Hooked on Gold Gazette 1/22/10

Australian Gold Nugget Pendant with diamond in 14 K gold wire wrap

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $1093.10
· Spot price last Gazette : $1137.00
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Calendar of Events
JANUARY
· 1st New Year’s Day
· 13th GPOC Members Meeting 7:00 p.m.
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NEWS

Ok, I know it’s been two weeks, but like I said in the last Gazette, it’s winter and we are hibernating. LOL! Haven’t even taken time for twitter much, either. We have had some nicer weather, though, and have been able to get out and do things that need done around the house, but it is still a bit too cold for me to do much prospecting. Plans for next summer are under way, and we are deeply disappointed that we cannot make points south this year. However, we should have Larry’s work and play schedule under better control this year and plan to get ourselves to Tucson next year.

Do you have any prospecting going on? Share with us by leaving a comment with this blog. We enjoy real content and comments on gold prospecting, not just the occasional backlink to a website.

Gold took a dive this week as the dollar is expected to strengthen, but no matter. We will still prospect for gold when we can.

Weather in California lately should move some of their gold around, what with the huge rains and sliding earth. Arizona is getting hammered as well, with Scottsdale having a tornado warning out yesterday. Sure hope it dries up in the next week or so, or the big show in Tucson could be chilly and wet. No one will care but the outside vendors, though.

Itching to get out? We sure are. The house is nice and cozy, but the recent sunshine has us wishing the temps were a bit higher so we could get out some equipment and at least metal detect. Ground is still too frozen to even dig the parks much. Can’t complain, though, after the mess December was. Larry and a friend took the metal detectors up to Idaho Springs one day. They came back with a bit of galena ore, but they could not even pick through the frozen earth. LOL! Still, they had a good time just being out. I stayed home and went to the movies, also with friends. No sense in me slipping a sliding all day through the snow.

We did attend the RV Show that was in Denver last Friday, which is why the Gazette didn’t get out. Nice show and always fun to see the new models. Again, we went with friends and they are looking to purchase some type of RV this year. We went along as ‘consultants’. LOL! The show was at the Convention Center and that meant parking downtown Denver, which is always expensive. Oh, well. We will just have to find MORE gold this summer.

A link I found for you to follow is about an Arizona ride into the Bradshaw’s http://goldrevenue.com/gold-digging-prospecting-nugget-hunting/arizona-gold-prospecting-4x4-gold-mine-ride-wmv .

That should be enough rambling for now. Wish I could show you a nice big nugget we had found, but the one in the photo should keep you drooling even if WE didn’t find it. There are some gem and gold shows coming up here in Denver, and I’ll get those dates posted soon.

Until next week…….

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley (MQS)
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Hooked on Gold Gazette 01/01/10

Yes, that's the new granddaughter Tegan

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $1096.60
· Spot price last Gazette : $1106.60
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Calendar of Events
JANUARY
· 1st New Year’s Day
· 13th GPOC Members Meeting 7:00 p.m.
_______________________________________
NEWS

Happy New Year to Everyone!

Short Gazette today due to the Holiday, but I thought I would send you a spot of news for the weekend. Gold is down again this week and looks to go lower before it trends up again.

With winter officially here, it’s time to start looking at repairing that gold prospecting equipment you had break this past season, and get it up and running before next season begins. Do you have any good gold prospecting tips to share with us about this past gold hunting season? You hear about our adventures all the time. If you have an interesting story to tell, let us know by replying to this blog. Everyone would appreciate the input and the insight. Did you find an easier way to haul dirt, or work a pan, or find gold in some unique way that everyone could learn from? Teach us.

Here is a video I ran across showing the mercury dredgers take out of rivers: http://goldrevenue.com/gold-digging-prospecting-nugget-hunting/gold-dredging-removes-mercury-from-waterways There was also a twitter alert this past week advising people that wearing denim looks to be a deterrent to the amount of venom that you get when you are bitten by a poisonous snake. It seems that the heavier denim causes most of the venom to leak out on the fabric and not into your bloodstream; a good thing for metal detectorists and dry washers to be aware of, as well as anyone who walks where the snakes like to be around.

