alabama

Great story Shadow. Just looked through your pictures. don't know if you noticed it or not but be careful. I saw a headless prospector. Place may be haunted. You have found what we all dream of. Best of luck. Tom

mair if you are interested here is a good treasure related forum http://forum.treasurenet.com/

well whats4 Call me the next ignorant government guniea pig then because I live in Houston had a son in Nacogdoches at the time and have lots of friends that fish on Toledo Bend (the reservoir that was closed down). Most of the scare I think was overkill and/or fear of lawsuits but that is whole nother topic. Don't know of anyone that was affected during the search and recover phase other than the two poor folks killed during the helicopter crash. keep up the rumor mongoring. It makes life interesting. Just remember it is risky to get out of bed in the morning - 100% of the folks who have died in the world woke up the day before. Tom

hey whats4 do you have any actual references to anyone becoming ill from contact with the shuttle debris. Just curious if you could provide news reports or articles relating to this. Thanks tom

Lotsa did you have any luck with the mine? See that you are back online again.

all I can say is he must be glad ebay does not charge per word.

you can also try GPAA they have some georgia claims and also www.nuggethunters.org for the Georgia Gold Prospectors web site

since you are going to be in North Georgia you might want to consider a more all purpose type of detector such as the Minelab X-terra 70 which you can use for gold detection as well as relic hunting. Seems to be getting some good reviews. Most gold detectors are pretty specialized to gold. Also you may want to consider some other method for gold prospecting in GA such as starting with a sluice and a pan and working in creeks. Another thing is you don't have the extensive BLM land areas in GA like you do out west. Using a metal detector in a National Forest for mineral recovery is ok but most Forest Service folks will accuse you of hunting for archaelogical items which will lead to problems with them. Just a couple of things to think about.

Glad you found it lotsa. Hope my aerial photos hint was worth it. Good luck and find a bunch. We all want to do that.

lotsa you might try looking for historical aerial photographs (not satellite imagery but from plane flights). Most of US was photographed in 40's and 60's. Possible sources are Soil Conservation Service, Forest Service, or there are some historical aerial photo companies that have very large libraries (used by environmental firms for Phase I and II site assessments). You might also try the geography department (remote sensing group) of local or nearby universities and see if they have an aerial photo library or who they might reccommend for aerial photos of that area. Good luck hope you find it.

Bob i agree with Colorado Bob. let em all come up and set it up to charge 10 and hour to learn what end of the shovel to dig with. 20 an hour to learn to drywash and so on. Just let em high grade it for you. They should let you have all the gold they find after all they are there for the "education". It's all in how you market it. tom