners that I would like to tell you about for Christmas. Both of these sites have items that the prospector in your life would love to have.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: “ http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html”
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl. During the Christmas Season, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates will be included with your order.
The new FREE, easy reader downloadable link is here: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets we promised are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. ALL ARE ON SALE NOW! The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE……GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
Yup that new mining journal said it was half a MILLION ounces of platinum. The edition in the new reader has the details. That link again is: http://downloads.desktopsubscriber.com//reader/win/146/354
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot-B4V8oqPQ
Until Next Week.
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please drop us a note at: hookedongold@msn.com
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Gold Question of the Week for December 6, 2006.
Hooked on Gold's Question of the Week for December 6, 2006.
What was the Dunedin, its' significance, location, years of operation and volume of gold produced.
ANSWER: The Dunedin was a dredge that was in operation in NEW ZEALAND on the Clutha River. It pulled up gravels for 20 years, from 1881 to 1901 and produced 17,000 ounces of gold. The significance of it? It was the world's first COMMERCIALLY successful gold dredge.
What was the Dunedin, its' significance, location, years of operation and volume of gold produced.
ANSWER: The Dunedin was a dredge that was in operation in NEW ZEALAND on the Clutha River. It pulled up gravels for 20 years, from 1881 to 1901 and produced 17,000 ounces of gold. The significance of it? It was the world's first COMMERCIALLY successful gold dredge.
Monday, December 11, 2006
A Golden Summer
Hidee,
this hears the gold panner. bin out in the wilds findin a poke o gold fer gittin me n Jack thru the winter. dun pritty good this past summer, two. Ol Jack, he dont lik the cold so much any mor, so we high taild it to aryzona sos he can warm his ol bons up sum. we wanderd round a lot lass sumer an pikt up sum mihty nice gold in the streems around the tall mountins. heerd that my frens Larry n Shirley did purty good as well. ol dredger an his frens pikt up sum mor claims they cud uss wif ther flotin dredg machins. nevr did git to ast them what they found. heerd that ther wuz a bunch o fitin bout sum o the claims round Buna Vista at the end o the season, but I think it all got cleered up. we had sum heelashush weather in the mountins this lass yr, an wif the snow cumin erly agin me n jack hav gon south to try our luk wif dry placer. we be heded to tuscon fr the big show in feb. alus a big crowd an plenty o gold. mebe I kin fin a byer fur what me n jack gots in the pok sak. we bin lolygaggin in flagstaff, but its gittin to cold here fur jack, so we be mozyin down to jerome, or closr to the bradshws an prescott. mebe we will mak it dwn to quartzit latr this winter. don no, mebe we r on vacashun! heeheehee ! thas all i gots to say fur now.
this hears the gold panner. bin out in the wilds findin a poke o gold fer gittin me n Jack thru the winter. dun pritty good this past summer, two. Ol Jack, he dont lik the cold so much any mor, so we high taild it to aryzona sos he can warm his ol bons up sum. we wanderd round a lot lass sumer an pikt up sum mihty nice gold in the streems around the tall mountins. heerd that my frens Larry n Shirley did purty good as well. ol dredger an his frens pikt up sum mor claims they cud uss wif ther flotin dredg machins. nevr did git to ast them what they found. heerd that ther wuz a bunch o fitin bout sum o the claims round Buna Vista at the end o the season, but I think it all got cleered up. we had sum heelashush weather in the mountins this lass yr, an wif the snow cumin erly agin me n jack hav gon south to try our luk wif dry placer. we be heded to tuscon fr the big show in feb. alus a big crowd an plenty o gold. mebe I kin fin a byer fur what me n jack gots in the pok sak. we bin lolygaggin in flagstaff, but its gittin to cold here fur jack, so we be mozyin down to jerome, or closr to the bradshws an prescott. mebe we will mak it dwn to quartzit latr this winter. don no, mebe we r on vacashun! heeheehee ! thas all i gots to say fur now.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Gold information on the web
HOOKED ON GOLD GAZETTE
December 1, 2006
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : JOHN for being the first correct qualified answer to this week?s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven?t been onsite to see it yet.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE to view the gold pieces this week, we are giving you a break on their prices for the Christmas Season. We will be offering 20% off the price of the larger nuggets, the new pendant, AND FREE SHIPPING. Also, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley?s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrate will be included with each ?PoopTube? Mini Sluice through the Holiday Season.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com posting this past week was last week?s newsletter. There is more to post, but we have been busy with a new website and a new newsletter format that we haven?t worked the bugs out of yet. I have put in way too many hours to try and get it to work, but it is like trying to get anything to work with HP?..won?t work. The format I found is very nice, but I can?t seem to get it to work with any program and it breaks my sitebuilder template. So? for now I am sending the old one in the old style.
NEW! We found a conversion chart that went in nicely on the charts/ethics page. Take a look at it.
