It's Sunday afternoon, and where is my Gold Pan?

Are you getting the "itch" to go play in the water with your gold pan? It is in the mid 60's today, and we have to be in HOA meetings today! Bummer. Our gold pans are in the truck waiting to find some more pay dirt like we did in Arizona. We did get to go and play in the water INSIDE yesterday with GPOC and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, teaching gold panning to the people coming in and out of there. It was way too cold to be outside in the morning, so they put us indoors. Anybody who came to see us and expected us to be outside was probably disappointed. We didn't know we would be inside until about an hour before we were to set up. We still had a large crowd and had a hard time breaking the troughs down, as usual, and everyone seemed to have a great time. The GOLD MIMES stuck around while we were there and played with the crowd. They are a great couple of guys who do their jobs very well. If you haven't been out there to see the gold show, do go. You won't regret it.

A lot is happening in gold. It has started back down this afternoon. The big gold conference is going on in Dubai this weekend, and I will have few insights on that later this week.

Let's Go Gold Panning Days is coming up faster than I expected! It will be May 9th - 11th at Point Bar Recreational area. You can check the GPOC Temporary Pages for more information now and as we get closer to the event. It is and always has been open to the public. Come and have some fun! Hooked on Gold won't be able to be there this year as we have a wedding going on the same weekend and will be hosting relatives for a few days. Don't think we are going to get out of it, either. Are you new to prospecting? Well, you have found a place to get some good, basic prospecting information at Hooked on Gold. Check it out!

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Hooked on Gold Gazette Jan. 22, 2008.

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $944.60
· Spot price last week: $901.70
That’s almost 5% this week. It IS down from it’s high of 954.70 yesterday

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Calendar of Events

FEBRUARY

TUCSON GEM, MINERAL, and FOSSIL SHOW – Tucson, Az.
13th GPOC Meeting 7:00 p.m. Colo. Springs
15th Gold Show opens at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
22nd – 24th Gem and Mineral Show Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Colo.

MARCH

9th Daylight Savings Time Begins in Colorado
12th GPOC General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th St. Patrick’s Day
20th First Day of Spring
21st Good Friday
23rd Easter
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NEWS

Are you ready to go play in the dirt, yet? Boy, we SURE are! The ground is just getting to where we can take the detector out again, but we have to be off to other places to take care of business. We spent a really nice afternoon at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science last Saturday helping to run a gold panning class for a teacher’s workshop in conjunction with their Gold Show that opened last Friday. We took a Hex Pan with us to the panning class and tried it out……unseasoned with the resist still on it! A review of the pan will be put up on the “Which Pan” page later next week after the new site is uploaded . If you are here in Denver the next few months, check it out. It is well worth the extra $5.00 to see!

We will be taking a trip to the Jefferson County Fairgrounds to visit a very nice exhibit of minerals, fossils, and what not on Saturday. Maybe we can find somewhere to look for gold in the afternoon, unless it starts to rain or snow on us again. It’s almost March 1st and the detector is gathering too much dust.

On a good note, though, we are putting the finishing touches on our Highbanker/Dredge combo plans that will be for sale on the website in a few weeks. We will run them by several people to see what needs to be added to the instructions before releasing them to you. It will be delivered in PDF downloadable form, accessible at time of payment. These are not for anyone to attempt who does not have access to the proper tools and equipment needed to put it together. One of the things required will be access to a bending machine to bend the aluminum.

The New Template will be uploaded on Tuesday night. It contains information about a month old, so give me a few days to get everything back to the way it should be and then watch for new pages and the store being back up and running with PayPal. I have a very nice selection of prospecting gifts to put up, along with the “poop Tube” minisluice, gold for sale, and gold jewelry. Madam Queen Shirley’s panning sand will be making a comeback, as well.

Gold seems to be on everyone’s mind this week, along with inflation, interest rates, the run for the party nominations, and the falling dollar. The outlook by some economists is not as bleak as one might think, for the end of the year. The Fed’s are expected to make another adjustment in the prime rate, and as most “recessions” rebound quickly outside of a global war, this one is expected to make a strong come back after it hits the bottom of the “V” sometime around the middle of the year. Gold is expected to make a run for $975 with support around $940, even as the dollar may rally. This could cause the Fed to raise interest rates quickly by ’09 to quell the possibility of inflation. Yeah, it makes my head hurt, too. LOL!

Platinum! Up 40 % this year, but falling a bit right now. And how about silver trading at $18.00!

Every so often I come across a real golden piece of news writing. Today I will leave you with these thoughts:

Scientists are trying to fight global warming by changing animal flatulence. Emissions from livestock reportedly account for up to half of greenhouse gas emissions in some countries. Kangaroos have stomach bacteria that eliminate methane from their gas; scientists want to transfer these bacteria to sheep and cattle. Bonus: The bacteria could improve digestive efficiency by 10 to 15 percent, thereby reducing feed costs. Alternative proposal: Eat less cattle and more kangaroo meat: "It's low in fat, it's got high protein levels," and "it's the ultimate free range animal."

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: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
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THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now closed TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1, 2008.
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Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
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HookedonGold Gazette

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $923.20 Market was not closed today until 3:30 p.m. MST. The newsletter is late waiting for the market to close.
· Spot price Jan. 25th: $907.90
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Calendar of Events

FEBRUARY

TUCSON GEM, MINERAL, and FOSSIL SHOW – Tucson, Az.
13th GPOC Meeting 7:00 p.m. Colo. Springs
22nd – 24th Gem and Mineral Show Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Colo.

MARCH

9th Daylight Savings Time Begins in Colorado
12th GPOC General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th St. Patrick’s Day
20th First Day of Spring
21st Good Friday
23rd Easter
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NEWS

WOW! Have you been watching gold this week blow through the $30.00 a gram price only to sink below $895 and back today above $923? Much of it has been due to the ups and down of the dollar, but mine closures in South Africa last week have contributed.

News from our friends at the Tucson Show report higher sales in gold the first few days of the open than during the whole show last year! Why is gold more attractive this year at $900 than it was last year at $650? Oh, man do we hate that we are not there this next week.

Platinum has increased in price this month to $1870, an increase of some $400 an ounce since the first of the year.

DeBeers is in the news this last week having settled on complaints that they have been controlling and gouge pricing the consumer sine 1997. Read the article at http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/ConsumerActionGuide/BuyADiamondGetARefund.aspx .

The new site template is almost finished and is looking great. The photo albums will have a different look temporarily until a script can be developed for what I want. It will hold up publishing the new look, so we will put up a temporary fix until the other can be finished. Could be this next week!

Weather is HUGE here right now. Today almost all mountain roads are closed due to blowing snow and 70 to 80+ mph winds. Tonight is supposed to be worse. In addition, I25 is shut down from I70 north to 58th Avenue due to a water main blow out. It could be a week or more before all of that part is reopened. The HOV lanes are being used to get traffic through, and a couple of temporary lanes may be opened later today or tomorrow.

Something FUN going on in Denver starting next Friday is the Gold Show at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Hooked on Gold will join GPOC doing some panning demos for teachers on the 16th at the museum, so I am sure we will all get a chance to see the gold show while we are there. It will be similar to the show in Houston that their museum put on a couple of years ago. Sorry, but pictures are not allowed in the museum, so we aren’t going to be able to get any to you. Check out www.dmns.org for more info.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide gold panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
___________________________________
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now closed TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1, 2008.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
http://www.thevideosense.com/user/MQS/ Prospecting Videos
www.hookedongold2.com Looking for metal detectors on e-Bay? Click here
info@hookedongold.com contact us