That’s it for now. How many of you can say you celebrated New Year’s Eve once in a blue moon?

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Until next week…….

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley (MQS)
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If you find a broken link, please let us know
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Hooked on Gold Gazette 12/13/09

HOOKED ON GOLD GAZETTE
· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $1115.10
· Spot price last Gazette : $1150.90
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Calendar of Events

DECEMBER
· 9th GPOC Christmas Party…Remember your unwrapped toys for children. Our Marine friends will be there to pick them up. You may also make cash donations.
· 21st Winter Solstice
· 24th Christmas Eve
· 25th Christmas Day
· 31st New Year’s Eve

JANUARY
· 1st New Year’s Day
· 13th GPOC Members Meeting 7:00 p.m.
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NEWS

Have any of you had any of that golden white stuff lately? We have had a bit, but the cold has been bitter! -15 degrees at night and around +12 during the day. I think Alaska was warmer than we were this past week! And to boot, we had a gem and mineral show to help out and a GPOC Potluck to attend. BRRRR! It is WAY too early in the year for this kind of weather for me. We are all wondering what WINTER has in store for us after the 21st. Ski resorts are cheering, though, so if you are here for the high country snow, it is pretty good right now. Thankfully, we have started a warm up that is thawing all of us out.

Along with the cold we have had a bout of the runny noses and the usual maladies that go along with being cooped up in the house too long in frigid weather. Windows Seven was successfully installed on the new laptop and is running this morning. Now the task of transfering all the files from the old laptop to the new begins. In case you are wondering, it took about 8 hours to complete the update on a new laptop that didn’t have anything but the basic stuff it came with, and a couple of extra browsers. Time consuming, but pretty easy.

ICMJ had a report in their latest issue about California and the ban on dredging. It seems that the federal agencies consider the new ban a violation of the mining laws and are not, for now, enforcing it. Because of this opinion, state officials are also reluctant to enforce the ban, so dredging is continuing. It seems the dredgers have called the government's bluff and have won the first round. This situation should be interesting to watch as it could set precedence for future problems with dredging. Small towns are also noticing a marked decline in revenue due to the lack of dredgers who use camp grounds and town stores for supplies and gas when they are in the areas. Oregon continues to look at a ban themselves.

Christmas Season is upon us all, and after all the cold weather it is taking some doing to get caught up with all the Holiday stuff. Haven’t even had time for twitter lately, and we’ve been holed up for more than a week. You would think you could get caught up in those circumstances, but when it’s that cold, you don’t seem to want to do much of anything except try to stay warm. As such, I haven’t searched the internet much for info, but I have a link or two lurking in one of my files for you to read. Here is one on prospecting instructions that was good http://www.ehow.com/how_5689312_pan-gold-mines.html . In world news, Russia is planning a gold sale to the central bank this next week. http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-central-bank-buys-30-tons-of-gold-from-state-repository-2009-12 and China has a gold mining problem of its’ own http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/asia/11briefs-ChinaBrf.html?_r=1

As you can see from the top of the page, gold has begun to slide from its’ highs. The charts are looking bearish and predictions are that the metal could plunge to the mid 900’s or more. Looks like we could have a buy signal soon. We hope it stays around for the Tucson show and we can buy gold at a cheaper price, too. :>D Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”!

(Links to our affiliates. Good deals, and GREAT folks)
You can find Panning Kits
Monthly Prospecting Equipment Specials
Basic Prospecting Equipment

Until next week…….

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley (MQS)
Google has begun running third party ads and is requiring adsense sites to include information about this change on their websites. You can read about this on our Privacy Policy page.
World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com . If the links do not work, copy and paste them into your browser.
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now CLOSED TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until MARCH 1st.
_______________________________________
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongoldprospecting.ning.com
hookedongold@gmail.com contact us
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