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS??..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of ?toys? for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots, Kits. Check them out by clicking on the link below! You won?t believe what they have for you. There will be money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Check the blog page for the link.
You?re gonna find more info at the bottom of the page that slipped by me as I ran through and updated the newsletter. DANG! I HATE it that the new format isn?t working yet.
GPOC Temporary Page is athttp://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html They will be having their annual Children?s Toy Drive at the Christmas Party this year. Bring an UNWRAPPED gift or two for the drive on December 13th, plus a dish to share.
GPAA COLORADO SPRINGS CHAPTER will be holding their Christmas Party December 9th at Las Palomas Restaurant.
GPR will be holding their members Christmas Party 20th at the Clements Community Center.
I have a couple of link partners that I would like to tell you about for Christmas. Both of these sites have items that the prospector in your life would love to have.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: ? http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html? It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl. During the Christmas Season, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley?s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates will be included with your order.
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn?t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven?t seen it on their page for a long time, but I?m glad it?s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets we promised are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. ALL ARE ON SALE NOW! The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for ?Madam, Queen Shirley?s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates?. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE??GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
We sure are in a deep freeze here! Gave me some time to wander around on the forums. GPAA has a new one up at www.goldprospectors.org. You might want to give it a look.
The new Mining Journal is out, and a brief look at it showed me an article on platinum placers in Alaska. Not about gold, but they sure did pull one heck of a lot of platinum out of the ground! Over 50 million ounces! Or was it 500 million? Can?t remember. It?s too late, and I?ve been working too long. LOL!
I have had many reports of people prospecting down at the new GPOC claim, Prospector #3, that have been getting lots of flour gold coming our of the sand bars. The weather has been pretty good the past few weeks, and the claims have had people on them most weekends. If the weather holds in B.V., it sounds like a good place for members to go and play for a day or two.
Until Next Week.
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please drop us a note at: hookedongold@msn.com
December 1, 2006
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : JOHN for being the first correct qualified answer to this week?s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven?t been onsite to see it yet.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE to view the gold pieces this week, we are giving you a break on their prices for the Christmas Season. We will be offering 20% off the price of the larger nuggets, the new pendant, AND FREE SHIPPING. Also, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley?s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrate will be included with each ?PoopTube? Mini Sluice through the Holiday Season.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com posting this past week was last week?s newsletter. There is more to post, but we have been busy with a new website and a new newsletter format that we haven?t worked the bugs out of yet. I have put in way too many hours to try and get it to work, but it is like trying to get anything to work with HP?..won?t work. The format I found is very nice, but I can?t seem to get it to work with any program and it breaks my sitebuilder template. So? for now I am sending the old one in the old style.
NEW! We found a conversion chart that went in nicely on the charts/ethics page. Take a look at it.
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS??..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of ?toys? for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots, Kits. Check them out by clicking on the link below! You won?t believe what they have for you. There will be money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Check the blog page for the link.
You?re gonna find more info at the bottom of the page that slipped by me as I ran through and updated the newsletter. DANG! I HATE it that the new format isn?t working yet.
GPOC Temporary Page is athttp://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html They will be having their annual Children?s Toy Drive at the Christmas Party this year. Bring an UNWRAPPED gift or two for the drive on December 13th, plus a dish to share.
GPAA COLORADO SPRINGS CHAPTER will be holding their Christmas Party December 9th at Las Palomas Restaurant.
GPR will be holding their members Christmas Party 20th at the Clements Community Center.
I have a couple of link partners that I would like to tell you about for Christmas. Both of these sites have items that the prospector in your life would love to have.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: ? http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html? It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl. During the Christmas Season, a bag of Madam Queen Shirley?s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates will be included with your order.
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn?t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven?t seen it on their page for a long time, but I?m glad it?s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets we promised are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. ALL ARE ON SALE NOW! The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for ?Madam, Queen Shirley?s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates?. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE??GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
We sure are in a deep freeze here! Gave me some time to wander around on the forums. GPAA has a new one up at www.goldprospectors.org. You might want to give it a look.
The new Mining Journal is out, and a brief look at it showed me an article on platinum placers in Alaska. Not about gold, but they sure did pull one heck of a lot of platinum out of the ground! Over 50 million ounces! Or was it 500 million? Can?t remember. It?s too late, and I?ve been working too long. LOL!
I have had many reports of people prospecting down at the new GPOC claim, Prospector #3, that have been getting lots of flour gold coming our of the sand bars. The weather has been pretty good the past few weeks, and the claims have had people on them most weekends. If the weather holds in B.V., it sounds like a good place for members to go and play for a day or two.
Until Next Week.
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
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Gold question of the week for November 29, 2006.
Hooked on Gold Question for the week of Nov. 29th, 2006. Congratulations to John for being the first, qualified, correct answer to the Question of the Week!
In which country is gold size referred to as "lifeless, nit, louse, bug, and cockroach", and the size of the largest recorded nugget found there, where and when?
