Summer Season for Finding Gold Coming Soon

YUP!

Closing gold price for Friday  $1158.40

Last week  $1137.70

Things are popping here at our house and are happening very fast.....well almost everything is happening fast.  Some very important business is progressing very slowly which adds to our frustration levels and anxiety over getting things finished before we begin our prospecting season.

Summer activities are mounting up and the spring throw out and paper round up is not accomplished.  Time is becoming short to finish.  The gloomy weather hasn't helped get any of it done, either.  I did not have time to get the Gazette together yesterday, but I didn't want to let another week go by without a posting.

We continue to look for a place to put the trailer on the Fariplay side of the Mosquito Range and haven't decided what to do yet.  We will soon, however.  We do have temporary arrangements made until we settle down, if needs be.  The number of areas that will be open for Tin Pan Prospecting is amazing, and there are lots of new places to hunt for and find gold.  We will be using all our gold prospecting skills to pinpoint the best areas.  Knowledge, experience, rods and pendulum don't fail me now!  LOL! 

Remember that Mother's Day is coming up.  Visit the Gold 'N' Store for a special, in stock piece of gold in white quartz, gold nugget, or gold in black quartz jewelry for Mom.  While you're there, pick out what you want for Dad.  Gold nuggets are going fast this year.  There should be some new gold nuggets posted by Monday.

Hope your prospecting season is good this year.  We plan to find gold!  How much, I can't say.  But, the potential is very good.  Back to you later this week.

Good Prospecting to You,

Shirley

http://www.hookedongold.com/

hookedongold@gmail.com

Gold 'N' Store updates

Yup, that's what it looks like around here. VERY pretty, and VERY cold!

The one good thing about the cold and snow is that I actually found a window with light coming through it that was good enough to photograph gold nuggets. That means I can get some more of them uploaded and listed on the store for sale in the next week.

I have one report of a problem with the check out on the new store. If you have ANY problems with it, please contact me so I can track down what happened. I have another invoicing option we can do, too, so don't give up on the new store if you are having trouble ordering from it. I DO have successful orders coming through, so the whole thing isn't a problem. There may just be a glitch or two to work out. Also, there seems to still be links to the old store. Make sure you are ordering from the store that does NOT have the website template, but shows the goldpanner in the upper left hand corner. If you find a link to the old store, let me know so that I can get rid of it. I did delete the page, so you may only get a blank page. That means you are on the wrong page. I'll work on a redirect tomorrow after we are finished with the GPOC potluck and meeting today. Check out the store for gifts with gold prospecting themes, gold nuggets for sale, gold nugget jewelry, and gold in white or black quartz jewelry.

I am reading new reports about the new no dredging regulations in California, but I'll save that for the Gazette on Friday. Hope you Season of Holidays is going well, and that you are enjoying all the people you love during this time of year.

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley
www.hookedongold.com

Gold Question of the Week for April 25, 2007.

Gold has taken a mighty dive! It has been flirting with $672 again, but it doesn't look like it's a serious "thang".

This week's gold question takes us to the Orient and along the trade routes to the middle east. Gold was long known for being abundant in the eastern countries, and our question is about North Korea. Spend a little time looking up this answer and reading the accounts of where gold was found in this country. For the next question visit hookedongold.com. You'll find some interesting information on gold and prospecting there, too. Copy and paste it into your browser if it isn't live for you, or click on the link in the links box.

WOOHOO! Take a look at these beauties! We have many very nice pieces of gold for sale in our catalog, as well as panning sand, corrugated mini sluice, and the ocassional piece of jewelry. http://hookedongold.com/catalog244888.html will give you an eye full of really nice gold.


CONGRATULATIONS TO: JOHN for being the first, qualified, correct answer to the gold question for the week of April 25.

Hooked On Gold's QUESTION OF THE WEEK: April 25, 2007.

In what century was gold first mentioned (or approximate date) as being abundant in North Korea, who wrote about it and what part of the world was he from?

ANSWER: Abundant gold in North Korea was first mentioned in the 9th century by Ibn Khordadzbeth. He was from the middle east.