Answer: FINLAND - Largest recorded nugget was 393 Grams, found in Laanila, Lapland by Eevert Kiviniemi in 1935.
In which country is gold size referred to as "lifeless, nit, louse, bug, and cockroach", and the size of the largest recorded nugget found there, where and when?
Answer: FINLAND - Largest recorded nugget was 393 Grams, found in Laanila, Lapland by Eevert Kiviniemi in 1935.
Gold Question of the Week for Nov. 22, 2006.
Nov 22nd Question of the Week:
What was the bird of choice at the Thanksgiving dinner in what Alaskan town in 1903?
ANSWER:Wild Goose in Fairbanks (I bet you thought it would be "Wild Turkey" LOL)
What was the bird of choice at the Thanksgiving dinner in what Alaskan town in 1903?
ANSWER:Wild Goose in Fairbanks (I bet you thought it would be "Wild Turkey" LOL)
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Hooked on Gold Gazette
November 17, 2006
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : GLENN for being the first correct qualified answer to this week’s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven’t been onsite to see it yet.
NEW GOLD PIECES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SITE THIS PAST WEEK. Look for their announcement and a description of the special piece near the bottom of the newsletter.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com will be carrying extra information that you may be interested in. It will fill the gap for us until we can add more pages to the main website. Also, we will be posting the Friday newsletters later in the week for you to view.
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS……..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of “toys” for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots, Kits. Check them out by clicking on the link below! You won’t believe what they have for you. There will be money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
HobbyTron.com Blow Out Specials - Up to 60% Off (Limited quantities)
GPOC Temporary Page is at:
http://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html
I have a couple of link partners that I would like to tell you about for Christmas. Both of these sites have items that the prospector in your life would love to have.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
Well, as soon as these two announcements left this page, we had some new people tell us they wanted to prospect on Clear Creek in Wheatridge, so back up it goes. Fortunately, we got to tell them before the cops did. LOL! I have a couple of announcements about Clear Creek as it runs through Wheatridge, and also about Boulder County. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT you cannot use ANY type of equipment on the river in Wheatridge. You WILL have your equipment confiscated and you will be ticketed, even if you are only using a finish pan.
Also, prospecting is still being allowed in Boulder County, BUT ONLY ON FEDERAL LAND. If you are caught using any equipment anywhere else you will be fined and your equipment will be confiscated, even if you are only using a finish pan.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl.
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets we promised are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE……GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Now is the time to look for all those things you want Santa to bring you so you can put it on your list.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE! May your day with family and friends be extra special. Until next week,
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : GLENN for being the first correct qualified answer to this week’s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven’t been onsite to see it yet.
NEW GOLD PIECES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SITE THIS PAST WEEK. Look for their announcement and a description of the special piece near the bottom of the newsletter.
www.hookedongold.blogspot.com will be carrying extra information that you may be interested in. It will fill the gap for us until we can add more pages to the main website. Also, we will be posting the Friday newsletters later in the week for you to view.
CHRISTMAS TIME IS FOR KIDS……..Young and old. HobbyTron has a selection of “toys” for all ages. R.C. cars, helicopters, boats, you name it, Airguns, Robots, Kits. Check them out by clicking on the link below! You won’t believe what they have for you. There will be money off coupons on the website you can use towards your purchases and shipping in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
HobbyTron.com Blow Out Specials - Up to 60% Off (Limited quantities)
GPOC Temporary Page is at:
http://www.hookedongold.com/new263863.html
I have a couple of link partners that I would like to tell you about for Christmas. Both of these sites have items that the prospector in your life would love to have.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest that can lead to old Spanish mines, and
www.historicmapsrestored.com which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before, from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today. P.S. they are not affiliate sites, just good folks with items of interest to you.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
Well, as soon as these two announcements left this page, we had some new people tell us they wanted to prospect on Clear Creek in Wheatridge, so back up it goes. Fortunately, we got to tell them before the cops did. LOL! I have a couple of announcements about Clear Creek as it runs through Wheatridge, and also about Boulder County. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT you cannot use ANY type of equipment on the river in Wheatridge. You WILL have your equipment confiscated and you will be ticketed, even if you are only using a finish pan.
Also, prospecting is still being allowed in Boulder County, BUT ONLY ON FEDERAL LAND. If you are caught using any equipment anywhere else you will be fined and your equipment will be confiscated, even if you are only using a finish pan.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl.
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to www.kitco.com and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! The larger nuggets we promised are posted for you to consider for gift giving and collecting. One piece of particular interest is a bailed pendant of California gold. The 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold on the gold page are waiting for you to get cleaned up. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips. GOLD AND CONCENTRATES ARE AT:
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html GET ONE……GET TWO for double the fun! [Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too.]
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Now is the time to look for all those things you want Santa to bring you so you can put it on your list.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE! May your day with family and friends be extra special. Until next week,
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Gold weights and equivalents and Karat fine
I have had several requests for a more expanded weights table for gold so that you can convert the values more easily. This table shows gold's specific gravity to be 19.3, but you can find any number of resources that will quote it as 19.1, also. The conversion of gold troy weights to gold auvoidupois can be very confusing and this table should help you do that more easily. An ounce in ordinary weights is about 2 Tablespoons. Also included is the Karat system of purity for gold usually used in jewelry, but also used in raw gold weight to determine price according to what impurities are running with the gold. You know, that nasty stuff like silver, copper and lead.
Gold
• The chemical symbol for gold is Au.
• Gold’s atomic number is 79 and its atomic weight
is 196.967.
• Gold melts at 1064.43° Centigrade
• The specific gravity of gold is 19.3, meaning gold
weighs 19.3 times more than an equal volume of
water.
··········
WEIGHT EQUIVALENTS
1 troy ounce = 480 grains
1 troy ounce = 31.1 grams
15.1 grains = 1 gram
1 gram = .03215 troy ounces
1000 troy ounces = 31.3 kilograms
1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces
1 tonne = 32.150 troy ounces
1 ordinary ounce = .9115 troy ounces
1 ordinary pound = 14.58 troy ounces
··········
Percent Gold = European System = Karat System
(the Karat system = purity
the carat system = gem weight)
100 % = 1000 fine = 24 karat
91.7 % = 917 fine = 22 karat
75.0 % = 750 fine = 18 karat
58.5 % = 585 fine = 14 karat
41.6 % = 416 fine = 10 karat
Gold
• The chemical symbol for gold is Au.
• Gold’s atomic number is 79 and its atomic weight
is 196.967.
• Gold melts at 1064.43° Centigrade
• The specific gravity of gold is 19.3, meaning gold
weighs 19.3 times more than an equal volume of
water.
··········
WEIGHT EQUIVALENTS
1 troy ounce = 480 grains
1 troy ounce = 31.1 grams
15.1 grains = 1 gram
1 gram = .03215 troy ounces
1000 troy ounces = 31.3 kilograms
1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces
1 tonne = 32.150 troy ounces
1 ordinary ounce = .9115 troy ounces
1 ordinary pound = 14.58 troy ounces
··········
Percent Gold = European System = Karat System
(the Karat system = purity
the carat system = gem weight)
100 % = 1000 fine = 24 karat
91.7 % = 917 fine = 22 karat
75.0 % = 750 fine = 18 karat
58.5 % = 585 fine = 14 karat
41.6 % = 416 fine = 10 karat
Monday, November 06, 2006
November 3, 2006 Newsletter
For your convenience, we are adding our weekly Friday newsletter to the blogspot. Those of you who have trouble getting it, can view it here each Monday in one of our public spaces.
HOOKED ON GOLD NEWSLETTER
November 3, 2006
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : Aaron for being the first correct qualified answer to this week’s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven’t been onsite to see it yet.
GPOC Temporary Page is at: http//:www.hookedongold.com/new263863.htlm Larry Weilnau will be doing a presentation on what steps to take to find a spot that you can run your metal detector on (this works with any type of prospecting as well), what gold sounds like, and what to expect when you think you have found it, at the November 8th GPOC meeting.
I have a couple of link partners that might have some interesting things for you to look at for Christmas. We are not affilites, so we do't get anything for promoting them, but they are great folks with great products.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest, and
http://www.historicmapsrestored.com/ which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today.
REMEMBER TO VOTE! Even if you are a Tory or a Whig.
This winter we want to give you some excerpts of articles we find or ideas and conversations we have with others that might be of interest to you. This week we are looking at the International California Mining Journal which often follows legislation around the U.S. This month there is the third part of a story on how to find a metal detecting site….you know researching and such. Well, to make a long story short this fellow researched and found an old site for a prospecting group, whose members didn’t find much ‘cause they didn’t search much, and didn’t like the rough road or the rough terrain and decided not to use it. The man and his companions filed on it, worked it, FOUND the gold…..a LOT of it, and when they were finished with it, offered it to the prospecting group, who took them up on it and then found even MORE gold, although no one yet has taken anything as big as the original group did. If you do not read this magazine, you might want to pick a copy up from your local prospecting shop or get your own subscription at http://www.icmj.com/ another great gift idea.
CHECK OUT OUR NEW COOL LITTLE e-BAY WEBSITE www.hookedongold2.com. We have gold nuggets listed on the home page, but you can use the eBay search bar to find whatever you want. It also has a tool you can use to look for misspelled words in your searches, or sign up for an e-Bay account right from the page. A link back to Hooked on Gold is on the links page or you can use your back button. HAVE FUN with this page. It really is COOL!
There is a NEW CHAPTER OF GPAA that has been started in the Colorado Springs area. They are meeting the first Wed. of the month in the Toyota dealership. HookedonGold has put up schedules and details for them on the events page.
HMMMMM Paypal is tougher to integrate then they lead you to believe.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
NEW for you. If you are interested in purchasing gold or some of the poop tube items with a check instead of a credit card, as a newsletter recipient you may e-mail us with your request, and we will save the item(s) for you until 10 days after we receive the check so it clears, and then ship or deliver to you. An invoice would be sent via e-mail with your shipping options so you would know how much to send and the address. We thought some of you might appreciate the extra service. Also, we can deliver anything that is ours on the catalog pages to anyone attending the GPOC or GPR club meetings.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Some of the items in the catalog are drop shipped. Regardless of what their copy says, delivery can take 2 to 4 weeks. We have no control over this, but we will attempt to assist you if you have a problem with delivery.
I have a couple of new announcements about Clear Creek as it runs through Wheatridge, and also about Boulder County. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT you cannot use ANY type of equipment on the river in Wheatridge. You WILL have your equipment confiscated and you will be ticketed, even if you are only using a finish pan. We had this announcement most of the summer in this newsletter, and as soon as we took it down, a new reader did not get the message and had planned on panning in this area. Luckily, we were able to get the info to them BEFORE they got told by the cops.
Also, prospecting is still being allowed in Boulder County, BUT ONLY ON FEDERAL LAND. If you are caught using any equipment anywhere else you will be fined and your equipment will be confiscated, even if you are only using a finish pan.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl.
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to http://www.kitco.com/ and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! We have added 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold to the gold page. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips.
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too. Thinking of that special gift for Christmas? One of our gold pieces would make a wonderful gift for that special guy or gal. CHRISTMAS IS COMING…….THIS MAKES A TERRIFIC GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE PROSPECTOR. Get one…get TWO for double the fun.
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
Thanks to everyone who has supported our affiliates this past year. Hopefully, you have found some good information and products from them. CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Now is the time to look for all those things you want Santa to bring you so you can put it on your list.
Until next week,
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
http://www.hookedongold.com/
http://www.hookedongold2.com/ A COOL little website!
hookedongold@msn.com
HOOKED ON GOLD NEWSLETTER
November 3, 2006
Question of the Week: http://www.hookedongold.com/custformnew258670.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO : Aaron for being the first correct qualified answer to this week’s question! Take a look at the answer if you haven’t been onsite to see it yet.
GPOC Temporary Page is at: http//:www.hookedongold.com/new263863.htlm Larry Weilnau will be doing a presentation on what steps to take to find a spot that you can run your metal detector on (this works with any type of prospecting as well), what gold sounds like, and what to expect when you think you have found it, at the November 8th GPOC meeting.
I have a couple of link partners that might have some interesting things for you to look at for Christmas. We are not affilites, so we do't get anything for promoting them, but they are great folks with great products.
www.colorado-trails.com which has several media items on Spanish trails and signs in the Southwest, and
http://www.historicmapsrestored.com/ which reproduces historic maps, many of which have never been reproduced before from around the U.S. Check out their wide selection of maps today.
REMEMBER TO VOTE! Even if you are a Tory or a Whig.
This winter we want to give you some excerpts of articles we find or ideas and conversations we have with others that might be of interest to you. This week we are looking at the International California Mining Journal which often follows legislation around the U.S. This month there is the third part of a story on how to find a metal detecting site….you know researching and such. Well, to make a long story short this fellow researched and found an old site for a prospecting group, whose members didn’t find much ‘cause they didn’t search much, and didn’t like the rough road or the rough terrain and decided not to use it. The man and his companions filed on it, worked it, FOUND the gold…..a LOT of it, and when they were finished with it, offered it to the prospecting group, who took them up on it and then found even MORE gold, although no one yet has taken anything as big as the original group did. If you do not read this magazine, you might want to pick a copy up from your local prospecting shop or get your own subscription at http://www.icmj.com/ another great gift idea.
CHECK OUT OUR NEW COOL LITTLE e-BAY WEBSITE www.hookedongold2.com. We have gold nuggets listed on the home page, but you can use the eBay search bar to find whatever you want. It also has a tool you can use to look for misspelled words in your searches, or sign up for an e-Bay account right from the page. A link back to Hooked on Gold is on the links page or you can use your back button. HAVE FUN with this page. It really is COOL!
There is a NEW CHAPTER OF GPAA that has been started in the Colorado Springs area. They are meeting the first Wed. of the month in the Toyota dealership. HookedonGold has put up schedules and details for them on the events page.
HMMMMM Paypal is tougher to integrate then they lead you to believe.
If you find a broken link PLEASE LET US KNOW so we can fix it.
NEW for you. If you are interested in purchasing gold or some of the poop tube items with a check instead of a credit card, as a newsletter recipient you may e-mail us with your request, and we will save the item(s) for you until 10 days after we receive the check so it clears, and then ship or deliver to you. An invoice would be sent via e-mail with your shipping options so you would know how much to send and the address. We thought some of you might appreciate the extra service. Also, we can deliver anything that is ours on the catalog pages to anyone attending the GPOC or GPR club meetings.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Some of the items in the catalog are drop shipped. Regardless of what their copy says, delivery can take 2 to 4 weeks. We have no control over this, but we will attempt to assist you if you have a problem with delivery.
I have a couple of new announcements about Clear Creek as it runs through Wheatridge, and also about Boulder County. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT you cannot use ANY type of equipment on the river in Wheatridge. You WILL have your equipment confiscated and you will be ticketed, even if you are only using a finish pan. We had this announcement most of the summer in this newsletter, and as soon as we took it down, a new reader did not get the message and had planned on panning in this area. Luckily, we were able to get the info to them BEFORE they got told by the cops.
Also, prospecting is still being allowed in Boulder County, BUT ONLY ON FEDERAL LAND. If you are caught using any equipment anywhere else you will be fined and your equipment will be confiscated, even if you are only using a finish pan.
If you are coming off the river with lots of black sand and you have never found a way to separate it fast and easily, then it is time to get your mini sluice concentrate separator. You can find it at: http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244861.html
It comes complete with adjustable legs, pump, hopper, hose and the mini sluice. It will separate black sand faster and more easily for you than anything else we have used, and at an affordable price. Works GREAT with the blue bowl for separating instead of screening before you do your last separation with the bowl.
Anyone interested in getting a continuing gold quote streamer on your computer taskbar can go to http://www.kitco.com/ and look for the little Kcast blue and gold banner near the top of the page. It isn’t always there, but if you refresh the page a few times it should pop up. I haven’t seen it on their page for a long time, but I’m glad it’s there now. I was able to put it on the taskbar of the laptop last night so I can see what the price is anytime I am online.
EVERYBODY LOVES gold! We have added 2 lb. bags of Colorado dredge concentrate with Colorado gold to the gold page. Look for “Madam, Queen Shirley’s Magic Black Sand Panning Concentrates”. Make your gold pan Magically turn yellow. Colorado Concentrates, Colorado GOLD! Comes with our Black Sand Separation panning tips.
http://www.hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html Just added to the panning concentrates: While we are cleaning some of the ore pieces we find, some of it falls off and is too small to do anything with, so we are adding a piece or two of the wires, flakes or crystal pieces to the bags. You may find them clean, or with ore still attached that is black, quartz, or red. Some pieces may be larger than the other sands, too. Thinking of that special gift for Christmas? One of our gold pieces would make a wonderful gift for that special guy or gal. CHRISTMAS IS COMING…….THIS MAKES A TERRIFIC GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE PROSPECTOR. Get one…get TWO for double the fun.
THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL BE CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1st, 2007. The river will still open for panning, sluicing, and dry washing.
Thanks to everyone who has supported our affiliates this past year. Hopefully, you have found some good information and products from them. CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Now is the time to look for all those things you want Santa to bring you so you can put it on your list.
Until next week,
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
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Thursday, November 02, 2006
Gold Up
Whoa! It certainly has been a busy Fall. WAY too much going on. GPOC has had their claim posts put in place on their newest gold placer claim, Prospector three, and there have been no additional problems in B.V. But, then the motorized season is over. However, those that were down there before it was, did not report any harrassment.
ARE YOU WATCHING GOLD? It has reached its' breakout price and is moving steadily higher. Did ya buy any at 560? Higher gold means a weakening dollar, and it looks like some of those banks that have been dumping gold are now looking to buy it back. The supply simply will not keep up with the demand in India, where gold is treasured and hoarded. We all know how the Chinese feel about gold, having gleaned every speck possible out of every placer operation they touched around the world. Anybody looked at the prospects for the Pebble discovery in Alaska? Northern Dynasty is trying to bring that one to full production. I think Rio Tinto has a hand in it, if I remember correctly. Hope you are ready to dig in and find some gold this next season, or head for warmer climates this winter for some of the yellow stuf. Me, I'll be headed for Arizona around the end of January while the snakes are still asleep, or at least groggy. LOL!
ARE YOU WATCHING GOLD? It has reached its' breakout price and is moving steadily higher. Did ya buy any at 560? Higher gold means a weakening dollar, and it looks like some of those banks that have been dumping gold are now looking to buy it back. The supply simply will not keep up with the demand in India, where gold is treasured and hoarded. We all know how the Chinese feel about gold, having gleaned every speck possible out of every placer operation they touched around the world. Anybody looked at the prospects for the Pebble discovery in Alaska? Northern Dynasty is trying to bring that one to full production. I think Rio Tinto has a hand in it, if I remember correctly. Hope you are ready to dig in and find some gold this next season, or head for warmer climates this winter for some of the yellow stuf. Me, I'll be headed for Arizona around the end of January while the snakes are still asleep, or at least groggy. LOL!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Arkansas River claim part Two
GREAT news today! We have someone else who has overfiled on the GPOC claim north of B.V. as of August 18th. Did someone get them to file again since the other three didn't go through? HMMMM.
HookedonGold
HookedonGold
Arkansas River Claims
A note to anyone filing a claim.....BEFORE you decide to throw people off your new "claim", you might want to wait until the BLM has approved those claims. Wheatridge has sent a letter to the Salida claimants who overfiled the GPOC claim and the lower area, that states they have closed those three claims. They included an area already claimed and area that the BLM does not have the mineral rights to. The two lower claims were removed in 1897. That area has been lpng known in the area to be an alternate water storage area, and not open to mineral claiming. The area IS still open to anyone wanting to propsect the area until such time as the water storage is needed. PLEASE be aware of the private property in the area as well, and do not tresspass.
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www.HookedonGold.com
Monday, August 14, 2006
Arkansas River Claims
Back from vacation. Saw that gold paner had a few things to say this past week. Claims on the Arkansas River near B.V. have been in the news lately. Seems someone took to sugaring the pumps of some of the men working their claims in the area last week. There has been talk of claim jumping and overfiling again this year. GPOC has a new claim in the area that was overfiled and the new claiments tossed some members out saying that the claim wasn't legal. At trip to the Lakewood office this week will tell all. Good Prospecting to you. And be safe out there.
HookedonGold
HookedonGold
Friday, August 11, 2006
burra races an sich
Hidy, gold panner here. I bin up n down at bit in th past few weeks wif my gold pan, an thoz burra races alwys tikl me the way they run them beests up an down them passes an such. Hek, Jack nivr let me treet him that a way. He is alwys complannin bout walkin much less runnin all day wif a full pack. A gennl soul, ol Jack is. But don git him riled, or he'll kick the ---- out o ya! HeeHee. It'll larn ya ta stan a hind him when he don wann ya too, or supriz him an see what hapins. I gess the Weilnaus dun OK at their gold pannin in Breknridg lass weeken. They tell me they took a passl o gold an silver home wif em. Sounds lik they dun better n me, cuz I dint find much gold or silver recentlee. Some dust an enough to get me by. I don need much, though. Jus some grass for Jack an enough beans to keep me goin. I luv sleepin undr the stars an listnin to the silenc an the trees talkin in the breez. An wakkin the mountins lookin for the muthr lode. One that ain't on aneebodee elses land. I ain't no claim jumper! Not lik thos folks in Fairplay that jump claims up Bever Creek! Fairplay! Humph! Ust ta be a place wif honest men. Now a bunch o hooligans liv there that don care 'bout no budys rights, only doin what they want 'cause there ain't no budy ta stop em but theyself an they ain't a gonna do that unless somebudy makes em. Down rite scandulus! Thatz all I got ta say taday.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Colorado State Gold Panning Competitions
Hey all
Wow! The gold panner is a hoot, huh? The Colorado State Gold Panning Championships are being held this weekend on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of August, in Breckenridge, Colorado. There will be three days of competitions from kids to old timers. 8 separate competitions will take place and panning for the public will also be available. Leadville will be holding their annual hard rock mining competitions and the second leg of the Burro Races the same weekend, with the third leg of the burro races being held in Buena Vista Aug, 12th and 13th during Gold Rush Days. The Cotton Tail Gem show will be in B.V. at the fairgrounds the same weekend. Come on out and visit Breckenridge one day and Leadville the next for some fun! Then plan on seeing what goes on in Buena Vista next weekend. Gold Panning will be available in Breckenridge and Buena Vista with the Gold Prospectors of Colorado.
Wow! The gold panner is a hoot, huh? The Colorado State Gold Panning Championships are being held this weekend on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of August, in Breckenridge, Colorado. There will be three days of competitions from kids to old timers. 8 separate competitions will take place and panning for the public will also be available. Leadville will be holding their annual hard rock mining competitions and the second leg of the Burro Races the same weekend, with the third leg of the burro races being held in Buena Vista Aug, 12th and 13th during Gold Rush Days. The Cotton Tail Gem show will be in B.V. at the fairgrounds the same weekend. Come on out and visit Breckenridge one day and Leadville the next for some fun! Then plan on seeing what goes on in Buena Vista next weekend. Gold Panning will be available in Breckenridge and Buena Vista with the Gold Prospectors of Colorado.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Whatz that in the road?
Hi'dy, Bin up round Fairplay awanderin' so I wandered in ta town to take a look at the goin's on. WHOOOO EEEEE! Did you ever see such a bunch o turists and greenhorns! An evrbody seems to bring their animals. Now, I went to see the burros race up to the top o the pass an back, but there was a passll a strange lookin beast with heads that looked like a goat an a huge body that looked big as a cow. I don know, but they must've not liked the area, or the air was too rarefied for 'em, cause one of 'em laid plum down in he middle o the street, an wouldn't budge. Dangedest thang I ever seen!!! Runned into my good friends Dale and Gale an asted them 'bou the roads that got shut off on privit property on ol' Mt Bross, an' they says that people just don't respect no body's private propety. They run around the gates and cut fences an dump oil in the middle o the road that runs down the mntn inter the lakes below an kill all the fish for years. Now, I don know where all these feriners is comin from, but their mommas sure din't learn them no manners! Them mines up there have tunnels running all over unner ground and the ground is unstbl sometimes, so the people who own them want people to stay off certain roads for their own safety. Ifn you r trespassin on somebody's property, I'd like your address to your home sos I kin visit you and run my burro all over yr bakyard. That's all I got ta say ta day.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Hooked on Gold Prospectors Blog: Gold Prospecting on Cache Creek
Hooked on Gold Prospectors Blog: Gold Prospecting on Cache Creek
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www.hookedongold.com www.hookedongold2.com A COOL little website
Gold Prospecting on Cache Creek
Hi'dy, I got ast'd by the folks at hooked on gold to hep them with their prospectin' blog. Don't zactly know what that is, but it sounds like some girls' diary. Now, I'm not sure I wanna write in some diary, but they tell me all I hafta do is ramble on 'bout what I know and what I think, so here goes.
I'm known 'round here as the Gold Panner. I met up with Larry and Shirley back a few years, and since then we have become thick as thieves. Seems they is mostly in the same neck o' the woods as me, so we meet up offen. Good folks and honest to boot. Got 2 sons and a couple of grandkids with more in the oven.
Bin up 'round Cache Creek lately, an I bin seein' a few folks up there 'round the cemetury pokin'holes in the ground. Now, I heerd that the BLM tol everbody to stay up by those lectric poles by the road, an that the cemetury was a historic place to be preezrvd. I could name names, but don't wanna rock no boats. Meybe I'll git me one o' those pitchur takin thangs an wander down there. Cors it's a BLM problem, but I al'ays thought prospectors was law abidin' an honest, not a bunch o scoundrels. That's all I got ta say taday.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Flag Day/Colorado Quarter
HOT HOT HOT!!! June here on the Front Range of Colorado is HOT!! Gonna be a record June for heat. HAPPY FLAG DAY! The new Colorado State quarter is released today. Anybody have a comment on the mountain that the Treasury put on it? I haven't seen any mountains in Colorado that resemble it, although I have heard someone say it is supposed to represent a generic mountain or the back side of Longs Peak. HUH!? How hard could it have been to find a picture of Mt. Elbert? Back side of Longs Peak? Who remembers what THAT looks like? Most people see it from the front....Another of those pointy peaks not cliffs. Of course there ARE no famous peaks in Colorado and so the committee that puts the quarter together in Washington didn't have a good example to use. Unfortunately, they only take "suggestions" not specifics and the State could only "suggest" mountains. As a native Colorodan, I am very disappointed with their selection to represent my State. Won't collect too many of them as it is "representative" and not something actually applies to the state. I don't know, do they have those kinds of mountains back east? Looks like some styalized mountain that some painter painted to "represent" what they were seeing. The REAL thing is Much more impressive!
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
060606
Whoa! That was a LONG dry spell! Everything seems to be caught back up, and 060606 was a BLAST! Don't know about any of you, but we had ice bream and cake for my birthday. Double nickels! Thanks to all for the cards and well wishes. This year looks to be GOLDEN! How was your 060606?
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Memorial Day Weekend
Ah, the long weekend is almost here. We have 5 days to prospect and have fun in the mountains. Get camp opened up, watch the river, and breathe in that mountain air! Doesn't get much better than that! Except finding that 10 ounce nugget!!!! Icing! We will be out of touch until next Tuesday, so any answers or orders will have to wait confirmation until then. A laptop is in our near future! Take care and have a GREAT weekend!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Gold Miners ETF
May 23, 2006. Forgot to mention the new gold miners ETF that launched yesterday. It opened at $37.25 and is above $38.00 today. The ETF (electronically traded fund) invests in gold miners across the board so you can own a piece of each without having to pick and chose. An ETF can be an interesting part of a portfolio, but isn't good for everyone. They can carry charges you may not want to deal with. ALWAYS check out any investment CAREFULLY before you get your cash involved. We are not recommending it, just mentioning it for your information. Gold is back up a bit this morning. Looking forward to the long weekend. Hope yours is GREAT!
Monday, May 22, 2006
May 22, 2006. Snow melt is comin' down fast, now, but reports are that it has lost 50% of its' water in the past three weeks due to wind and evaporation. Rivers will be high for a while, but are expected to subside earlier than expected. Also means HIGH fire danger in the mountains for the summer, and a lot of areas already are under total fire bans. WATCH THOSE CAMPFIRES! www.hookedongold.com has tons of information on conditions for your prospecting in Colorado, and other information for your prospecting pleasure. Our goal is to help you find more gold, and use your equipment more efficiently.
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